Shaogang Gong
Also known as Sean Gong
As of October 2026, Shaogang Gong is Professor of Visual Computation at Queen Mary University of London and a computer vision and machine learning scientist. Since the late 1980s, he has developed systems that track and identify people and vehicles in large volumes of video. He established the Queen Mary Computer Vision Laboratory in 1993, and the IET awarded him its 2020 Achievement Medal for Vision Engineering. ELLIS named him a Fellow in 2021, and the Royal Academy of Engineering elected him a Fellow in 2023. Veritone bought Vision Semantics, a company based on Computer Vision Group research, in August 2022.
- Works
- 430
- Citations
- 36,007
- h-index
- 94
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1980s
Tracking people through video
From the late 1980s he develops systems that track and identify people and vehicles in large volumes of video.
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1993
Founding the Queen Mary lab
He establishes the Queen Mary Computer Vision Laboratory in 1993.
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2020
An IET Achievement Medal
The IET awards him its 2020 Achievement Medal for Vision Engineering.
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2021
An ELLIS Fellowship
ELLIS names him a Fellow in its Multimodal Learning Systems program in 2021.
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August 2022
Veritone buys Vision Semantics
Veritone buys Vision Semantics in August 2022, a company based on Queen Mary's Computer Vision Group research.
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2023
A Royal Academy fellowship
The Royal Academy of Engineering elects him a Fellow in 2023, crediting him with person re-identification and video behaviour analysis for law enforcement.
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As of October 2026
Professor of Visual Computation
He is Professor of Visual Computation at Queen Mary University of London and a computer vision and machine learning scientist.
Sources and credits
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- Queen Mary professor recognised as world-leading engineer by the Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Congratulations to Prof Shaogang Gong who has been elected an ELLIS Fellow in the ELLIS Program Multimodal Learning Systems. - Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI)
- Veritone Introduces New AI-Powered Video Forensics Solution
- QMUL spin-out’s role recognised in award for innovative CCTV solution - Queen Mary University of London
- Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes 73 new Fellows
- Professor Shaogang (Sean) Gong FREng
- Prof Shaogang Gong - School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science