Martin Newell
computer scientist
Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist who created the Utah teapot computer graphics model. He was graduated from University of Utah in 1975, and together with Tom Sancha developed Newell's algorithm, a technique for eliminating cyclic dependencies during polygon ordering in a computer graphics system. [2]
Martin Edward Newell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English American |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Known for | Utah Teapot[1] Newell's algorithm |
| Awards | Elected member of the National Academy of Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | CADCentre University of Utah Xerox PARC Ashlar Adobe |
| Thesis | The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis (1975) |
| Website | academic |
References
change- ↑ Torrence, A. (2006). "Martin Newell's original teapot". ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Teapot on - SIGGRAPH '06. p. 29. doi:10.1145/1180098.1180128. ISBN 1595933646. S2CID 23272447.
- ↑ Newell, M. E.; Newell, R. G.; Sancha, T. L. (1972). "A solution to the hidden surface problem". Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on – ACM'72. Vol. 1. p. 443. doi:10.1145/800193.569954. S2CID 13829930.
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