Alvy Ray Smith
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- MIT Press (ret. Pixar, Lucasfilm, Microsoft)
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
- Altamira Software Corp
- Pixar
Location:
- United States of America
Experience Category: Jury Member:
Learning Category: Jury Member:
Award(s):
Artwork(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![50 Years of Changes — How to Brace Yourself!](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-Retrospective-Smith_50-Years-of-Changes-How-to-Brace-Yourself-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Retrospective]
50 Years of Changes — How to Brace Yourself! Presenter(s): [Blinn] [Foley] [van Dam] [Whitted] [Greenberg] [Smith]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Making Computer Graphics History Public](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SIGGRAPH2021_Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Retrospective]
Making Computer Graphics History Public Presenter(s): [Llach] [Gaboury] [Kasik] [Newton] [Smith] [Whitton]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]
![NYIT Computer Graphics Lab Then and Now](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2020-Panels-04-NYIT-Computer-Graphics-Lab-Then-and-Now-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
NYIT Computer Graphics Lab Then and Now Presenter(s): [Grebe] [Catmull] [Smith] [Hanrahan] [Rygiel] [Hopen]
Entry No.: [04]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
![Advanced Television for the United States: Status and Issues](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1996-Panels-08-Advanced-Television-for-the-United-States-Status-and-Issues-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Advanced Television for the United States: Status and Issues Presenter(s): [Smith] [Birkmaier] [Reitmeier] [Richer]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
![Panel: Computer Technology and the Artistic Process - How the Computer Industry Changes the Form and Function of Art](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1994-Panels-13-Computer-Technology-and-the-Artistic-Process-How-the-Computer-Industry-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Panel: Computer Technology and the Artistic Process - How the Computer Industry Changes the Form and Function of Art Organizer(s): [DeKoven]
Presenter(s): [Binkley] [Entis] [Maxwell] [Smith]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]
![Software Directions For Scientific Visualization](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1988-Panel-11-Software-Directions-for-Scientific-Visualization-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Panels]
Software Directions For Scientific Visualization Presenter(s): [Hall] [Kaplan] [Lopez] [Smith]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1988]
![Planar 2-pass texture mapping and warping](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1987-Technical-Papers-Smith_PLANAR-2-PASS-TEXTURE-MAPPING-AND-WARPING-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Planar 2-pass texture mapping and warping Presenter(s): [Smith]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]
![The Modeling of Natural Phenomena](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1987-16-Cover-The-Modeling-of-Natural-Phenomena-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
The Modeling of Natural Phenomena Organizer(s): [Fournier]
Presenter(s): [Fournier] [Bloomenthal] [Oppenheimer] [Reeves] [Smith]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]
![Fractals Basic Concepts, Computation, and Rendering](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1985-15-Course-Cover-Fractals-Basic-Concepts-Computation-and-Rendering-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Fractals Basic Concepts, Computation, and Rendering Organizer(s): [Mandelbrot]
Presenter(s): [Carpenter] [Mandelbrot] [Peitgen] [Smith] [Voss]
Entry No.: [15]
[SIGGRAPH 1985]
![Introduction to Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1984-8-Course-Cover-Introduction-to-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Parke]
Presenter(s): [Hanrahan] [Palyka] [Parke] [Smith] [Williams] [Zeltzer]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1984]
![Plants, fractals, and formal languages](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1984-Technical-Papers-Smith_PLANTS-FRACTALS-AND-FORMAL-LANGUAGES-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Plants, fractals, and formal languages Presenter(s): [Smith]
[SIGGRAPH 1984]
![State-of-the-Art in Image Synthesis](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1984-11-Course-Cover-State-or-the-Art-in-lmage-Synthesis-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
State-of-the-Art in Image Synthesis Organizer(s): [Stock]
Presenter(s): [Gardner] [Porter] [Reeves] [Smith] [Stock]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1984]
![Introduction to Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1983-07-Cover-Introduction-to-Computer-Animation-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Parke]
Presenter(s): [Parke] [Smith] [Stern] [Palyka] [Doll] [Hanrahan] [Lundin]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1983]
![Two-Dimensional Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1982-09_Course-Cover-Two-Dimensional-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Two-Dimensional Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Levoy]
Presenter(s): [Levoy] [Odgers] [Wallace] [Smith] [Catmull] [Stock] [Palyka]
Entry No.: [09]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]
![Two-Dimensional Computer Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1981-G-Course-Cover-Two-Dimensional-Computer-Animation-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Two-Dimensional Computer Animation Organizer(s): [Levoy]
Presenter(s): [Smith] [Catmull] [Odgers] [Wallace] [Levoy]
Entry No.: [G]
[SIGGRAPH 1981]
![3-D transformations of images in scanline order](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1980-Technical-Papers-Catmull_3-D-TRANSFORMATIONS-OF-IMAGES-IN-SCANLINE-ORDER-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
3-D transformations of images in scanline order Presenter(s): [Catmull] [Smith]
[SIGGRAPH 1980]
![Advanced (3D) Raster Graphics](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1980-06-Cover-Advanced-3D-Raster-Graphics-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced (3D) Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Whitted]
Presenter(s): [Crow] [Blinn] [Catmull] [Fuchs] [Clark] [Whitted] [Smith] [Williams]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 1980]
![Advanced Image Synthesis](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1979-A-Course-Cover-Adv-Image-Synthesis-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Advanced Image Synthesis Organizer(s): [Blinn]
Presenter(s): [Blinn] [Crow] [Smith]
Entry No.: [04]
[SIGGRAPH 1979]
Learning Category: Moderator:
Role(s):
- Art Show Artist
- Awardee
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Retrospective Moderator
- Retrospective Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter
- Technical Papers Jury Member
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