David Marr (neuroscientist)

David C. Marr
Born(1945-01-19)19 January 1945
Died17 November 1980(1980-11-17) (aged 35)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge (BA, PhD)
AwardsIJCAI Computers and Thought Award
Scientific career
FieldsComputational neuroscience
Artificial intelligence
Psychology
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisA general theory for cerebral cortex (1972)
Doctoral advisorGiles Brindley
Doctoral studentsShimon 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.

  1. ^ David Marr, from the International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, by Shimon Edelman and Lucia M. Vaina; published 2001-01-08; archived at Cornell University; retrieved 2021-07-21