David Marr (scientist)
David Marr | |
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| Born | David Courtenay Marr 19 January 1945 Woodford, London, England |
| Died | 17 November 1980 (aged 35) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Awards | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational neuroscience Artificial intelligence Psychology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | A general theory for cerebral cortex (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Giles Brindley |
| Doctoral students | Shimon Ullman Eric Grimson John M. Hollerbach |
David Courtenay Marr (19 January 1945 – 17 November 1980) was a British cognitive scientist, neurobiologist, and physiologist. Marr integrated results from psychology, artificial intelligence, and neurophysiology into new models of visual processing. His work was influential in computational neuroscience and led to a resurgence of interest in the discipline.