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

2025-26 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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. edited by 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