Whitman Albin Richards (1932–16 September 2016) was professor of cognitive sciences and of media arts and sciences and principal investigator in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until his retirement in 2013.

Whitman Richards
Born1932
Died16 September 2016
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Some Requirements for a Uniform Color Space  (1965)
Doctoral advisorHans-Lukas Teuber
Doctoral studentsAaron Bobick
Donald D. Hoffman
Rajesh Kasturirangan
Alex Pentland
Joshua Tenenbaum
Emanuel Todorov

He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy[1] and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduating in 1953, and becoming one of the first four PhD graduates of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences in 1965.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary - WHITMAN A. RICHARDS". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84". MIT News. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2017.