About the Author

Dr. Achintya K. Bhowmik is the general manager and chief technology officer of the perceptual computing group at Intel Corporation, where he leads the research, development, and productization of advanced computing solutions based on natural human-interaction technologies, including visual sensing, speech recognition, biosensing, immersive displays, multimodal user interfaces and applications.

Previously, he served as the chief of staff of the personal computer group, Intel's largest business unit. Prior to that, he led the advanced video and display technology group, responsible for developing power-performance optimized multimedia processing architecture and display technologies for Intel's computing products. His previous work included high-definition display systems based on all-digital liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplay technology, fast electro-optic modulation in organic molecular crystals, and integrated optoelectronic circuits for high-speed communication networks.

He has been an adjunct professor at the Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea, teaching graduate-level courses on display technologies and image processing. He has also taught mobile sensing and computer vision at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension. He has had 150 publications, including two books and 27 issued patents. He is a winner of the SID Distinguished Paper award.

He is the regional vice president of SID Americas, chair of the SID display electronics program committee, ...

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