Edward M. Riseman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward M. Riseman
American computer scientist
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1942
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 26-Feb-2007
Profession: computer scientist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Edward M. Riseman
- Edward M.
- Riseman (August 15, 1942 in Washington, D.C.
- – February 26, 2007 in Leeds, Massachusetts) was an American computer scientist and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Riseman was a pioneer in the field of computer vision and artificial intelligence who made significant contributions to image database and content-based image retrieval, including the design of one of the first knowledge-based image understanding systems that handled very complex natural images.
- He was a co-author on the landmark paper on a four-step process for extracting straight lines from intensity images.
- Riseman was a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and a member of the Pattern Recognition Society.
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