Prof. Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor and Keonjian Endowed Chair at Univ of Arizona
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Optics and Optical Design , Image Processing , Vision , Autonomous Systems , Robotics , Autonomy and Cognitive Reasoning
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair of Microelectronics with joint appointments in the Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems & Industrial Engineering, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science at the University of Arizona. He was a Visiting Associate in Physics at Caltech (2001-2016), and held concurrent appointments as Visiting Research Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California (2005-2014). He was a Senior Researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2001-2009). Dr. Fink is the founder and director of the Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory at Caltech and at the University of Arizona. He obtained a B.S. and M.S. degree in Physics and Physical Chemistry from the University of Göttingen, Germany, and a Ph.D. "summa cum laude" in Theoretical Physics from the University of Tübingen, Germany in 1997. He is a FAIMBE, FPHMS, LFSPIE, FARVO, FNAI, UA FdaVinci & FACABI, Senior M. IEEE, and the PHM Society VP.
Dr. Fink, pursuing an inter-disciplinary systems engineering approach in human-machine interfaces, evolutionary optimization, and autonomous systems, has focused his research on biomimetic systems, biomedical sensor development, artificial vision, computer-optimized design, cognitive systems, and autonomous robotic space exploration.
Among numerous awards Dr. Fink was named co-recipient of the 2009 R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 Award and the R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award, both for the DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project; received the 2009 NASA Board Award for his pioneering work on a novel autonomous space exploration paradigm; and was honored with the 2023 SPIE Meinel Technology Achievement Award. He has currently over 267 publications and 31 patents in the areas of autonomous systems, biomedical devices, MEMS fabrication, data analysis, and multi-dimensional optimization.
Publications (21)

Proceedings Article | 17 May 2019 Paper
Proceedings Volume 10982, 1098225 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518335
KEYWORDS: Robotics, Stochastic processes, Artificial intelligence, Sensors, Target detection, Space operations, Artificial neural networks, Feature extraction, Physics, Computing systems

Proceedings Article | 14 May 2018 Paper
Wolfgang Fink, Alexander J.-W. Brooks, Mark Tarbell
Proceedings Volume 10639, 106391Z (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2303795
KEYWORDS: Image processing, Target detection, Robotics, Image segmentation, Mars, Reconnaissance, Feature extraction, Analytical research, Visualization, Sensors, Principal component analysis, Automatic target recognition

Proceedings Article | 8 May 2018 Paper
Alexander J.-W. Brooks, Wolfgang Fink, Mark Tarbell
Proceedings Volume 10639, 106391X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2303770
KEYWORDS: Robotics, LIDAR, Sensors, Navigation systems, Visualization, Reconnaissance, Space reconnaissance, Target detection, Prototyping

Proceedings Article | 18 May 2017 Paper
Wolfgang Fink, Alexander J.-W. Brooks, Mark Tarbell, James Dohm
Proceedings Volume 10194, 1019422 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257333
KEYWORDS: Intelligence systems, Reconnaissance, C4ISR, Robotics, Sensors, Target detection, Space reconnaissance, Space operations, Feature extraction, Patents, Principal component analysis

Proceedings Article | 17 May 2016 Paper
Chris Adams, John Cerwin, Wolfgang Fink
Proceedings Volume 9836, 98360X (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224177
KEYWORDS: Visualization, Visual analytics, Eye, Tablets, Internet, Traumatic brain injury, Spatial resolution, Analytical research, Diagnostics, 3D displays

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Proceedings Volume Editor (3)

SPIE Conference Volume | 23 April 2010

SPIE Conference Volume | 1 May 2009

SPIE Conference Volume | 20 May 2008

Conference Committee Involvement (7)
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI
14 April 2019 | Baltimore, MD, United States
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications X
15 April 2018 | Orlando, FL, United States
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX
9 April 2017 | Anaheim, CA, United States
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VIII
17 April 2016 | Baltimore, MD, United States
Space Missions and Technologies
5 April 2010 | Orlando, Florida, United States
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