Curriculum Vitae -- Biographical Data

  • Name: Godfried Theodore Toussaint
  • Place and date of birth: Tremeloo (near Mechelen), Brabant, Belgium, July 31, 1944
  • Citizenship: Canadian, British, Belgian
  • Languages spoken and written: English, Spanish, French
  • Professor: School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, since 1972.
  • Researcher: The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, since February 2005.
    • University Education:
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 1972. Thesis: Feature Evaluation Criteria and Contextual Decoding Algorithms in Statistical Pattern Recognition. Supervisor: Robert W. Donaldson, External Examiner: Keinosuke Fukunaga.
  • M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., 1970. Thesis: Machine Recognition of Independent and Contextually Constrained Contour-Traced Handprinted Characters. Supervisor: Robert W. Donaldson.
  • B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.,1968. Senior Thesis: Threshold Logic Network Synthesis.
    • Membership in Honorary Societies:
  • New York Academy of Sciences
  • Kappa Mu Epsilon, Mathematics
  • Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics
  • Tau Upsilon (Tau Beta Pi), Engineering, Charter Member
  • Phi Gamma Kappa, Scholarship and Leadership
    • Publication Statistics:
  • Papers in Refereed Journals: 155
  • Papers in Conference Proceedings: 156
  • Book Chapters and Other Publications: 17
  • Total number of publications: 328
  • Invited presentations at conferences: 67
  • Invited presentations at  universities: 152
  • Invited presentations in industry: 8
  • Invited presentations in the community: 1
  • Invited presentations on TeleVision: 1
  • Total number of invited presentations: 229