Background
Poggio, Tomaso Armando was born on September 11, 1947 in Genoa, Italy. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Angelo and Maria Adele (Moro) Poggio.
educator physicist researcher computer scientist
Poggio, Tomaso Armando was born on September 11, 1947 in Genoa, Italy. Came to the United States, 1981. Son of Angelo and Maria Adele (Moro) Poggio.
Doctor in Physics summa cum laude, University Genoa, 1971.
Researcher Max Planck Institute, Federal Republic of Germany, 1971-1982. Associate professor to professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1988, Uncas and Helen Whitaker professor, department brain and cognitive science, since 1988. Corporation fellow Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, since 1985.
Advisory board Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Bradford Press series on Computational Models of Cognition and Perception, 1984, VNY Science Press series of monographs in neuroinformatics and robotics, 1984. Eugene McDermott Chair, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, 2002.
Fellow: American Association Artificial Intelligence, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society for Neuroscience, Italian Academy of Sciences (foreign member), Istituto Lombardo dell' Academia di Scienze e Lettere, Optical Society of America, American Mathematics Society.
Married Barbara Venturini-Guerrini, July 29, 1972. Children: Martino, Allegra.