Hanson and Riseman honored at CS Homecoming

During our Annual Homecoming celebration, held on Friday, October 20, the Department honored Professor Allen Hanson and Professor Emeritus Edward Riseman with a luncheon to celebrate their contributions to UMass Amherst Computer Science and to the field of computer vision research. Many of Hanson’s and Riseman’s former students attended the event and spoke of their days working with the pair.

Pictured with Hanson and Riseman are their current and former Visions students and support staff. (Left to right; floor level) Charles Marshall (M.S. ‘73), Harpreet Sawhney (Ph.D. ’92), Ed Fisher (Ph.D. ’76), Randy Ellis (Ph.D. ’87), Edward Riseman, Arthur Provost (M.S. ‘74), Allen Hanson, Jerod Weinman (current student), Laurie Downey (Administrative Assistant), Paul Dickson (current student), Vidit Jain (current student), Teddy Kumar (Ph.D. ’92), Claude Fennema (Ph.D. ’91), Sai Ravela (Ph.D. ’02), Janet Turnbull (former Business Manager); (l to r, on stairs) row 1: Moe Mattar, Dimitri Lisin (Ph.D. ’06), Frank Stolle (Ph.D. ’06), row 2: Ralf Kohler (Ph.D. ’83), Zhongfei Zhang (Ph.D. ’96), Piyanuch Silapachote (current student), row 3: Paul Nagin (Ph.D. ’79), Al Hough (Ph.D. ’91), Adam Williams (current student), row 4: Harpal Bassali (M.S. ‘01), David Backer (M.S. ‘76).

After the luncheon, a large group of alumni and industrial partners gathered for a reception and research poster session.  Faculty and students displayed over thirty posters depicting their latest research areas.  There was plenty of food and spirits for the crowd as well.

High resolution version of image above (3.42 MB). Photo by David Ryan Photography.