Ivan Sutherland
Ivan Edward Sutherland | |
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| Born | May 16, 1938 Hastings, Nebraska, United States |
| Alma mater | MIT (Ph.D., 1963) Caltech (M.S., 1960) Carnegie Institute of Technology (B.S., 1959) |
| Known for | Father of computer graphics Direct linear transformation Interactive computing Sketchpad Zooming user interface Cohen–Sutherland algorithm Sutherland–Hodgman algorithm |
| Awards | Turing Award (1988) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) IEEE John von Neumann Medal (1998) Association for Computing Machinery Fellow, National Academy of Engineering member, National Academy of Sciences member, Kyoto Prize Computer History Museum Fellow (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science Internet Computer graphics |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of Utah Evans and Sutherland California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Sun Microsystems Portland State University Advanced Research Projects Agency (1964 - 1966) |
| Thesis | Sketchpad, a Man–Machine Graphical Communication System (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Claude Shannon |
| Doctoral students | Danny Cohen, Henri Gouraud, James H. Clark, Bui Tuong Phong, Franklin C. Crow, John Warnock |
Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938)[1] is an American computer scientist. He is known as the "father of computer graphics".[2]
He received the Turing Award in 1988 for the invention of Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as the National Academy of Sciences among many other major awards.
In 2012 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for "pioneering achievements in the development of computer graphics and interactive interfaces".[3]
References
- ↑ Elizabeth H. Oakes (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Infobase Publishing. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-4381-1882-6. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ivan E. Sutherland Display Windowing by Clipping Patent No. 3,639,736". NIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
Sutherland is widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics."
- ↑ "The 2012 Kyoto Prize Laureates". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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