Gabriella Sanniti di Baja
As of October 2026, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja is a retired Italian computer scientist whose research covers image processing, pattern recognition, and computer vision. She took a physics laurea at the Federico II University of Naples in 1973 and worked at the Institute of Cybernetics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) until retiring in 2017. She served three consecutive terms as IAPR Secretary from 1994 to 2000, and in 2000 she became the first woman president of the International Association for Pattern Recognition. She was named an IAPR Fellow in 2000 and edited Pattern Recognition Letters as editor-in-chief from 2000 to 2010. She received a PhD honoris causa from Uppsala University in 2002 and co-edited the book Skeletonization: Theory, Methods and Applications, published in 2017.
Timeline
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1950–2017
Physics in Naples, then CNR
She is born in 1950 and receives a physics laurea, cum laude, from the Federico II University of Naples in 1973. She works at the Institute of Cybernetics "E. Caianiello" of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), becoming director of research there, and her research covers image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision.
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1994–2002
First woman president of IAPR
She serves three consecutive terms as IAPR Secretary from 1994 to 2000. In 2000 she becomes the first woman President of the International Association for Pattern Recognition, serving until 2002.
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2000
An IAPR Fellowship
The IAPR names her a Fellow in 2000 for exceptional service to IAPR and for contributions to image analysis.
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2000–2010
Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters
She serves as Editor-in-Chief of Pattern Recognition Letters from 2000 to 2010.
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2002–2011
Honours from Uppsala
She receives a PhD honoris causa from Uppsala University in 2002. In 2011 she becomes a foreign member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala.
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2008–2016
General Chair of ICPR
She serves as General Chair of ICPR in 2008 and again in 2016.
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2017
A skeletonization book
She co-edits Skeletonization: Theory, Methods and Applications with Punam K. Saha and Gunilla Borgefors. The book, a comprehensive reference on skeletonization, is published in 2017.
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Since 2017
Affiliated researcher at CNR
She retires from CNR as director of research in 2017 and is appointed an affiliated researcher.
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