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Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938) is an American computer scientist, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. His early work in computer graphics, as well as his teaching with David C. Evans in that subject at the University of Utah in the 1970s, was pioneering in the field. Sutherland, Evans, and their students from that era developed…

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Father of computer graphics Direct linear transformation Interactive computing Sketchpad Zooming user interface Cohen–Sutherland algorithm Sutherland–Hodgman algorithm Logical e…
Education
Carnegie Mellon University (BS) · California Institute of Technology (MS) · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Born
Ivan Edward Sutherland (1938-05-16) May 16, 1938 (age 88) Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Claude Shannon
Doctoral students
Danny Cohen · Henri Gouraud · James H. Clark · Bui Tuong Phong · Franklin C. Crow
Fields
Computer science Computer graphics

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Ivan SutherlandDoctoral advisorClaude Shannon1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsDanny Cohen1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsHenri Gouraud1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsJames H. Clark1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsBui Tuong Phong1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsFranklin C. Crow1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandDoctoral studentsJohn Warnock1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandEducationCarnegie Mellon University (BS)1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandEducationCalifornia Institute of Technology (MS)1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandEducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandFieldsComputer science Computer graphics1.00infobox
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Ivan SutherlandThesisSketchpad, a Man–Machine Graphical Communication System (1963)1.00infobox
Ivan SutherlandWorkplacesHarvard University University of Utah Evans and Sutherland California Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Sun Microsystems Portland State University Advanced Rese…1.00infobox

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