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Guillermo Sapiro

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Overview


Guillermo Sapiro received his B.Sc. (summa cum laude), M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, in 1989, 1991, and 1993 respectively. After post-doctoral research at MIT, Dr. Sapiro became Member of Technical Staff at the research facilities of HP Labs in Palo Alto, California. He was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he held the position of Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Vincentine Hermes-Luh Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Currently he is the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor with Duke University.

G. Sapiro works on theory and applications in computer vision, computer graphics, medical imaging, image analysis, and machine learning. He has authored and co-authored over 300 papers in these areas and has written a book published by Cambridge University Press, January 2001.

G. Sapiro was awarded the Gutwirth Scholarship for Special Excellence in Graduate Studies in 1991,  the Ollendorff Fellowship for Excellence in Vision and Image Understanding Work in 1992,  the Rothschild Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Studies in 1993, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award in 1998,  the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE) in 1998, the National Science Foundation Career Award in 1999, and the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship in 2010. He received the test of time award at ICCV 2011. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on 2018.

G. Sapiro is a Fellow of IEEE and SIAM.

G. Sapiro was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2025 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2025 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering
Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences · 2012 - Present Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published November 21, 2022
Duke Scholars Using Internal Seed Grants to Build Foundation for Collaborative Research
Published February 14, 2022
Duke’s Guillermo Sapiro Elected a Member of the National Academy of Engineering
Published November 12, 2021
Supportive Strategies Help “Picky Eaters” Deal with Food Aversions

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Recent Publications


A wearable-based aging clock associates with disease and behavior.

Journal Article Nature communications · October 2025 Aging biomarkers play a vital role in understanding longevity, with the potential to improve clinical decisions and interventions. Existing aging clocks typically use blood, vitals, or imaging collected in a clinical setting. Wearables, in contrast, can ma ... Full text Cite

Use of computer vision analysis for labeling inattention periods in EEG recordings with visual stimuli.

Journal Article Sci Rep · August 22, 2025 Electroencephalography (EEG) recordings with visual stimuli require detailed coding to determine the periods of participant's attention. Here we propose to use a supervised machine learning model and off-the-shelf video cameras only. We extract computer vi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Peer support: Current status and future opportunities for college mental health promotion.

Journal Article J Am Coll Health · July 14, 2025 Objective: This study of collegiate peer mental health support programs aims to inform future program development. Participants: We conducted a systematic internet search of 776 institutional affiliates of the American College Health Association to identif ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Child Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Conditions Program (DN-IPT)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2024 - 2029

Feeling and Body Investigators (FBI)-ARFID Division: Sensory and Somatic Exposure for Children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

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Recent Artistic Works


The Lives of Things

Installation November 1, 2015

Autism & Beyond App

Digital Media October 1, 2015

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Education, Training & Certifications


Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) · 1993 D.Sc.