Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Edward Sutherland
Ivan Edward Sutherland
Born	May 16, 1938 (age 85); Hastings, Nebraska, United States
Alma mater	MIT (Ph.D., 1963) ; Caltech (M.S., 1960) ; Carnegie Institute of Technology (B.S., 1959)
Known for	Father of computer graphics ; Direct linear transformation; Interactive computing ; Sketchpad ; Zooming user interface ; Cohen–Sutherland algorithm; Sutherland–Hodgman algorithm
Awards	Turing Award (1988); Computer Pioneer Award (1985); IEEE John von Neumann Medal (1998); Association for Computing Machinery Fellow,; National Academy of Engineering member,; National Academy of Sciences member,; Kyoto Prize ; Computer History Museum Fellow (2005)
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science ; Internet ; Computer graphics
Institutions	Harvard University; University of Utah; Evans and Sutherland; California Institute of Technology; Carnegie Mellon University; Sun Microsystems; Portland State University ; Advanced Research Projects Agency (1964 - 1966)
Thesis	Sketchpad, a Man–Machine Graphical Communication System (1963)
Doctoral advisor	Claude Shannon
Doctoral students	Danny Cohen, Henri Gouraud, James H. Clark, Bui Tuong Phong, Franklin C. Crow, John Warnock

Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938)^[1] is an American computer scientist. He is known as the "father of computer graphics".^[2]

He received the Turing Award in 1988 for the invention of Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface.

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as the National Academy of Sciences among many other major awards.

In 2012 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for "pioneering achievements in the development of computer graphics and interactive interfaces".^[3]

References[change | change source]

↑ Elizabeth H. Oakes (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Infobase Publishing. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-4381-1882-6. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
↑ "Ivan E. Sutherland Display Windowing by Clipping Patent No. 3,639,736". NIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016. Sutherland is widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics."
↑ "The 2012 Kyoto Prize Laureates". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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[1] Elizabeth H. Oakes (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists. Infobase Publishing. p. 701. ISBN 978-1-4381-1882-6. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[2] "Ivan E. Sutherland Display Windowing by Clipping Patent No. 3,639,736". NIHF. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016. Sutherland is widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics."

[3] "The 2012 Kyoto Prize Laureates". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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