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Donald P. Greenberg

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Also Known As:


  • Don Greenburg

Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • Cornell University, Program of Computer Graphics, Professor of Computer Graphics and _Director

Location:


  • New York, United States of America

Bio:

  • SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008:

    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.

    SIGGRAPH 1992

    Donald Greenberg is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics at Cornell University and director of the Program in Computer Graphics. Since 1966, he has been researching and teaching in the field of computer graphics. He is currently also director of the new National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization. Dr. Greenberg won the 1987 Steven A. Coons award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics as well as the 1989 NCGA Academic Award. He was also recently appointed to the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Greenberg has published widely, including two articles in Scientific American and many articles appearing in the SIGGRAPH proceedings. He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on the development and use of computer graphics techniques. His primary interests are in hidden surface algorithms, geometric modeling, color science, and realistic image synthesis.

    SIGGRAPH 1984

    Donald P. Greenberg is the director of the Program of Computer Graphics and the Computer-Aided Design Instructional Facility at Cornell University. He has been teaching and conducting research in the field of computer graphics since 1966. He is concerned primarily with research advancing the state-of-the-art in computer graphics and with utilizing these techniques in a variety of disciplines. His specialties include hidden surface algorithms, geometric modeling, color science and synthetic image generation. He currently teaches computer graphics in the Department of Computer Science and serves on the faculty of the Departments of Architecture and Structural Engineering at Cornell University.

    SIGGRAPH 1982

    Donald Greenberg is the Director of the Program of Computer Graphics and the Computer-Aided Design Instructional Facility at Cornell University. Since 1966, Dr. Greenberg has been researching and teaching in the field of computer graphics. He is primarily concerned with research advancing the state-of-the-art in computer graphics and with utilizing these techniques as they may be applied to a variety of disciplines. His specialties include hidden surface algorithms, geometric model ling, color science, and synthetic image generation. He currently teaches the new computer graphics and computer-aided design sequence in the Department of Computer Science, and he also serves on the faculty of the Departments of Architecture and Structural Engineering at Cornell University.

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