PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jan-Olof Eklundh

Jan-Olof Eklundh built the research group that became KTH’s Computational Vision and Active Perception Laboratory (CVAP). He began at the Swedish National Defence Research Institute in the 1960s and came to KTH in the early 1980s to build CVAP. In 1990, he coauthored a paper with Kjell Brunnstrom and Tony Lindeberg on foveation, active zooming and scale-space methods for junction detection. He joined IVA in 1992, chaired ECCV in 1994, served as KTH dean from 1994 to 1999, and joined the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and became an IAPR Fellow in 2002. Born in 1939, he died in 2021.

Born
1939
Died
2021

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Timeline

  1. 1939

    Born in 1939

    He is born in 1939.

  2. 1960s

    At the Defence Research Institute

    He begins work at the Swedish National Defence Research Institute in the 1960s.

  3. 1980s

    Building the CVAP group

    He comes to KTH in the early 1980s and builds the research group that becomes the Computational Vision and Active Perception Laboratory (CVAP), now RPL.

  4. 1990

    A scale analysis paper

    With Kjell Brunnstrom and Tony Lindeberg, he coauthors “On Scale and Resolution in Active Analysis of Local Image Structure” in 1990.

  5. 1990

    Foveation for junction detection

    In 1990, the paper uses foveation, active zooming and scale-space techniques to detect and classify junctions.

  6. 1992–1999

    Academy, ECCV and KTH dean

    He joins IVA in 1992. He chairs ECCV in 1994. He serves as dean of KTH’s School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from 1994 to 1999.

  7. 2002

    KVA membership and IAPR Fellow

    He joins the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2002 and becomes an IAPR Fellow for contributions to computer vision and service to IAPR.

  8. 2021

    Death in 2021

    He dies in 2021.

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Sources and credits

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  1. In memory of Professor Jan-Olof Eklundh intra.kth.se. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. On Scale and Resolution in Active Analysis of Local Image Structure csc.kth.se. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Health & Life Sciences - Jan-Olof Eklundh cfref-apogee.gc.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. KTH played a key role in bringing ECCV back to Sweden after 32 years kth.se. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Alphabetical List of IAPR Fellows iapr.org. Checked 20 October 2026.