W. Eric L. Grimson | |
|---|---|
| 5th Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| President | Susan Hockfield L. Rafael Reif |
| Preceded by | Phillip Clay |
| Succeeded by | Cynthia Barnhart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Eric Leifur Grimson 1953 (age 70–71) Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Spouse | Ellen Hildreth |
| Education | University of Regina (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Website | www |
| Awards | AAAI Fellow (2000) IEEE Fellow (2004) ACM Fellow (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science Computer vision |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chancellor) |
| Thesis | Computing shape using a theory of human stereo vision (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Marr |
| Doctoral students | Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood |
William Eric Leifur Grimson (born 1953) is a Canadian-born computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as Chancellor from 2011 to 2014. An expert in computer vision, he headed MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 2005 to 2011 and currently serves as its Chancellor for Academic Advancement.[1][2]