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Dr. David Mumford The Mathematical Way of Understanding the World: Clocks and Chaos
The Mathematical Way of Understanding the World: Models of Thought
A distinguished mathematician and highly recognized scholar, Dr. David Mumford is a leader in the field of pattern theory. He began his career in pure mathematics, specifically in studying the moduli spaces of curves and algebraic varieties. In the past two decades, Mumford has collaborated with computer scientists, psychologists, and neurobiologists and sought the “right” mathematics for describing the problems of perception. His work has focused on computer vision, pattern theory, and the mathematical modeling of shape. His most recent writings include: “Two and Three Dimensional Patterns of the Face,” with Giblin, Gordon, Hallinan, and Yuille (1999), and “Indra's Pearls,” with Series and Wright (2002). David Mumford was born in 1937 in Three Bridges, Sussex, England, and
received his B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in 1957 and his Ph.D. in 1961 from
Harvard University. In addition to his achievements as a visiting professor
in the U.S., Tokyo, Paris, and the U.K., he served as the Chairman of
the Department of Mathematics at Harvard from 1981 to1984. Mumford was
a MacArthur Fellow from 1987 to 1992 and served as president of the
International Mathematical Union from 1995 to 1998. Since 1996, he has
taught at Brown University. Mumford has received various honorary degrees,
awards, and other honors, and is a member of several learned societies,
including the London Mathematical Society and the National Academy of
Sciences. Mumford received the Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics,
in 1974.
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