David C. Marr | |
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| Born | 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)[1] was a British neuroscientist 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.