Professor Edmund Lam has been awarded the 2017 Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Fellowship “for outstanding contributions in image analysis, lithographic imaging, and biomedical imaging.” Founded in 1947, the Society for Imaging Science and Technology is a professional international organization dedicated to all aspects of imaging science, with particular emphasis on digital printing, electronic imaging, color science, etc. Professor Lam is the sole recipient of this Fellowship award in 2017, and the first person to receive this accolade from Hong Kong.