“Computer vision is a virtue. We, as a society, are responsible for making good use of it”

Recognized with the 16th BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies, Takeo Kanade looks back on a pioneering career in computer vision and robotics. From the earliest systems capable of interpreting images to technologies that have transformed medicine and mobility, Kanade explains how the combination of curiosity, precision, and design has driven advances that are now shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Information and Communication Technologies category has gone in this sixteenth edition to Professor Takeo Kanade, “for developing mathematical foundations that underlie the current capabilities of computers and robots to comprehend and interpret visual images and scenes”.