Henri Gouraud (computer scientist)
| Henri Gouraud | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1944 France |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Alma mater |
University of Utah École Centrale Paris |
| Known for | Gouraud Shading |
Henri Gouraud (born 1944) is a French computer scientist. He is the inventor of Gouraud shading used in computer graphics. He is the great nephew of general Henri Gouraud.
During 1964–1967, he studied at École Centrale Paris. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah College of Engineering in 1971, working with Dave Evans and Ivan Sutherland, for a dissertation entitled Computer Display of Curved Surfaces.
The famous human face images showing the effect of his shading were done using his wife Sylvie Gouraud as the model.[1]
Original publications
- H. Gouraud, "Continuous shading of curved surfaces," IEEE Transactions on Computers, C-20(6):623–629, 1971.
- H. Gouraud, Computer Display of Curved Surfaces, Doctoral Thesis, University of Utah, USA, 1971.
- H. Gouraud, Continuous shading of curved surfaces. In Rosalee Wolfe (editor), Seminal Graphics: Pioneering efforts that shaped the field, ACM Press, 1998. ISBN 1-58113-052-X.
References
External links
- Biography written by a computer graphics researcher at ECP
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