Herbert Freeman
Herbert Freeman (born December 13, 1925 ) is an American computer engineer and computer scientist.
Freeman studied at Union University in New York with a bachelor's degree in 1946 and at Columbia University with a master's degree in 1948 and a doctorate in 1956. From 1948 to 1958 he was head of the department for advanced studies in engineering at Sperry Corporation (then Sperry Gyroscope) and in 1959/60 he was head of data processing there. In 1958/59 he was visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 1960 to 1975 he was professor of electrical engineering at New York University , where he headed the faculty from 1968 to 1973. 1966/67 he was visiting professor at the ETH Zurich . From 1975 to 1985 he was a professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and from 1985 at Rutgers University . From 1985 to 1990 he was director of the Center for Computer Aids for Industrial Productivity there.
In 1973 he was visiting professor at the University of Pisa and in 1982 at Stanford University . He was also a visiting professor at the Technion .
Freeman built the SPEEDAC computer at Sperry in 1953. Later he dealt with computer graphics, pattern recognition and image processing. The Freeman code is named after him. In the 1980s he was a pioneer in the automatic placement of brands on maps (Automatic Label Placement) and founded the company MapText.
In 1999 he received the Computer Pioneer Award from the IEEE Computer Society. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery and was a Guggenheim Fellow . In 1994 he received the KS Fu Prize from the International Association for Pattern Recognition.
He has been married since 1955 and has three children.
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- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freeman, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1925 |