Paul E. Haeberli is an American computer graphics programmer and researcher.
Paul Haeberli studied for a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA.[1]
Haeberli was recruited by Jim Clark to join Silicon Graphics during the time of the company's founding. Haeberli's early work was fundamental. It included the foundational code, developed with David J. Brown and Mark Grossman for SGI's first product - the Iris 1000, prior to his later development of many seminal aspects of graphics systems of the epoch. Between 1983–1999, Haeberli continued at Silicon Graphics in Silicon Valley, California.[2] He worked on the early MEX window system for Silicon Graphics workstations.[3] He was also involved in non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) techniques in computer graphics, producing software to implement this approach.[4] He devised the Silicon Graphics Image (SGI) format for graphics files. Later, he became an initial member of the research team at Silicon Graphics, where he was able to pursue computer graphics research full time.
After Silicon Graphics, Haeberli joined Shutterfly, where he developed much of the online technology and image-processing foundations for the system that Shutterfly has since employed in production. Subsequently he founded Lamina Design, which allows freeform structures to be constructed from sheet material using computer-based techniques. The company is based in Madison, Wisconsin.[5]