PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Chi Hau Chen

Chi Hau Chen is Chancellor Professor Emeritus at UMass Dartmouth, where he works in statistical pattern recognition, signal processing, computer vision and machine learning. He earned degrees at National Taiwan University, the University of Tennessee and Purdue, joined UMass Dartmouth in 1968, and edited a workshop volume on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence in 1976. He advised a 1986 master's thesis on underwater transients and exploration seismic data, became an IEEE Fellow in 1988, and became an IAPR Fellow in 1996. In 2025, he edited a book about pattern recognition and computer vision in the AI era.

Now at
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Works
41
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Timeline

  1. 1959–1965

    Engineering degrees

    He earns a BSEE at National Taiwan University in 1959, an MSEE at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1962, and a PhD in electrical engineering at Purdue in 1965.

  2. 1968

    Pattern recognition at UMass

    He begins teaching electrical and computer engineering at UMass Dartmouth in 1968. His research spans statistical pattern recognition, signal and image processing, remote sensing, geophysical and underwater-acoustics problems, computer vision, time-series analysis, and machine learning.

  3. 1976

    Editing an AI workshop volume

    He edits proceedings from the joint workshop on pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, held at Hyannis, Massachusetts, in June 1976.

  4. 1986

    A thesis on underwater signals

    He advises a UMass Dartmouth master's thesis on pattern analysis of underwater transients and exploration seismic data in 1986.

  5. 1988

    An IEEE Fellowship

    He becomes an IEEE Fellow in 1988.

  6. 1996

    An IAPR Fellowship

    IAPR names him a Fellow in 1996 for contributions to pattern recognition and its applications to geophysical and underwater-acoustics problems.

  7. Since 2010

    Emeritus and series editor

    He becomes Chancellor Professor Emeritus in June 2010 at UMass Dartmouth and serves as the Computer Vision Series Editor for World Scientific Publishing. In 2025, he edits Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision in the New AI Era, a book covering deep-learning and other AI applications in pattern recognition and computer vision.

Career

  1. Since 1968University of Massachusetts DartmouthChancellor Professor Emeritus

Education

  1. 1965Purdue UniversityPhD in electrical engineering
  2. 1962University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleMSEE
  3. 1959National Taiwan UniversityBSEE

From the biography.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Purdue University. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Purdue University. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Purdue University. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1961 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.

Sources and credits

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  1. Chi Hau Chen | College of Engineering | UMass Dartmouth umassd.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision axon.es. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Held at Hyannis, Massachusetts, June 1-3, 1976 books.google.com. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. List of Doctoral Dissertations & MS Theses | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | College of Engineering | UMass Dartmouth umassd.edu. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Alphabetical List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  6. Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision in the New AI Era - Chi-hau Chen - Google Books books.google.com. Checked 19 October 2026.