Cernium Appoints Vice President of Engineering.RESTON, Va. -- Cernium Corporation, the performance leader in intelligent video analytics, has named Nikhil Gagvani, Ph.D. as Vice President of Engineering. Dr. Gagvani brings to Cernium a track record of successfully leading multi-disciplinary technical teams in computer vision and video analytics product development. He previously led research, development and product engineering programs for Sarnoff Corporation Sarnoff Corporation, with headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, is the former RCA Laboratories. The headquarters is the site of the development of color television, CMOS technology, electron microscopy, and many other important technologies since the cornerstone was laid just and its subsidiary, Pyramid Vision Technologies, where he oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the launch of advanced video solutions for the security, surveillance and law enforcement markets. At Cernium, Dr. Gagvani will be responsible for the continued evolution of Perceptrak(R), Cernium's market-leading intelligent video analytics system, as well as the development of new product lines based on patented Cernium technologies. "Nik Gagvani's record of technical innovation and project leadership make him a strong addition to the Cernium management team, and he has an exceptional ability to transform laboratory concepts into market leading products that deliver real value for customers," said Craig A. Chambers, Cernium President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Dr. Gagvani is the author of numerous publications on visualization, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished , animation and distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. . He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. and a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute The Indian Institute in central Oxford, England is located at the north end of Catte Street on the corner with Holywell Street and faching down Broad Street from the east.[1] of Technology, Kharagpur, India. His 20 years of program and research experience in computer engineering has been instrumental for product design and technical management. With Perceptrak(R) and ExitSentry(R) intelligent video analytics systems deployed in more than 100 airports, commercial, and government locations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Cernium has the longest record of secure, reliable performance in the advanced video analytics industry. Cernium is a pioneer in intelligent video and behavior recognition systems that are built on patented, break-through machine vision technologies. The company's products enhance security by providing 24x7, real-time monitoring and analysis of surveillance video. They are able to recognize and alert security personnel to an array of human and vehicular behaviors such as objects that have been left behind or removed from a monitored location, individuals who are loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. in an area, or a rapidly forming or dispersing crowd. Together, Perceptrak(R) and ExitSentry(R) protect people and billions of dollars in critical assets in North America and abroad. About Cernium Cernium Corporation is the leading developer and provider of behavior-recognition software and systems for the security industry, focusing on real-time video analysis. The company produces advanced video security systems for dozens of facilities across North America, enhancing security operations for a range of industry sectors including government, healthcare, transportation, hospitality, education and cultural institutions. Cernium's security products include Perceptrak(R) and ExitSentry(R). For more information visit www.cernium.com. |
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