Edward Angel
About Edward Angel
- Also Known As
- Ed Angel
- Affiliations
- University of New Mexico, Computer Science, Professor Emeritus
- Location
- Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
- Website
- https://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel/
- Bio
SIGGRAPH 2023
Ed Angel is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico and the Founding Director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab). He has over 40 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and image processing. He is the coauthor of the popular textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach using WebGL (8th Edition; Pearson Education, 2020). He has taught over 100 professional courses worldwide, including at SIGGRAPH. At SIGGRAPH 2022, he received the SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
Ed Angel is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico and the Founding Director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) at UNM. He has over 30 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and image processing. He is the coauthor of the popular textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach using WebGL (8th Edition; Pearson Education, 2020), and author of the OpenGL: A Primer (Third Edition; Addison Wesley, 2008). He has taught over 100 professional courses worldwide, including at SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2014
Ed Angel is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico and Founding Director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab). He has over 25 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and image processing. He is the coauthor of the popular textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach using WebGL (7th Edition; Addison Wesley; 2014), and author of the OpenGL Primer (Third Edition; Addison Wesley; 2008). He has taught over 100 professional courses worldwide, including at SIGGRAPH.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2010
Edward Angel is a professor in the Departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Media Arts and Director of the Art, Research, Technology, and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) at the University of New Mexico. He has over 25 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and image processing. He is the author of the popular textbooks Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach using OpenGL (5th Edition, Addison Wesley, 2009), and The OpenGL Primer (Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2008). He has taught over 100 professional courses worldwide, including at the annual SIGGRAPH conference.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008
Ed Angel is a professor in the Departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Media Arts at the University of New Mexico. He has over 25 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and image processing. He is the author of the popular textbooks Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach using OpenGL (5th Edition; Addison Wesley; 2009) and the OpenGL Primer (Third Edition; Addison Wesley; 2008). He has taught over 100 professional courses worldwide, including at SIGGRAPH.
SIGGRAPH 2000
Edward Angel is a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Mexico. He has been teaching and doing research in computer graphics, image processing, and scientific visualization for over 25 years. At UNM, he is the first Presidential Teaching Fellow. He is the author of “Interactive Computer Graphics, A Top-down Approach with OpenGL” Second Edition (Addison-Wesley, 2000), which has been adopted by over 200 schools. He has taught over 100 professional short courses worldwide, including at the annual SIGGRAPH conference.
SIGGRAPH 1999
Edward Angel is Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He has over 25 years of experience in research and teaching in computer graphics and Image processing. He is the author of the recent textbook: Interactive Computer Graphics: A Top-Down Approach with OpenGL (Addison-Wesley, 1997). He has taught approximately 100 professional short courses worldwide including at SIGGRAPH.
- SIGGRAPH Member Profile
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- Awards and Recognition
- SIGGRAPH 2022 Distinguished Educator Award: Angel
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member, inducted in 2022
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
- Committee Member
- SIGGRAPH Asia 2008: Sketches
SIGGRAPH Organization Committee Positions
- Steering Committee Member
- ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers
- Leadership History Overview
- Pioneers Steering Committee Member: 2025-2026 - 2024-2025 - 2023-2024 - 2022-2023 - 2021-2022 - 2020-2021
Conference Contributions
- Experiences
- Presentations
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Presenter(s):Entry #: 17 - Sessions Moderated
- “Teaching Computer Graphics inside a Browser: WebGL and three.js” by Cozzi, Haines and Shreiner
- “Spatial Resolution in Haptic Rendering” by Yamashita, Fukui and Morikawa
- “The Development of the Virtual Human Abdomen: Algorithms and Methodologies” by Chugh, Kesavadas and Mayrose
- “Tangible Communication” by Kameyama and Yamauchi
- “Hand-Held Torque Feedback Device” by Fukui, Nishihara, Nakata, Nakamura and Yamashita
- “The Empathic Visualisation Algorithm: Chernoff Faces Revisited” by Loizides and Slater
- “Death Valley Flyby: A Simulation Comparing Fault-Controlled Alluvial Fans Along the Black Mountain Range” by Seligo and Weiland
- “Immersive Visualization of a Very-Large-Scale Seismic Model” by Chopra, Meyer and Stokes
- “3D Traffic Visualization in Real Time” by Guéziec
- Courses Organized
- “An Interactive Introduction to OpenGL Programming” by Shreiner and Shreiner
- “Introduction to Modern OpenGL Programming” by Angel and Shreiner
- “Introduction to Modern OpenGL” by Angel and Shreiner
- “An Introduction to OpenGL Programming” by Angel and Shreiner
- “Introduction to WebGL Programming” by Angel and Shreiner
- “An Introduction to Graphics Programming Using WebGL” by Shreiner
- “An Interactive Introduction to WebGL and three.js” by Haines
- “Getting Started with webGL and Three.Js” by Haines and Shreiner
- “An Interactive Introduction to WebGL” by Shreiner
SIGGRAPH Organization Contributions
- Community Events
- 2023 Panel: Pioneers of Computer Graphics Education
Other Information
- Roles
- ACM SIGGRAPH Academy Member
- Awardee
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Education Program Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Pioneer Presenter
- Poster Presenter
- Posters Organizing Committee Member
- Studio (SIGGRAPH Lab) Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Talks (Sketches) Organizing Committee Member
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