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Kent Gauen is a leading researcher at the frontier of low-power computer vision, a field critical for enabling intelligent systems on mobile phones, drones, and autonomous platforms with strict energy constraints. His most influential work, the 2019 paper *"Low-Power Computer Vision: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities,"* has garnered over 76 citations, establishing it as a foundational survey for the community. In this comprehensive review, Gauen systematically maps the state of the art, identifies the fundamental trade-offs between accuracy and energy efficiency, and outlines the key obstacles—from hardware limitations to algorithmic bottlenecks—that must be overcome to deploy vision on battery-powered devices. By synthesizing progress across model compression, specialized hardware, and energy-aware algorithm design, his contributions provide a clear roadmap for researchers and engineers alike. Gauen’s work is particularly impactful for students and practitioners seeking to understand how to bring sophisticated visual intelligence to resource-constrained environments, making him a pivotal voice in the push toward truly ubiquitous, always-on computer vision.