Mark Smith
About Mark Smith
- Affiliations
- Cognivision, Inc., Vice President
- Bio
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Mark Smith is vice-president and co-founder of Cognivision, Inc. While under the employment of Conoco Inc. a subsidiary of DuPont, Mr. Smith designed and was the principle author of a computer program for multi-dimensional visualization of numerical simulations and experimental data. The program is now being applied in many disciplines including reservoir modeling, oceanography, meteorology, finite element analysts, material sciences, cartography and bio-medical.
At Cognivision, Smith is presently responsible for the further development and enhancement of that program. In particular, he is interested in the advancement of new visualization techniques, the rapid manipulation of large data sets, and the user/computer interface. A 1982 graduate of Purdue University with a M.S. and B.S. in Civil Engineering, Smith was with Conoco from 1982 to 1988 until co-founding Cogniviston.
Conference Contributions
- Presentations
- Courses Organized
- “State of the Art in Data Visualization” Chaired by Mark Smith
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