Peter J. Burt

Executive Director, Vision Technologies, Information and Computing Sciences Division

Dr. Peter Burt joined SRI International Sarnoff (formerly Sarnoff Corporation) in 1983 as a member of the technical staff. He has held a number of positions during his tenure, including technical manager, technical director, and director of research and development across Sarnoff’s technical areas. In his current role, Dr. Burt is responsible for SRI Sarnoff's contract R&D in computer vision.

Dr. Burt is a recognized leader in the field of computer vision. His pioneering contributions to the discipline of multi-resolution pyramid and wavelet image processing have helped Sarnoff become one of the foremost such industrial groups in the world today. His work has been instrumental in providing core vision functions that enable compact, high-performance systems for use in a broad range of commercial and defense applications, such as vehicle navigation or surveillance in rapidly changing environments.

Dr. Burt is the author of over 60 technical papers and has been the featured speaker at numerous technical conferences. He is the recipient of the David Sarnoff Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, as well as the Sarnoff President’s Award for exceptional leadership in the research, development and application of real-time computer vision technologies.

Prior to joining SRI Sarnoff, Dr. Burt was a member to the electrical engineering faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.