Ivan Laptev
Ivan Laptev studies visual recognition and video understanding. His work includes space-time interest points and learning methods for human actions and interactions. Laptev published Space-Time Interest Points at ICCV in 2003. The paper received a Helmholtz prize in 2017. He earned a KTH computer-science doctorate in 2004 and an ENS habilitation in 2013. His research covers recognition of actions, objects and interactions, and later extended to robotics. As of October 2026, Laptev is a professor at MBZUAI on leave from Inria Paris.
- Works
- 350
- Citations
- 37,838
- h-index
- 70
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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2003
Space-time features
Laptev published Space-Time Interest Points at ICCV in 2003. The paper received a Helmholtz prize in 2017.
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2004–2013
Doctoral training and habilitation
He earned a KTH computer-science doctorate in 2004 and an ENS habilitation in 2013. His research covers recognition of actions, objects and interactions, and later extended to robotics.
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As of October 2026
Research across institutions
Laptev is a professor at MBZUAI on leave from Inria Paris.
Sources and credits
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