Tomaso Poggio

Tomaso A. Poggio
Born	Tomaso Armando Poggio (1947-09-11) 11 September 1947 (age 77) Genoa, Italy
Alma mater	Istituto Arecco (BA) University of Genoa (PhD)
Known for	Biophysical and behavioral studies of the visual system Computational analyses of vision and learning in humans and machines Deep learning Visuo-motor control system in the fly
Awards	Otto Hahn Medal, 1979. Honorary degree, University of Pavia, 2000. 2003 Gabor Award. 2009 Okawa Prize [1]. Swartz Prize For Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience,The Society for Neuroscience, 2014.
Scientific career
Fields	Machine learning Neural networks Artificial intelligence Cognitive science Visual systems
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Prof. A. Borsellino
Notable students	Demis Hassabis Anya Hurlbert Christof Koch Partha Niyogi Amnon Shashua

Tomaso Armando Poggio (born 11 September 1947 in Genoa, Italy), is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research, a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and director of both the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT and the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, a multi-institutional collaboration headquartered at the McGovern Institute since 2013.^[1]