Ken Perlin
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- New York University, NYU Media Research Lab, Department of Computer Science, Assistant Professor
Other Affiliation(s):
- New York University, Associate Professor
- Professor.
- Courant Institute, Future Reality Lab
Location:
- New York, New York, United States of America
Website:
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2009
Ken Perlin is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at New York University, directs the NYU Games For Learning Institute. He was also founding director of the Media Research Laboratory and director of the NYU Center for Advanced Technology. His research interests include graphics, animation, user interfaces, science education and multimedia. Amongst many honours, he received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques, which are widely used in feature films and television, as well as the 2008 ACM/SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award.
SIGGRAPH 1996
Ken Perlin is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Media Research Laboratory at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Courant Institute and his B.A. in Theoretical Mathematics at Harvard University. In 1991 he was a recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award. Dr. Perlin was Head of Software Development at R/GREENBERG Associates in New York, NY from 1984 through 1987. Prior to that he was the System Architect for computer generated animation at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc., Elmsford, NY. from 1979 to 1984. He has served on the Board of Directors of the New York chapter of ACM/SIGGRAPH. His algorithms for computer graphics have been widely used in commercials and feature films.
SIGGRAPH 1994
Ken Perlin is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Media Research Laboratory at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Courant Institute and his B.A. in Theoretical Mathematics at Harvard University. In 1991 he was a recipient of a Presidential Young Investigator Award. Dr. Perlin was Head of Software Development at R/GREENBERG Associates in New York, NY from 1984 through 1987. Prior to that he was the System Architect for computer generated animation at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc., Elmsford, NY. from 1979 to 1984. He has served on the Board of Directors of the New York chapter of ACM/SIGGRAPH. His algorithms for computer graphics have been widely used in commercials and feature films.
SIGGRAPH 1992
Ken Perlin is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University since 1987. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Courant Institute and his B.A. in Theoretical Mathematics at Harvard University. Dr. Perlin was Head of Software Development at R/GREENBERG Associates in New York, NY from 1984 through 1987. Prior to that he was the System Architect for computer generated animation at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc., Elmsford, NY. from 1979 to 1984. He is a recipient of the 1991 Presidential Young Investigator Award, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the New York chapter of ACM/SIGGRAPH. He has developed software for a number of films and commercials using computer graphics but his favourite is still TRON, no matter what anybody says.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 2002, "The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook"
- SIGGRAPH 2005, "The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook"
- SIGGRAPH 2006, "The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook"
- SIGGRAPH 2021, "Future Reality Lab: Inventing the XR Future"
Learning Organizing Committee Member:
Experience Jury Member:
Award(s):
Art Paper(s):
Experience(s):

Type: [Real-Time Live!]
Future Classroom
Developer(s): [Perlin] [Christopher] [He] [Layng]
Entry No.: [115]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]

Type: [Real-Time Live!]
ARCADE: A System for Augmenting Gesture-Based Computer Graphic Presentations
Developer(s): [Stein] [Xiao] [Tompson] [Hendee] [Perlin] [Ishii]
[SIGGRAPH 2012]

Type: [E-Tech]
The UnMousePad - The Future of Touch Sensing
Organizer(s): [Rosenberg] [Perlin] [Hendee] [Grau] [Awad]
Entry No.: [24]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]

Type: [E-Tech]
Planar Manipulator Display
Organizer(s): [Rosenfeld] [Zawadzki] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 2003]

Type: [E-Tech]
Autostereoscopic Display for an Unconstrained Observer
Organizer(s): [Perlin]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 2000]
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Courses]
Future Reality Lab: Inventing the XR Future
Organizer(s): [Perlin]
Presenter(s): [Perlin]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]

Type: [Educator’s Forum]
XR for Everyone, Everywhere
Presenter(s): [Layng] [Herscher] [Perlin]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
CAVE: Making Collective Virtual Narrative
Presenter(s): [Layng] [Perlin] [Brenner] [Herscher] [Meduri]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]

Type: [Courses]
Realistic Human Body Movement for Emotional Expressiveness
Organizer(s): [Hertzmann]
Presenter(s): [Hertzmann] [O'Sullivan] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [22]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]

Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Game and Interactivity in Computer Science Education
Presenter(s): [Clua] [Feijó] [Rocca] [Schwartz] [Chagas] [Perlin] [Tori] [Barnes]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]

Type: [Courses]
The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook
Organizer(s): [Perlin]
Presenter(s): [Perlin]
Entry No.: [23]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]

Type: [Courses]
The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook
Organizer(s): [Perlin]
Presenter(s): [Perlin]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 2005]

Type: [Panels]
Games: the Dominant Medium of the Future
Presenter(s): [Perlin] [Entis] [Gilmore] [Herz] [Pham] [Wright]
Entry No.: [12]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]

Type: [Courses]
Real-Time Shading Languages
Organizer(s): [Olano]
Presenter(s): [Olano] [Hart] [Heidrich] [Mark] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [36]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]

Type: [Courses]
The Web as a Procedural Sketchbook
Organizer(s): [Perlin]
Presenter(s): [Perlin]
Entry No.: [40]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]

Type: [Panels]
Game-Stories: Simulation, Narrative, Addiction
Presenter(s): [Herz] [Jenkins] [Murray] [Pearce] [Perlin] [Zimmerman]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]

Type: [Courses]
Real-Time Shading
Organizer(s): [Olano]
Presenter(s): [Olano] [Hart] [Heidrich] [Lindholm] [McCool] [Mark] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [24]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]

Type: [Panels]
Behavioral Modeling and Animation: Past, Present, and Future
Presenter(s): [Reynolds] [Joshi] [Simpson] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [13]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]

Type: [Panels]
Dis-Illusion of Life: Becoming a Digital Character Animator
Presenter(s): [Burrows] [Docter] [Jeannette] [Perlin] [Sayers]
Entry No.: [06]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]

Type: [Courses]
Virtual Humans: Behaviors and Physics, Acting and Reacting
Organizer(s): [Badler]
Presenter(s): [Badler] [Metaxas] [Bruderlin] [Goldberg] [Perlin] [Magnenat-Thalmann]
Entry No.: [28]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
A Zooming Sketchpad, a Multiscale Narrative: Pad++, PadDraw, Gray Matters
Presenter(s): [Wardrip-Fruin] [Meyer] [Perlin] [Bederson] [Hollan]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
Virtual Humans: Behaviors and Physics, Acting, and Reacting
Organizer(s): [Badler]
Presenter(s): [Badler] [Bruderlin] [Goldberg] [Metaxas] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [17]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
Life-Like, Believable Communication Agents
Organizer(s): [Nakatsu] [Mase]
Presenter(s): [Pentland] [Nakatsu] [Mase] [Tosa] [Cassell] [Morishima] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [25]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques
Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Hart] [Musgrave] [Perlin] [Sims] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]

Type: [Courses]
Animation Tricks
Organizer(s): [Blinn]
Presenter(s): [Blinn] [Henne] [Lasseter] [Perlin] [Wedge]
Entry No.: [01]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Techniques
Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Musgrave] [Peachey] [Perlin] [Worley] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Courses]
RES Procedural Modeling and Rendering Techniques
Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Ebert] [Musgrave] [Peachey] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [44]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling and Rendering Techniques
Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Ebert] [Musgrave] [Peachey] [Perlin]
Entry No.: [23]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]

Type: [Courses]
Photorealistic Volume Modeling and Rendering Techniques
Organizer(s): [Inakage]
Presenter(s): [Inakage] [Greene] [Kajiya] [Levoy] [Perlin] [Rushmeier]
Entry No.: [27]
[SIGGRAPH 1991]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Art Paper Author
- Art Show Artist
- Art Show Speaker/Presenter
- Awardee
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Educator's Forum Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Jury Member
- Emerging Technologies Presenter
- Panel Moderator
- Panel Presenter
- Panels Organizing Committee Member
- Realtime Live Presenter