Nelson L. Max

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Most Recent Affiliation(s):

University of California, Davis

Other / Past Affiliation(s):

Lawrence Livermore National Library

Case Western Reserve University

Bio:

Nelson Max received a PhD in mathematics from Harvard University in 1967, and has taught mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, Carnegie Mellon University, and Case Western University. For 30 years he worked in the Computer Graphics group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and at the same time taught in the Applied Science and Computer Science departments at the University of California, Davis, where he is now an emeritus Distinguished Professor. His research is in scientific visualization, computer animation, realistic computer graphics rendering, multi-view stereo reconstruction, and augmented reality. In visualization, he works on mathematics visualization, molecular graphics, and volume and flow visualization, particularly on irregular finite element meshes. He has rendered realistic lighting effects in clouds, trees, and water waves, and has produced numerous computer animations, shown at the annual ACM SIGGRAPH conferences, and in OMNIMAX Stereo at the Fujitsu Pavilions at Expo ’85 in Tsukuba Japan, and Expo ’90 in Osaka Japan.

Exhibition Committee Member:

Experience Category: Organizing Committee Member:

, SIGGRAPH 1984

Experience Category: Jury Member:

, SIGGRAPH 1993

Learning Category: Jury Member:

Award(s):

SIGGRAPH 2007 Steven Anson Coons Award: Max

Artwork(s):

Sun and Shade
Artist(s): [Max ] [Bloomenthal ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987 ]

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus
Artist(s): [Max ] [Olsen ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Antimony Sulfer Iodide Crystal
Artist(s): [Max ] [Wooten ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Untitled (Translucent DNA)
Artist(s): [Max ] [Watchmaker ] [Blunden ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Ball-and-Stick DNA; open form
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Carla's Island
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

DNA with Ethidium
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Twenty Base Pairs of DNA; No Shadows
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Two Base Pairs of DNA; double exposure
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986 ]

Carla's Island Revisited
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1985 ]

Stereo Ice Crystal
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1985 ]

Carla's Island (still frame)
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1982 ]

Antimony Sulfer Iodide Crystal (3)
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1981 ]

DNA ball & stick mod (2)
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1981 ]

DNA in A form (1)
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1981 ]

DNA Space Filling (4)
Artist(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1981 ]

Animation/Video(s):

Homage to Hilbert
Director(s): [Max ]
Studio(s): [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ]
[SIGGRAPH 1998 ]
[SVR Issue #125, Track #02 ]

Echoes of the Sun(excerpt, stereoscopic)
Director(s): [Kroitor ] [Max ]
Studio(s): [Imax Systems Corporation ] [Fujitsu Limited ]
[SIGGRAPH 1991 ]

Moon
Director(s): [Max ]
Studio(s): [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987 ]
[SVR Issue #36, Track #09 ]

Sun and Shade
Director(s): [Max ]
Studio(s): [Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987 ]
[SVR Issue #36, Track #08 ]

Carla's Island
Director(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1982 ]
[SVR Issue #5, Track #03 ]

Doxorubicin/DNA
Director(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1980 ]
[SVR Issue #2, Track #05 ]

DNA with Ethidium
Director(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1979 ]
[SVR Issue #1, Track #07 ]

Learning Category: Presentation(s):

Type: [Posters ]
Temporal and Spatial Anti-Aliasing for Rendering Reflection on a Water Surface Presenter(s): [Podee ] [Iwasaki ] [Max ] [Dobashi ]
Entry No.: [50 ]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]

Type: [Courses ]
Advanced Techniques for Scientific Visualization Organizer(s): [Crawfis]
Presenter(s): [Crawfis ] [Hansen ] [Max ] [Nielson ] [Schroeder ]
Entry No.: [30 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]

Type: [Courses ]
Visualizing Mathematics Organizer(s): [Banks]
Presenter(s): [Banks ] [Blinn ] [Kim ] [Max ] [Munzner ]
Entry No.: [29 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Radiosity algorithms using higher order finite element methods Presenter(s): [Troutman ] [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Smooth transitions between bump rendering algorithms Presenter(s): [Becker ] [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Cone-spheres Presenter(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]

Type: [Courses ]
Image Synthesis Presenter(s): [Joy ] [Grant ] [Max ]
Entry No.: [09 ]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Bidirectional reflection functions from surface bump maps Presenter(s): [Cabral ] [Max ] [Springmeyer ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]

Type: [Courses ]
Computer Graphics and Animation in the Physical Sciences Organizer(s): [Wolff]
Presenter(s): [Wolff ] [Upson ] [Kovacs ] [Max ] [Judd ] [Hussey ] [Balcom ]
Entry No.: [28 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1987]

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

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Atmospheric illumination and shadows Presenter(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1986]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
A two-and-a-half-D motion-blur algorithm Presenter(s): [Lerner ] [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1985]

Type: [Panels ]
The simulation of natural phenomena Presenter(s): [Blinn ] [Gomez ] [Max ] [Reeves ] [Csuri ]
Entry No.: [04 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1983]

Type: [Courses ]
Advanced Image Synthesis Organizer(s): [Whitted]
Presenter(s): [Fuchs ] [Whitted ] [Crow ] [Max ]
Entry No.: [10 ]
[SIGGRAPH 1982]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Vectorized procedural models for natural terrain: Waves and islands in the sunset Presenter(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1981]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Optical printing in computer animation Presenter(s): [Max ] [Blunden ]
[SIGGRAPH 1980]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
ATOMLLL: ATOMS with shading and highlights Presenter(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1979]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Computer rendering of lobster neurons Presenter(s): [Max ]
[SIGGRAPH 1976]

Type: [Technical Papers ]
Computer Animation of the Sphere Eversion Presenter(s): [Max ] [Clifford ]
[SIGGRAPH 1975]

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