Richard O. Duda

Richard O. Duda
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	Pattern classification and scene analysis Expert systems Hough transform
Awards	IEEE Fellow AAAIFellow
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical Engineering
Institutions	University of California, Davis San Jose State University Syntelligence Fairchild Semiconductor University of Texas, Austin SRI International

Richard O. DudaisProfessor EmeritusofElectrical EngineeringatSan Jose State Universityrenowned for his work onsound localizationandpattern recognition.He lives inMenlo Park, California.

Education

Duda received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering from theUniversity of California, Los Angelesin 1958 and 1959, and the PhD inElectrical EngineeringfromMassachusetts Institute of Technologyin 1962.

Career

While atSRI International,Duda andPeter E. Hartwere the authors of "Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis", originally published in 1973. This classic text is a widely cited reference, and the first edition was in print for over 25 years until being superseded by the second edition in 2000.

Duda is anIEEE Fellowand aAAAIFellow.

See also

• Expert systems
• Pattern recognition
• Hough transform