About me
Senior technical staff member
Research lab: Almaden Research Center
Myron "Flick" Flickner is an engineer, manager, inventor and author with 16 patents and over 45 publications in areas of image analysis, computer virus detection and human-computer interaction. Flick joined IBM Research San Jose in 1982, working on automated inspection of thin film disk heads. During 1987-1988 at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center he researched image processing languages and served as IBM's representative to the ANSI X3H3.8/ISO standards committee. He returned to the Almaden Research Center and explored content based image retrieval and created the widely referenced QBIC (Query by Image Content) system. His current research interests include retail technologies, human behavior detection and analysis, video surveillance with smart sensors, attentive environments and usability. Mr. Flickner received a B.S.(1980) and a M.S.(1982) in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University.
Last updated 8 Jun 2006