Laurent Itti

Laurent Itti (born December 12, 1970, in <a href="/facts/Tours/NEE7BIFJ">Tours</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>) is a <a href="/facts/Computational_neuroscientist/eclSYyJK">computational neuroscientist</a>. He received his <a href="/facts/Master%2527s_degree/lQ5hT1cH">MS</a> in image processing from the <a href="/facts/%25C3%2589cole_Nationale_Sup%25C3%25A9rieure_des_T%25C3%25A9l%25C3%25A9communications_de_Paris/IzGj8jzV">École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris</a> in 1994, and a <a href="/facts/PhD/paJumdN8">PhD</a> in <a href="/facts/Computation_and_neural_systems/DptTRGay">computation and neural systems</a> from <a href="/facts/Caltech/3FPcp7BL">Caltech</a> in 2000. He is currently an <a href="/facts/Associate_professor/0R2noug6">associate professor</a> of <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychology/duoqW7Sz">psychology</a>, and <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Southern_California/N0v9R5gs">University of Southern California</a>, where he has been since 2000.
As a <a href="/facts/PhD/paJumdN8">PhD</a> student under the tutelage of <a href="/facts/Christof_Koch/XvABx1QX">Christof Koch</a>, Itti developed a <a href="/facts/Computer_model/Re6o8vzN">computer model</a> that simulates <a href="/facts/Brain/Xo5ABfXl">brain</a> mechanisms involved in the deployment of visual <a href="/facts/Attention/pleJPaeQ">attention</a>. This so-called <a href="/facts/Salience_(neuroscience)/tnN4Nqcp">saliency</a> model has been cited by thousands of <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Publications/C85p7aCC">publications</a>. The <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> implementation of this model is part of the iLab Neuromorphic Vision Toolkit, which is freely distributed under the <a href="/facts/GNU_general_public_license/S75KhLSX">GNU general public license</a>.
Itti has also been very active in developing <a href="/facts/Computer_vision/Tl2Yyk66">computer vision</a> applications, particularly in the context of <a href="/facts/Autonomous_vehicle/KXeFywXS">autonomous vehicles</a> (both terrestrial and underwater) as well as in comparing model simulations to empirical measurements based on a wide spectrum of techniques, including <a href="/facts/Eye_tracking/xHrkQeh6">eye tracking</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychophysics/yDPmvvGf">psychophysics</a>, <a href="/facts/Neuroimaging/dA5Cteaf">neuroimaging</a>, and <a href="/facts/Electrophysiology/VPd5VYzm">electrophysiology</a>.
Itti is credited with authoring several dozens of <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Publications/C85p7aCC">publications</a> and 3 <a href="/facts/Image_processing/zenalNCf">image processing</a> <a href="/facts/Patents/LjT2bG3A">patents</a>. He also co-developed the Coregistration for Neuroimaging Systems <a href="/facts/Software_package_(installation)/kEX4kx7g">software package</a>, a suite of <a href="/facts/Image_processing/zenalNCf">image processing</a> tools for analyzing <a href="/facts/Neuroimaging/dA5Cteaf">neuroimaging</a> data, which is routinely used by several hospitals and research labs in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">U.S.</a> and <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>.

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Laurent Itti