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Computer Visionary Huttenlocher
Speaks at Denison
Contact: Barbara Stambaugh, Media Relations Manager
Email: stambaughb@denison.edu
Phone: (740) 587-8575
Updated: April 3, 2008

GRANVILLE—Daniel Huttenlocher, professor of computing, information science and business at the Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University, will speak at Denison University at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 14, in Higley Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). Huttenlocher will speak about “Computer Vision: From Autonomous Vehicles to Video Surveillance to Image Search.” The lecture, sponsored by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, is free and open to the public.

Huttenlocher, whose favorite non-computer-geek activity is snowboarding, will discuss recent advances in computer vision that enable new applications such as driver safety systems and congestion based road usage fees. The talk will illustrate some of the current successes and limitations of computer vision and provide some insight into how automated vision systems operate.


CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville—Phi Beta Kappa lecturer Daniel P. Huttenlocher speaks on “Computer Vision: From Autonomous Vehicles to Video Surveillance to Image Search,” at 7:30 p.m. on Mon., April 14, at Higley Auditorium (100 Ridge Road). The lecture is free and open to the public. Call 740-587-6259 for more information.