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Allen Tannenbaum

Also known as Allen Robert Tannenbaum

Allen Tannenbaum was an applied mathematician whose work spanned control theory and computer vision. He was born in New York City in 1953 and completed a Harvard doctorate in 1976. From 1986 to 2002 he was a full professor at the University of Minnesota, and in 1992 he co-wrote the textbook Feedback Control Theory with John Doyle and Bruce Francis. In 1993 he and Guillermo Sapiro published an affine invariant scale-space in the International Journal of Computer Vision. He joined Stony Brook University as a professor of computer science and applied mathematics in 2013, and he died in 2023 as a Distinguished Professor there.

Works
717
Citations
25,787
h-index
72

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1953

    Born in New York City

    He is born in New York City in 1953.

  2. 1976

    A Harvard doctorate

    In 1976 he completes a Harvard doctorate.

  3. 1986–2002

    A full professorship in Minnesota

    The University of Minnesota gives him a full professorship in 1986, a post he holds until 2002.

  4. 1992

    Co-writing Feedback Control Theory

    Feedback Control Theory, written with John Doyle and Bruce Francis, is published in 1992.

  5. 1993

    Affine invariant scale-space

    In 1993 he and Guillermo Sapiro publish an affine invariant scale-space in the International Journal of Computer Vision.

  6. 2013–2015

    Professor at Stony Brook

    In 2013 he joins Stony Brook University as a professor of computer science and applied mathematics, and in 2015 the university names him a distinguished professor.

  7. 2023

    A 2023 IFAC Fellowship

    The International Federation of Automatic Control names him a 2023 IFAC Fellow.

  8. 2023

    Death in 2023

    He dies in 2023 as an applied mathematician and Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook.

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  1. Allen Tannenbaum - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Feedback control theory - 九大コレクション | 九州大学附属図書館 catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Affine invariant scale-space - Princeton University collaborate.princeton.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. IACS Affiliate Faculty Allen Tannenbaum Appointed to SUNY Distinguished Ranks | Institute for Advanced Computational Science - Stony Brook University iacs.stonybrook.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Allen Tannenbaum – Cure Alzheimer's Fund curealz.org. Checked 15 October 2026.