Aly A. Farag is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville, where he founded the Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP) Laboratory. His research focuses on imaging science, computer vision, and biomedical imaging, with applications in cancer detection and medical visualization. He has authored over 350 technical papers and two upcoming textbooks. Dr. Farag holds patents in imaging technologies and has led projects funded by NSF, DoD, NIH, and industry. Educations: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, 1976 M.S. in Bioengineering, University of Michigan, 1984 M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1981 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1990 Research Interests: Scene analysis, multimodal imaging reconstruction, statistical segmentation, and biomedical visualization. His work has advanced tubular topology visualization, colon segmentation, and lung nodule analysis. Collaborations span medical institutions and federal agencies. Awards: 2002 University Scholar designation for technical achievements. Served as associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and general co-chair of IEEE ICIP-09. Grants & Advising: Principal investigator on NSF/NIH-funded projects. Advised 15 PhD and 26 MS students, trained 10 postdocs, and introduced new ECE curriculum topics. Labs/Teams: CVIP Lab pioneers innovations in medical imaging and AI-driven diagnostics. Active in interdisciplinary teams for STEM education engagement metrics.








