Shimon Ullman
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Shimon Ullman

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Professor of Computer Science Weizmann Institute of Science
Computer vision human vision brain modeling
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Contact
Emailshimon.ullman@weizmann.ac.il
Publications
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From Infants to AI: Incorporating Infant-like Learning in Models Boosts Efficiency and Generalization in Learning Social Prediction Tasks
2025
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 2008: David E. Rumelhart Prize for Human Cognition; 2008: Cognitive Science Society Fellow; 2011: ERC Advanced Grant 'Digital Baby'; 2011: Member, Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities; 2014: The Israel Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture; 2015: The Israel Prize in Computer Science; 2016: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; 2019: The Azriel Rozenfeld Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Vision.
Research Experience
  • 1981-1985: Associate Professor at MIT; 1981-1985: Associate Professor at Weizmann Institute; 1986-1993: Professor at MIT; 1986-present: Professor at Weizmann Institute.
Education
  • 1970-1973: B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics and Biology from Hebrew University, Jerusalem; 1973-1977: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
Background
  • The general area of research is the study of vision - including the processing of visual information by the human visual system, and computer vision. The goals of this research are to understand how our own visual system operates, and how to construct artificial systems with visual capabilities.
Miscellany
  • Current Position: Director of Weizmann AI center
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