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Abe Davis

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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About

Abe Davis is an assistant professor of computer science who specializes in computer graphics, computer vision, and human-computer interaction (HCI). His group brings these areas together to work on new problems at the intersection of different disciplines. Davis completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University and Cornell Tech, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying electrical engineering and computer science. He earned his undergraduate degree in computer science at Stanford.

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Research areas
Graphics
Human Interaction
Vision
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Contact
abedavis@cornell.edu
Location
Ithaca
Office
Gates Hall 351
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Computer Science
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Information Science

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Sloan Research Fellowship

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Abe Davis
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  • 2026

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Davis named 2026 Sloan Research Fellow
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WBNG reports on Davis' new method to detect manipulated video footage
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Abe Davis, left, assistant professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, and graduate student Peter Michael with a watermark light.
Hiding secret codes in light protects against fake videos
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