Eric Grimson

W. Eric L. Grimson
5th Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
2011–2014
PresidentSusan Hockfield
L. Rafael Reif
Preceded byPhillip Clay
Succeeded byCynthia Barnhart
Personal details
Born
William Eric Leifur Grimson

1953 (age 70–71)
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
SpouseEllen Hildreth
EducationUniversity of Regina (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Websitewww.csail.mit.edu/person/eric-grimson
AwardsAAAI Fellow (2000)
IEEE Fellow (2004)
ACM Fellow (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Computer vision
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Chancellor)
ThesisComputing shape using a theory of human stereo vision (1980)
Doctoral advisorDavid Marr
Doctoral studentsTanveer 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]

  1. ^ "W. Eric L. Grimson, Chancellor for Academic Advancement". MIT Organization Chart. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ "MIT History - Office of the MIT Chancellor". libraries.mit.edu.