Donald P. Greenberg
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Cornell University, Professor of Computer Graphics
Location:
- New York, United States of America
Bio:
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.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1981, "Introduction to Raster Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 1983, "Introduction to Raster Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 1986, "Introduction to Color Raster Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 1989, "Radiosity"
- SIGGRAPH 1990, "Radiosity"
- SIGGRAPH 1982, "Introduction to Raster Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 1984, "Introduction to Raster Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 1985, "Introduction to Color Raster Graphics"
Award(s):
- SIGGRAPH 2020 Distinguished Educator Award: Greenberg
- SIGGRAPH 1987 Steven Anson Coons Award: Greenberg
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Panels]
Future Directions in Graphics Research Presenter(s): [Hodgins] [Foley] [Hanrahan] [Greenberg]
Entry No.: [01]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]

Type: [Panels]
How Can SIGGRAPH Be More Effective in Promoting Computer Graphics? Presenter(s): [Encarnação] [Ellis] [Chesnais] [Greenberg] [Ferren]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]

Type: [Courses]
Radiosity Organizer(s): [Cohen]
Presenter(s): [Cohen] [Campbell] [Greenberg] [Hanrahan] [Rushmeier] [Sillion] [Wallace]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]

Type: [Courses]
Radiosity Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Cohen] [Hall] [Rushmeier] [Wallace]
Entry No.: [21]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]

Type: [Panels]
Distributed Graphics: Where to Draw the Lines? Presenter(s): [Phillips] [Pique] [Moler] [Torborg] [Greenberg]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]

Type: [Courses]
Radiosity Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Cohen] [Hall] [Rushmeier] [Wallace]
Entry No.: [18]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]

Type: [Panels]
Designing Effective Pictures: Is Photographic Realism the Only Answer? Presenter(s): [Blinn] [Greenberg] [Hagen]
Entry No.: [12]
[SIGGRAPH 1988]

Type: [Courses]
Developments in Physically-Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Barr]
Presenter(s): [Barr] [Abel] [Barzel] [Greenberg] [Platt] [Reynolds]
Entry No.: [27]

Type: [Panels]
Supercomputer Graphics Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Keeler] [Max] [Upson] [Yaeger]
Entry No.: [05]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Color Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Cohen] [Crane] [Kochevar] [Dykes]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1986]

Type: [Courses]
State of the Art in Image Synthesis Organizer(s): [Cook]
Presenter(s): [Cook] [Crow] [Duff] [Barr] [Greenberg]
Entry No.: [15]
[SIGGRAPH 1986]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Color Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Crane] [Greenberg] [Kochevar] [Meyer] [Verbeck]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1985]

Type: [Technical Papers]
The hemi-cube: a radiosity solution for complex environments Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Cohen]
[SIGGRAPH 1985]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Crane] [Dill] [Greenberg] [Verbeck]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1984]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Crane] [Dill] [Meyer] [Hall]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1983]

Type: [Technical Papers]
An interactive graphics environment for architectural energy simulation Presenter(s): [Pittman] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg]
Entry No.: [05]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Path specification and path coherence Presenter(s): [Shelley] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Technical Papers]
The challenge of CAD/CAM education Presenter(s): [Melkanoff] [Puhl] [Langer] [Greenberg] [Shepard] [Voelcker]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Panels]
The Challenge of CAD/CAM Education Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Langer] [Puhl] [Shepard] [Voelcker]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Technical Papers]
A visible polygon reconstruction algorithm Presenter(s): [Sechrest] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1981]

Type: [Courses]
Introduction to Raster Graphics Organizer(s): [Greenberg]
Presenter(s): [Greenberg] [Friedberg] [Woolf] [Dill] [Meyer] [Cook]
Entry No.: [F]
[SIGGRAPH 1981]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Perceptual color spaces for computer graphics Presenter(s): [Meyer] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1980]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Parallel processing techniques for hidden surface removal Presenter(s): [Kaplan] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1979]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Transparency for computer synthesized images Presenter(s): [Kay] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1979]

Type: [Technical Papers]
A generalized graphic preprocessor for two-dimensional finite element analysis Presenter(s): [Haber] [Shephard] [Abel] [Gallagher] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1978]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Color spaces for computer graphics Presenter(s): [Joblove] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1978]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Computer generated images for medical applications Presenter(s): [Sunguroff] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1978]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Polygon shadow generation Presenter(s): [Atherton] [Weiler] [Greenberg]
[SIGGRAPH 1978]