Takeo Kanade elected as a member of the Japan Academy and named a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan

Takeo Kanade, U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor in the Robotics Institute and Computer Science Department, was elected last month as a member of the Japan Academy, an organization that recognizes researchers with the most distinguished records of academic and scientific achievement. Earlier last year, Kanade was named a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan in recognition of his original research in facial image recognition technology and autonomous driving.