Richard O. Duda
{{Short description|American electrical engineer}}
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| citizenship = United States
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| field = Electrical Engineering
| work_institutions = University of California, Davis
San Jose State University
Syntelligence
Fairchild Semiconductor
University of Texas, Austin
SRI International
| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| known_for = Pattern classification and scene analysis
Expert systems
Hough transform
| prizes = IEEE Fellow
AAAI Fellow
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Richard O. Duda is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at San Jose State University renowned for his work on sound localization and pattern recognition.Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, David G. Stork, Pattern Classification, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2000, {{ISBN|978-0-471-05669-0}} He lives in Menlo Park, California.
Education
Duda received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1958 and 1959, and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962.
Career
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While at SRI International, Duda and Peter E. Hart were 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 This classic text is a widely cited reference, and the first edition was in print for over 25 years until being superseded by the second edition in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.sri.com/about/alumni/alumni-hall-fame-2008#Hart|title=Peter E. Hart|publisher=SRI International|accessdate=2012-02-05}}
Duda is an IEEE Fellow and a AAAI Fellow.{{cite web|url=http://www.sri.com/about/awards-honors/professional-societies|title=Awards to Staff by Professional Societies|publisher=SRI International|accessdate=2013-06-14|archive-date=October 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003152856/http://www.sri.com/about/awards-honors/professional-societies|url-status=dead}}
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Category:San Jose State University faculty
Category:People from Menlo Park, California
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Category:Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
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Category:UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni