From August 21 to 25, 2022, the 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) was held in Montreal, Canada. The conference announced the results of the 2022 Maria Petrou Award of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR).

Professor Wang Yunhong from the School of Computer Science and Engineering of Beihang University won this award for her outstanding academic contribution to pattern recognition and biometric recognition, her academic service in the field of pattern recognition and her role model as a leading scientist. She is the first Chinese to receive this award since the award was established.

The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), founded in 1978, is an international academic organization in the field of pattern recognition (https://iapr.org).  IAPR has established the Female Scientist/Engineer Award, named after female Professor Maria Petrou, to reward female scientists who have made important contributions in pattern recognition and related fields and can serve as role models for female researchers. The prize is awarded every two years to one person each time and is presented at ICPR.

Reported by Huang Di

Edited by Jia Aiping

Reviewed by Li Jianxin

Translated by Zang Mingming