Ivan Sutherland

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computer scientist electrical engineer human pioneer of computer graphics

Ivan Sutherland is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as the "father of computer graphics" for his groundbreaking work on interactive graphics systems and virtual reality.

Aliases (1)

Ivan Edward Sutherland ×1

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → electrical engineer → human → pioneer of computer graphics →
academicEmployer	California Institute of Technology → Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Portland State University → University of Utah →
almaMater	California Institute of Technology → Carnegie Mellon University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
awardReceived	ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award → ACM Software System Award → Computer History Museum Fellow Award → Harvey Prize → IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award → IEEE John von Neumann Medal → Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → Turing Award →
birthDate	1938-05-16 →
birthPlace	Hastings, Nebraska, United States →
coFoundedWith	David C. Evans →
degree	PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT → bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University → master's degree from Caltech →
developed	Sketchpad system → The Sword of Damocles head-mounted display → early head-mounted display for virtual reality →
doctoralAdvisor	Claude Shannon →
doctoralStudent	Alan Kay → Edwin Catmull → Henri Gouraud → Jim Clark → John Warnock →
familyName	Sutherland →
field	computer graphics → computer science → electrical engineering →
founded	Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation → Sun Microsystems research lab via acquisition of Sutherland, Sproull and Associates → Sutherland, Sproull and Associates →
givenName	Ivan →
influenced	asynchronous circuit design → computer graphics research at the University of Utah → development of interactive CAD systems → generations of computer graphics researchers → virtual reality technology →
knownFor	Sketchpad → asynchronous circuits → computer graphics → head-mounted display → interactive computer graphics → theoretical foundations of computer graphics → virtual reality →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Ivan Edward Sutherland →
nationality	American →
nickname	father of computer graphics →
notableConcept	clipping algorithms in computer graphics → man-machine graphical communication →
notableWork	Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System →
occupation	engineer → professor → researcher →
position	director of ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office →
residence	Oregon, United States →
spouse	Marsha Sutherland →
thesisTitle	Sketchpad: A Man-Machine Graphical Communication System →
thesisYear	1963 →
TuringAwardFor	pioneering work in the field of computer graphics →
TuringAwardYear	1988 →
workedAt	ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harold Pender Award → IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award →	notableRecipient
Edwin Catmull →	doctoralAdvisor
Alan Kay →	influencedBy
Ivan Sutherland ("Ivan Edward Sutherland") →	name