Eric Backer
Eric Backer received the M.Sc. degree and the Ph.D. degree from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, in 1969 and 1978, respectively. He was appointed as full professor at Delft University of Technology in 1982, and has been visiting professor at Michigan State University in 1978 and 1982, and at the University of South Florida in 1993. His current research interests include pattern recognition, image processing, and machine intelligence. Dr. Backer is the Managing Editor of Pattern Recognition Letters and has been the general co-chairman of the 11th ICPR.