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Ales Leonardis

Also known as Aleš Leonardis

Ales Leonardis is a computer vision researcher, and the IAPR names him a fellow in 2002 for his contributions to the field. He completes a computer science doctorate at the University of Ljubljana in 1993. Multiple Eigenspaces, a paper he coauthors in 2002, wins a Pattern Recognition Society award, and in 2004 he receives one of the two most prestigious national awards in Slovenia for research. He is one of the organizers of the annual Visual Object Tracking challenges. The University of Ljubljana names him an Honorary Senator in 2020, and as of October 2026 he holds the Chair of Robotics at the University of Birmingham.

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Timeline

  1. 1993

    A computer science doctorate

    He completes a doctorate in computer science at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 1993.

  2. 2002

    IAPR fellowship and a prize paper

    The IAPR names him a fellow in 2002 for contributions to computer vision and service to IAPR. Multiple Eigenspaces, a paper he coauthors in 2002, wins the 29th Annual Pattern Recognition Society award.

  3. 2004

    A national research award

    In 2004 he receives one of the two most prestigious national awards in Slovenia for research.

  4. 2006

    Program co-chair of ECCV

    For the European Conference on Computer Vision in 2006, he serves as program co-chair.

  5. 2014

    Visual object tracking challenges

    He is one of the authors of the VOT2014 challenge results, a paper from the Visual Object Tracking Workshop 2014 at ECCV 2014. Across the series, he is one of the organizers of the annual Visual Object Tracking challenges.

  6. 2020

    Honorary senator at Ljubljana

    The University of Ljubljana names him an Honorary Senator in 2020.

  7. As of October 2026

    Chair of Robotics in Birmingham

    At the University of Birmingham, he holds the Chair of Robotics in the School of Computer Science and co-directs the Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics Centre.

Sources and credits

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  1. CRIS cris.cobiss.net. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Professor Ales Leonardis - School of Computer Science - University of Birmingham birmingham.ac.uk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. The Visual Object Tracking VOT2014 challenge results :: ViCoS Prints prints.vicos.si. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Ales Leonardis - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. ViCoS members reveived the following awards from the University of Ljubljana: Aleš Leonardis became a Honorary Senator of the University of Ljubljana; Danijel Skočaj as well as Visual object tracking group – VOT received the Golden Plaque for exceptional contributions to the development of scientific, pedagogical or artistic endeavours, and for strengthening the reputation of the University of Ljubljana. | ViCoS Lab vicos.si. Checked 14 October 2026.