Dr. Herbert Freeman (born Herbert Freinmann, December 13, 1925 – November 15, 2020) was an American

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who made important contributions to the field of automatic label placement,

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, including

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, and

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Personal life

Herbert Freeman was born Herbert Freimann in

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, Germany on December 13, 1925. Freeman's parents, Leo and Johanna, and his brother, Henry, emigrated to the United States in 1936. Herbert was diagnosed with

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, and was unable to join his family in the United States until 1938. He received his B.S.E.E. degree from

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, and his

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and Eng.Sc.D. degree from

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, New York. He married Joan Sleppin in 1955 and they had three children, Nancy, Susan, and Robert. Freeman died on November 15, 2020, in his home in

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, USA.

Career in Computer Science

Freeman held many professorial posts such as in RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), NYU, and

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. Freeman was the recipient of several awards, including the

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'
Computer Pioneer award (1999)
Freeman was also a Fellow of the ACM, a Life Fellow of the

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, and a

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. Professor Freeman also founded MapText, Inc., in 1997.

References

Computer vision researchers 1997 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellows of the IEEE 2020 deaths Polytechnic Institute of New York University faculty Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition 1925 births {{Compu-bio-stub

Personal life

Career in Computer Science

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