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Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938) [6] is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. [7] 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.
Ivan Sutherland, American electrical engineer and computer scientist and winner of the 1988 A.M. Turing Award for ‘his pioneering and visionary contributions to computer graphics, starting with Sketchpad, and continuing after.’ He is often recognized as the father of computer graphics.
Apr 16, 2024 · Ivan Sutherland is an American engineer and scientist who invented various new types of technology, including the Sketchpad, the Sword of Damocles (a unique helmet which could generate a field of vision for the user), and a six-legged robotic crawler. He also hold numerous patents for various microprocessor and computer system designs.
Feb 21, 2023 · Ivan Sutherland has blazed a truly unique trail through computing over the past six decades. Along the way, he helped to open new pathways for others to explore and dramatically extend: interactive computer graphics, virtual reality, 3D computer graphics, and asynchronous systems, to name but a few.
Sketchpad (a.k.a. Robot Draftsman [1]) is a computer program written by Ivan Sutherland in 1963 in the course of his PhD thesis, for which he received the Turing Award in 1988, and the Kyoto Prize in 2012.
Ivan Edward Sutherland was born May 16, 1938 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. His ancestry is from Scotland and New Zealand, despite his claim that he was named for his mother’s fictitious Russian lover.
Feb 12, 2019 · Ivan Sutherland is often referred to as the “Father of Computer Graphics.” His work at Harvard, MIT, the University of Utah, and DARPA aided the development of networking, graphics, virtual reality, and robotics technologies.
From 1980 to 1991 he co-founded and was vice president and technical director of Sutherland, Sproull and Associates. In 1990, Sun bought the company for its patent base and its key people. This acquisition became the nucleus of Sun Microsystems Laboratories.
Apr 12, 2013 · A Talk with Computer Graphics Pioneer Ivan Sutherland. Fifty years ago, Sutherland's Sketchpad program broke new ground in computer graphics and user interfaces. Dr. Ivan Sutherland is the 2012...
Aug 5, 2024 · Ivan E. Sutherland was born in Hastings, Nebraska, in 1938. He received a BS from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1959) in electrical engineering, an MS from Caltech (1960) and a PhD in electrical engineering from MIT (1963).
