Researcher

Abdenour Hadid

Abdenour Hadid is a computer vision researcher whose work includes face recognition with local binary patterns. In 2004 he co-wrote a European Conference on Computer Vision paper on that method. He earned a Doctor of Science in Technology at the University of Oulu in 2005 and held an Academy Research Fellow position from 2013 to 2018. He is a professor and principal investigator of an AI chair at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.

Timeline

  1. 2004

    Local binary patterns for faces

    He co-writes “Face Recognition with Local Binary Patterns” with Timo Ahonen and Matti Pietikäinen, a 2004 paper for the European Conference on Computer Vision.

  2. 2005

    A doctorate from Oulu

    He earns a Doctor of Science in Technology in electrical and information engineering at the University of Oulu in 2005.

  3. 2011

    Computer vision using local binary patterns

    He co-authors the 2011 publication Computer Vision Using Local Binary Patterns with Matti Pietikäinen, Guoying Zhao and Timo Ahonen.

  4. 2013–2018

    An Academy of Finland fellowship

    He holds an Academy Research Fellow position from the Academy of Finland during 2013–2018.

  5. Since 2022

    An AI chair in Abu Dhabi

    He holds a professorship at the Sorbonne Centre for Artificial Intelligence from 2022. He is also principal investigator of an AI chair at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.

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  1. Face Recognition with Local Binary Patterns | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Prof. Abdenour Hadid sorbonne.ae. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Abdenour Hadid - Wikidata wikidata.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Hadid, Abdenour (19..-....) idref.fr. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Prof. Abdenour Hadid sorbonne.ae. Checked 14 October 2026.