Bio

David G. Stork teaches and performs research in several disciplines:

• Rigorous computer image analysis of fine art paintings and drawings
• Computational sensing and imaging with metasurface optical elements
• Applications of computer algebra

He is a graduate in Physics from MIT and the University of Maryland, and studied Art History at Wellesley College. He was Chief Scientist of the American arm of the $15B international Ricoh Company and Rambus Fellow at Rambus, Inc. He has held faculty positions in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Computation & Mathematical Engineering, Neuroscience, Psychology, and Art and Art History variously at Wellesley and Swarthmore Colleges, Clark, Boston, and Stanford Universities, and the Technical University of Vienna. He is a Fellow of IEEE, OSA, SPIE, IS&T, IAPR, IARIA, AAIA, IAII, and a Senior Life Member of ACM and was a 2023 Leonardo@Djerassi Fellow. He holds 64 US patents, and has published over 220 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and nine books/proceedings volumes, including "Pattern classification" (2nd ed.), "Seeing the light: Optics in nature, photography, color, vision, and holography," "HAL's Legacy: 2001's computer as dream and reality," and "Pixels & paintings: Foundations of computer-assisted connoisseurship."

Academic Appointments

  • Casual - Other Teaching Staff, Continuing Studies and Summer Session

Contact

  • Academic
    dstork@stanford.edu
    University - Other Teaching/Research Department: Continuing Studies Position: Fall CSP Instructor

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 2078

2024-25 Courses

All Publications

  • Computer Vision, ML, and AI in the Study of Fine Art COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM Stork, D. G. 2024; 67 (5): 68-75

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3633454

    View details for Web of Science ID 001212274400030

  • Deep transfer learning for visual analysis and attribution of paintings by Raphael HERITAGE SCIENCE Ugail, H., Stork, D. G., Edwards, H., Seward, S. C., Brooke, C. 2023; 11 (1)

    View details for DOI 10.1186/s40494-023-01094-0

    View details for Web of Science ID 001129381700001

  • How AI is expanding art history NATURE Stork, D. G. 2023; 623 (7988): 685-687

    View details for DOI 10.1038/d41586-023-03604-3

    View details for Web of Science ID 001116877600016

    View details for PubMedID 37989767

  • La Bella Principessa: The Story of a New Masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci (or Leonardo da Vinci "La Bella Principessa": The Profile Portrait of a Milanese Woman) (Book Review) VISUAL RESOURCES Book Review Authored by: Stork, D. G. 2010; 26 (4)

    View details for DOI 10.1080/01973762.2010.522397

    View details for Web of Science ID 000218225200007

  • Image Contour Fidelity Analysis of Mechanically Aided Enlargements of Jan van Eyck's Albergati Portrait LEONARDO Duarte, M. F., Stork, D. G. 2010; 43 (1): 43–50

    View details for DOI 10.1162/leon.2010.43.1.43

    View details for Web of Science ID 000275263200006

  • Inferring Caravaggio's studio lighting and praxis in The calling of St. Matthew by computer graphics modeling Stork, D. G., Nagy, G., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J., BentkowskaKafel, A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2010

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.840569

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283783900003

  • Reflections on Parmigianino's Self portrait in a convex mirror: A computer graphics reconstruction of the artist's studio Stork, D. G., Furuichi, Y., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J., BentkowskaKafel, A. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2010

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.840556

    View details for Web of Science ID 000283783900016

  • Finding Intrinsic and Extrinsic Viewing Parameters from a Single Realist Painting COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND PATTERNS, PROCEEDINGS Jordan, T., Stork, D. G., Khoo, W. L., Zhu, Z. 2009; 5702: 293-?

    View details for Web of Science ID 000273458100036

  • Computer graphics synthesis for inferring artist studio practice: An application to Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas Stork, D. G., Furuichi, Y., McDowall, I. E., Dolinsky, M. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2009

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.806264

    View details for Web of Science ID 000317933000005

  • Reconstruction of a Three-Dimensional Tableau from a Single Realist Painting Khoo, W. L., Jordan, T., Stork, D. G., Zhu, Z., Sablatnig, R., Kampel, M., Lettner, M. IEEE COMPUTER SOC. 2009: 9-+

    View details for DOI 10.1109/VSMM.2009.7

    View details for Web of Science ID 000289587500002

  • Recovering layers of brush strokes through statistical analysis of color and shape: An application to van Gogh's Self portrait with grey felt hat Conference on Computer Image Analysis in the Study of Art Shahram, M., Stork, D. G., Donoho, D. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256175700011

  • Artscience: Creativity in the post-Google generation (Book Review) LEONARDO Book Review Authored by: Stork, D. G. 2008; 41 (4): 403–4

    View details for DOI 10.1162/leon.2008.41.4.403

    View details for Web of Science ID 000258253400018

  • Image analysis of paintings by computer graphics synthesis: An investigation of the illumination in Georges de la Tour's Christ in the carpenter's studio Stork, D. G., Furuichi, Y., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.759681

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256175700016

  • Aberration analysis of the putative projector for Lorenzo Lotto's Husband and wife: Image analysis through computer ray-tracing Robinson, D., Stork, D. G., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.768315

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256175700014

  • Inferring illumination direction estimated from disparate sources in paintings: An investigation into Jan Vermeer's Girl with a pearl earring Johnson, M. K., Stork, D. G., Biswas, S., Furuichi, Y., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.759726

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256175700015

  • Reflections on praxis and facture in a devotional portrait diptych: A computer analysis of the mirror in Hans Memling's Virgin and Child and Maarten van Niewenhove Savarese, S., Spronk, R., Stork, D. G., DelPozo, A., Stork, D. G., Coddington, J. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. 2008

    View details for DOI 10.1117/12.761226

    View details for Web of Science ID 000256175700013

  • Optics & old masters COMMENTARY Stork, D. G. 2007; 123 (6): 14

    View details for Web of Science ID 000246779700013

  • Optics and realism in renaissance art SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Stork, D. G. 2004; 291 (6): 76–83

    View details for DOI 10.1038/scientificamerican1204-76

    View details for Web of Science ID 000225292200026

    View details for PubMedID 15597983