Larry S. Davis (S'74-M'77) was born in New York on February 26, 1949. He received the B.A. degree in mathematics from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, in 1970, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1972 and I976, respectively.From 1977 to 1981 he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Texas, Austin. He is currently a Professor in the Computer Science Department, University of Maryland, College Park. He is also the Head of the Computer Vision Laboratory of the Center for Automation Research at the University of Maryland and the Director of the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.