Lou Harrison
About Lou Harrison
- Affiliations
- North Carolina State University, Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA), Director of Educational Technology Services
- Location
- Apex, North Carolina, United States of America
- Bio
Contributor Submitted Bio (2022)
Lou Harrison was Director of Educational Technology Services for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) at NC State University. Before he retired, he and his team managed, maintained, installed, integrated, and developed technology that NC State uses for teaching and learning at scale. In conjunction with Marist College and Unicon, his team is implementing an open source early warning alert system predictive analytics system. He was a founding member of the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI), and has served in an advisory capacity to several learning technology companies. He has been an active participant in and frequent volunteer for ACM SIGGRAPH, and most recently was the chair of the SIGGRAPH Student Services Committee (S3). He is an ACM Senior Member and an ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneer.
SIGGRAPH 1993
Lou Harrison received his BS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 1987 and his MS in Computer Science, also from NCSU, in 1990. Mr. Harrison has taught courses in Operating Systems and Computer Graphics at NCSU and is currently Software Systems Manager for the Department of Computer Science at NCSU while pursuing his PhD. He has done research in the area of “Surface Generation for Computer Aided Milling”, and is currently working in the area of “True 3-D Animation and Perception”. Mr. Harrison is a member of ACM, SIGGRAPH, and SPIE.
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SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
- Chair
- SIGGRAPH 2001: Courses
- Jury Member
- SIGGRAPH 2002: Panels
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 - 2019-2020
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- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Competition Committee Member
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Courses Organizing Committee Chair/Co-Chair
- Courses Organizing Committee Member
- Panels Jury Member
- Pathfinders Chair
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