“The Expanding Boundaries of Computer Graphics” by Greenberg
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- The Expanding Boundaries of Computer Graphics
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Don Greenberg has been researching and teaching in the field of computer graphics for more than 40 years. His primary focus has been on advancing the state of the art in computer graphics.
His current computer science research projects involve realistic image generation, parallel-processing algorithms for rendering, new graphical user interfaces, and computer animation. His current application projects include ornithology and the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker, medical imaging and virtual surgery, architectural design for a green environment, and new types of computer displays, from electronic paper to touch-sensitive table displays.
He has taught courses in computer graphics in computer science, computer-aided design in architecture, computer animation in art, and technology strategy for business. Many of his graduate students have gone on to become leaders in the fields of computer graphics, computer animation, and computer-aided design for architecture. Six former students have won Hollywood’s Technical “Oscars”, and five have won the prestigious SIGGRAPH Achievement Award.
In his featured talk, “The Expanding Boundaries of Computer Graphics,” he challenges the new generation of computer graphicists – those who will take great professional risks to solve big problems – to dream impossible dreams and extend the influence of computer graphics to many other disciplines.
