Harry G. Barrow
Harry G. Barrow developed computer vision methods, including intrinsic images and vision software for the Freddy robots. Barrow studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, then spent 1965 to 1968 at Keele and 1969 to 1975 in Edinburgh’s machine intelligence department. He built electronics, interfaces and vision software for Freddy I and II. He held a professorship in AI at Sussex from 1988 to 1998 and a scientific advisory role at Schlumberger Cambridge from 1998 to 2008. He retired in 2008, and AAAI elected him a Fellow in 1999.
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Timeline
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1962–1975
Training and early AI research
Barrow studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge from 1962 to 1965, at Keele from 1965 to 1968 and in Edinburgh’s machine intelligence department from 1969 to 1975. He built electronics, interfaces and vision software for Freddy I and II.
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1975–1980
Computer vision at SRI
He was a senior computer scientist at Stanford Research Institute from 1975 to 1980. He collaborated with Marty Tenenbaum on intrinsic images, interpretation-guided segmentation and map-guided aerial image interpretation.
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1980–1988
Industrial research laboratories
Barrow worked at Fairchild’s AI research laboratory from 1980 to 1985 and Schlumberger Palo Alto from 1985 to 1988.
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1988–2008
Academic and scientific advisory roles
He held a professorship in AI at Sussex from 1988 to 1998 and a scientific advisory role at Schlumberger Cambridge from 1998 to 2008. He retired in 2008, and AAAI elected him a Fellow in 1999.
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