Leszek Luchowski (D.Sc.) has been with the IITiS PAN (formerly ZSAK PAN) since 1983, and part of its Vision Systems Group since 1987. He led the team for a part of this time, and was responsible for a number of research projects in the theory and applications of computer vision. He sustained his PhD thesis in image segmentation in 1994, and his DSc (higher doctorate) in 2014.