University of Iceland, Iceland
Brief info
Jon Atli Benediktsson received the Cand.Sci. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Iceland, Reykjavik, in 1984, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Since 1991 Dr. Benediktsson has been with the University of Iceland where he is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was the President and Rector of the University of Iceland 2015-2025 and President of Aurora Universities 2020-2024.
Prof. Benediktsson is currently the EiC of IEEE Press. He was the 2011-2012 IEEE GRSS President and EiC of IEEE Trans. GRSS 2003-2008. His research interests are in remote sensing, biomedical analysis of signals, pattern recognition, image processing, and signal processing, and he has published extensively in those fields. Dr. Benediktsson is International Member of National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of SPIE, member of Academy Europe, SigmaXi and Tau Beta Pi. Prof. Benediktsson has been on the Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers since 2018. He was granted the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000 and received the Outstanding Service Award from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society in 2007 and the GRSS Education Award in 2020. Dr. Benediktsson was co-recipient of the 2012 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Paper Award and in 2013 and 2024 he was co-recipient of the IEEE GRSS Highest Impact Paper Award.