Background
Heeger, David J. was born on October 3, 1961 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Alan J. and Ruth Heeger.
Heeger, David J. was born on October 3, 1961 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Alan J. and Ruth Heeger.
Bachelor in Mathematics, University Pennsylvania, 1983. Microsoft Security Essentials in Computer Science, University Pennsylvania, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University Pennsylvania, 1987.
In the fields of perceptual psychology, systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and computational neuroscience, has developed computational theories of neuronal processing in the visual system, and he has performed psychophysics (perceptual psychology) and neuroimaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI) experiments on human vision. His contributions to computational neuroscience include theories for how the brain can sense optic flow and egomotion, and a theory of neural processing called the normalization model. His empirical research has contributed to our understanding of the topographic organization of visual cortex (retinotopy), visual awareness, visual pattern detection/discrimination, visual motion perception, stereopsis (depth perception), attention, working memory, the control of eye and hand movements, neural processing of complex audio-visual and emotional experiences (movies, music, narrative), abnormal visual processing in dyslexia, and neurophysiological characteristics of autism.
In the fields of image processing, computer vision, and computer graphics, worked on motion estimation and image registration, wavelet image representations, anisotropic diffusion (edge-preserving noise reduction), image fidelity metrics (for evaluating image data compression algorithms), and texture analysis/synthesis. holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics as well as a masters degree and doctorate in computer science—all from the University of Pennsylvania.
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013. His father is the Nobel laureate physicist Alan J.
He is an avid skier.
National Academy of Sciences.
Married Anne Gelman, October 21, 1990. 2 children.