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Edward J. Delp

Also known as Ed Delp, Edward John Delp III

Edward Delp is an electrical engineer whose research spans image and video compression and the forensic analysis of manipulated media. He completed a doctoral thesis at Purdue in 1979 and joined the Purdue faculty in August 1984, after a period at the University of Michigan. In 2022 he led a team developing advanced methods of identifying manipulated media. In February 2026 the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences elected him a fellow, and Purdue announced his AAAS fellowship in March 2026. As of October 2026, he is the Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, where he directs the Video and Image Processing Laboratory.

Timeline

  1. 1979

    A doctoral thesis at Purdue

    He completes a doctoral thesis on block truncation coding at Purdue in 1979, after degrees from the University of Cincinnati.

  2. 1980–1984

    Michigan, then Purdue

    He is a faculty member at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1984. He joins Purdue in August 1984.

  3. 2004

    A Shannon-Nyquist achievement award

    He receives the Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 2004, for his work in image and video compression and multimedia security.

  4. August 2016

    A military system for doctored media

    In August 2016 Purdue announces an effort to develop a system for the military that would detect doctored images and video.

  5. February 2022

    Detecting manipulated media

    In February 2022 Purdue reports that Delp leads a team developing advanced methods of identifying manipulated media.

  6. January 2025

    Named an ACM Fellow

    In January 2025 Purdue reports that Delp is named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, for multimedia security, image and video compression, and image-based dietary assessment.

  7. 2026

    Fellow of AAIS and AAAS

    In February 2026 he is elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences. Purdue announces in March 2026 that AAAS has elected him a fellow.

  8. As of October 2026

    Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor

    He is the Charles William Harrison Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, and he directs the Video and Image Processing Laboratory. In August 2026 he gives a keynote at ISSMAD 2026, the International Symposium on Synthetic Media Attribution and Detection.

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  1. Edward J. Delp - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Brief Professional Biography of Edward J. Delp engineering.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. System might detect doctored images and videos for the military - Purdue University News purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Prof. Edward J. Delp leads team developing advanced methods of identifying manipulated media - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University engineering.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Purdue University Prof. Edward J. Delp named Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University engineering.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. 2024 ACM Fellows honored for transformative contributions to computing | EurekAlert! eurekalert.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Purdue ECE Prof. Edward J. Delp honored as AAAS fellow for image, video, and deepfake research - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University engineering.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Purdue ECE Prof. Edward Delp delivers keynote on deepfakes and AI-generated media - Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Purdue University engineering.purdue.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.