PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Sergio Escalera

Also known as Sergio Escalera Guerrero

Sergio Escalera is a full professor at the University of Barcelona, where he leads the Human Pose Recovery and Behavior Analysis Group. The International Association for Pattern Recognition named him a fellow in 2022 for contributions in pattern recognition and human behavior analysis. He earned the 2008 Best Computer Science PhD Thesis Award at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. ICREA Academia first backed him in 2018 and renewed the grant in 2023. He became an ELLIS fellow in 2019, and he also holds a distinguished professorship at Aalborg University, a post dating from 2021.

Timeline

  1. 2008

    A thesis award at UAB

    He completes a PhD on multi-class visual categorization systems at the Computer Vision Center and wins the 2008 Best Computer Science PhD Thesis Award at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

  2. 2018–2023

    An ICREA Academia renewal

    In 2018 he receives an ICREA Academia grant, and the 2023 call renews it.

  3. 2019

    An ELLIS fellowship

    The European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems names him a Fellow in 2019.

  4. 2019

    Organizing a CVPR workshop

    At CVPR in 2019, he organizes the ChaLearn Looking at People workshop.

  5. Since 2021

    A distinguished professorship at Aalborg

    At Aalborg University, he holds the post of Distinguished Professor since 2021.

  6. 2022

    An IAPR fellowship

    The International Association for Pattern Recognition elects him a fellow in 2022 for contributions in pattern recognition and human behavior analysis.

  7. As of October 2026

    Full professor in Barcelona

    He is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the University of Barcelona, where he leads the Human Pose Recovery and Behavior Analysis Group.

Sources and credits

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  1. Sergio Escalera sergioescalera.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Dr Antonio Lopez and Dr Sergio Escalera have received the ICREA Academia distinction for the second time cvc.uab.es. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Sergio Escalera vbn.aau.dk. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. 2019 Chalearn Looking at People Workshop CVPR chalearnlap.cvc.uab.cat. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows iapr.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Dr Sergio Escalera receives the IAPR fellow award 2022 cvc.uab.es. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Escalera Guerrero, Sergio – ICREA Memoir 2025 memoir.icrea.cat. Checked 14 October 2026.