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John Canny

John F. Canny (born in 1958) is an Australian computer scientist, and Paul E Jacobs and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Berkeley. He has made significant contributions in various areas of computer science and mathematics, including artificial intelligence, robotics…

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Known for
Canny edge detector
Alma mater
University of Adelaide Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral students
Ming C. Lin Dinesh Manocha
Fields
Computer scientist
Workplaces
Berkeley

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