Berthold K.P. Horn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Berthold K.P. Horn

American computer scientist

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1943

Place of Birth: Teplice, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Profession: computer scientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Berthold Klaus Paul Horn (born December 8, 1943) is an American scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence and computer vision.
He is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
He is also Principal Investigator at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT.Horn is the author of two books and over 300 articles.
His research is focused on Machine Vision, Computational Imaging, Suppressing Traffic Flow Instabilities and Indoor Navigation.
He became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 and received the Azriel Rosenfeld Award by IEEE in 2009.