Thomas (Tom) A. DeFanti
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Illinois and Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Co-Director
Location:
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1990
Tom DeFanti is professor in electrical engineering and computer science, co-director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also director of the UIC Software Technologies Research Center and an adjunct professor at NCSA. His current research interests include graphics system software development, televisualization (graphical networking), scientific visualization, virtual environments, computer animation, medical visualization, picture archiving, autostereo 3D presentation graphics and interactive performance art. He served as co-designer and curator of The Interactive Image. He was chair of ACM-SIGGRAPH, 1981-85, is the editor of the SIGGRAPH Video Review, and was co-editor of the special issue of Computer Graphics on “Visualization in Scientific Computing”. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Ohio State University.
SIGGRAPH 1989
Tom is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He is a Co-director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at UIC. Tom is an international lecturer and author in the computer graphics field and has had many interactive installations in museums and conferences worldwide. Tom is Past Chair of SIGGRAPH and Editor-In-Chief of the SIGGRAPH Video Review. He was Co-editor of the National Science Foundation report Visualization in Scientific Computing.
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Artwork Collaboration(s):
Learning Presentation(s):
Type: [Art Papers & Presentations]
Using Video to Create Avatars in Virtual Reality
Presenter(s): [Insley] [Sandin] [DeFanti]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
Educators Seminar Education for Visualization
Organizer(s): [Cunningham] [Owen]
Presenter(s): [Owen] [Cunningham] [Cabral] [DeFanti] [Rueff] [Schaller]
Entry No.: [S]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]

Type: [Panels]
Visualization Technologies as a Tool for Science Education
Organizer(s): [Wolff]
Presenter(s): [DeFanti] [Stanley] [Yaeger] [Hickman]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]

Type: [Courses]
Desktop Computer Animation
Organizer(s): [Harrison] [Sadowski]
Presenter(s): [Harrison] [Sadowski] [DeFanti] [Sandin] [Sharpe] [Schlag]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]

Type: [Courses]
Experiential Computer Art
Organizer(s): [Petrovich]
Presenter(s): [Petrovich] [Krueger] [Rokeby] [DeFanti] [Rath]
Entry No.: [07]
[SIGGRAPH 1989]