Herbert Freeman

Name: Herbert Freeman

Born: December 13, 1945, in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Computer-related contributions

• Computer scientist who made important contributions to the field of automatic label placement, computer graphics, including spatial anti-aliasing, and machine vision.
• He designed the first digital computer for the Sperry Gyroscope Company and founded the computer software company MapText, Inc.

Significant publications

• Journal of Computer Graphics and Image Processing (1970).

Honors and awards

• IEEE Computer Society's Pioneer award (1999).
• Fellow, ACM (1997).
• Life Fellow, IEEE.
• Guggenheim Fellow (1972).