Scholar
Jón Atli Benediktsson
Google Scholar ID: C6d7qe0AAAAJ
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iceland
Citations & Impact
Citations
25,988
H-index
80
i10-index
242
Publications
20
Co-authors
102
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Elected International Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2025
- Recipient of the Asa Wright Research Prize in Iceland, 2025
- Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) since 2018
- Co-recipient of the 2024 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s Highest Impact Paper Award (with S. Li, W. Song, L. Fang, Y. Chen, and P. Ghamisi) for the paper 'Deep Learning for Hyperspectral Image Clustering'
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, SPIE
- Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)
- Member, Academia Europaea
- Member, Association of Chartered Engineers (VFI), Iceland
- Member, Societas Scientiarum Islandica
- Co-founder of biomedical company Oxymap Inc.
Research Experience
- On the academic staff of the University of Iceland since 1991; Full Professor since 1996
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iceland, from July 1, 2025
- Rector and President, University of Iceland, July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2025
- Pro-Rector for Academic Affairs, University of Iceland, February 2009 – July 2015
- Director of Academic Development, Rector’s Office, University of Iceland, September 2006 – January 2009
- Head, Graduate School, University of Iceland, since February 2009
- Member of Ad Hoc Graduate Faculty, University of Louisville, November 2005 – 2008
- Visiting Professor, University of Trento, Italy, 2002–2015
- Visiting Professor, Kingston University, UK, 1999–2004
- Chairman, Metan Ltd., 1999–2004
- Visiting Scientist, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra, Italy, April–July 1998
- Visiting Scholar, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark, January–March 1998
- Fellow, Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), University of New South Wales, August 1997
- Visiting Scholar, Purdue University, January–August 1995
- Research Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering and Laboratory for Application of Remote Sensing (LARS), Purdue University, 1986–1990
- Employed by the Engineering Research Institute of the University of Iceland, 1984–1985
