Edwin Catmull | Academic Influence

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Edwin Catmull

Computer Science

#99

World Rank

#105

Historical Rank

#59

USA Rank

Computer Graphics

#2

World Rank

#3

Historical Rank

#2

USA Rank

Database

#7390

World Rank

#7658

Historical Rank

#900

USA Rank

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Edwin Catmull's Degrees

PhD Computer Science University of Utah
Bachelors Physics University of Utah

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Why Is Edwin Catmull Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Edwin Earl Catmull is an American computer scientist who is the co-founder of Pixar and was the President of Walt Disney Animation Studios. He has been honored for his contributions to 3D computer graphics, including the 2019 ACM Turing Award.

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Edwin Catmull's Published Works

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Recursively generated B-spline surfaces on arbitrary topological meshes (1978) (2318)
A subdivision algorithm for computer display of curved surfaces. (1974) (956)
A CLASS OF LOCAL INTERPOLATING SPLINES (1974) (706)
The Reyes image rendering architecture (1987) (489)
3-D transformations of images in scanline order (1980) (204)
A hidden-surface algorithm with anti-aliasing (1978) (174)
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (2001) (144)
The problems of computer-assisted animation (1978) (140)
An analytic visible surface algorithm for independent pixel processing (1984) (72)
A system for computer generated movies (1972) (70)
Computer display of curved surfaces (1998) (67)
A tutorial on compensation tables (1979) (46)
A system for computer generated movies (1998) (7)
To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (2007) (7)
Proceedings of the 1992 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, SI3D '92, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 29 - April 1, 1992 (1992) (6)
From Toy Story to CT Scans: Lessons From Pixar for Radiology. (2015) (4)
Educating the digital artist for the entertainment industry (panel): the collision of academia and business (1997) (2)
Man Versus Machine? Radiologists and Artificial Intelligence Work Better Together. (2021) (2)
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF THE NATURAL HEART VALVE (1973) (1)
High quality computer animation (1977) (1)
2019 ACM Turing Award Lecture (2022) (0)
COMPUTER CHARACTER ANIMATION – IS IT POSSIBLE? (1981) (0)
2019 ACM Turing Award Lecture (2022) (0)
The Design of RenderMan (2021) (0)
The Use of the Computer in Animation Production (1979) (0)
A Conversation with Ed Catmull (2010) (0)
NYIT Computer Graphics Lab Then and Now (2020) (0)
Proceedings : 1992 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 29 March-1 April 1992 (1992) (0)
Introduction of Computer Technology in the Film Industry (1982) (0)

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