Canny is the surname of:
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John Canny
John F. Canny (born in 1958) is an Australian computer scientist, and ''Paul E. Jacobs, Paul E Jacobs and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering'' in the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Berkeley. He has m ...
, American-based Australian computer scientist, namesake of the Canny edge detector
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Lauryn Canny
Lauryn Canny (born 1998) is an Irish actress. On television, she starred as the titular role of the RTÉ One crime drama ''Amber'' (2014). Her films include '' Darlin (2019).
Early life and education
Canny was born in Dublin, though she has ...
, Irish former child actress
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Nicholas Canny (born 1944), Irish historian
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Paddy Canny (1919–2008), Irish fiddler
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Steven Canny (born 1969), English playwright and BBC executive producer
See also
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Canny edge detector
The Canny edge detector is an edge detection operator that uses a multi-stage algorithm to detect a wide range of edges in images. It was developed by John F. Canny in 1986. Canny also produced a ''computational theory of edge detection'' expla ...
, an image operator which uses a multi-stage algorithm to detect edges
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Uncanny
The uncanny is the psychological experience of an event or thing that is unsettling in a way that feels oddly familiar, rather than simply mysterious. This phenomenon is used to describe incidents where a familiar entity is encountered in a frig ...
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