Eric grimson biography

Computer scientist

William Eric Leifur Grimson (born ) is a Canadian-born computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as Chancellor from to An expert in computer vision, he headed MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from to and currently serves as its Chancellor for Academic Advancement.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Grimson was born in in Estevan, Saskatchewan.

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His father William was the principal of Estevan Collegiate Institute, the local high school, and his mother was an eminent musician and taught piano performance and music theory. The family later moved to Regina, where he attended Campbell Collegiate and the University of Regina, graduating in with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and physics with high honours.^[3][4] In , he received his PhD in mathematics from MIT.

His doctoral dissertation, "Computing Shape Using a Theory of Human Stereo Vision", was on computer vision, a field that would become the focus of his research career. An expanded version of the dissertation was published by MIT Press in as From Images to Surfaces: A Computational Study of the Human Early Vision System, which was endorsed by Tomaso Poggio and Noam Chomsky.^[5][6]

Academia

After completing his PhD, Grimson worked as a research scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (now CSAIL) before joining the university's faculty in He eventually rose to Bernard Gordon Chair of Medical Engineering and holds a joint appointment as a Radiology Lecturer at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.^[7] After serving as Education Officer and Associate Department Head, he was appointed Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and served from to In February , he was appointed Chancellor of MIT, succeeding Phillip Clay, and took up his post the following month^[6] and served until when he was replaced by Cynthia Barnhart.^[8]

Grimson has "long prized teaching" and has taught introductory computer science courses for 25 years, in addition to advising doctoral students and teaching advanced classes.

He also teaches two introductory computer science courses on edX.^[9][10]

In his current position as Chancellor for Academic Advancement, Grimson reports directly to MIT President Sally Kornbluth. His role is to gather faculty and student input on MIT's fundraising priorities and to communicate these priorities to donors and alumni.^[1]

Personal life

Grimson is married to Wellesley College professor Ellen Hildreth.

The couple have two sons.^[6]

Honors and awards

Selected works

• Object Recognition by Computer: The Role of Geometric Constraints.
  Eric grimson biography wikipedia Grimson is married to Wellesley College professor Ellen Hildreth. In February , he was appointed Chancellor of MIT, succeeding Phillip Clay , and took up his post the following month [ 6 ] and served until when he was replaced by Cynthia Barnhart. They have seen many students work through these challenges. Eric L.

  MIT press

• Grimson, W. Eric L. () "Image Guided Surgery" (abstract). Stanford University, Broad Area Colloquium For AI-Geometry-Graphics-Robotics-Vision
• AI in the s and Beyond: An MIT Survey. (Ed. with Ramesh S. Patil) MIT press
• From Images to Surfaces: A Computational Study of the Human Early Visual System.

  MIT press

Endorsed by Tomaso Poggio and Noam Chomsky;

Dedicated to David Marr.

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