<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr"><font color="#000000">Hello,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div style=""><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><div style=""><font color="#000000">A big celebration is taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday and Friday of this week to celebrate the computer graphics techniques invented by a group of PhD students and others who studied at the Univ. of Utah from the late 60s to the late 70s. An <a href="https://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Computer_Graphics_Development" target="_blank">IEEE Milestone</a> will be dedicated on Friday morning, and that will be the big event of this 2-day celebration. The title and citation of the bronze plaque that will be unveiled sums up what will be celebrated:<br><br><b>Development of Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques, 1965-1978<br></b><i>In 1965, the University of Utah established a Center of Excellence for computer graphics research with Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) funding. In 1968, two professors founded the pioneering graphics hardware company Evans & Sutherland; by 1978, fundamental rendering and visualization techniques disclosed in doctoral dissertations included the Warnock algorithm, Gouraud shading, the Catmull-Rom spline, and the Blinn-Phong reflection model. Alumni-founded companies include Atari, Silicon Graphics, Adobe, Pixar, and Netscape.</i></font></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><b><u><font color="#000000">Overall details of the events:</font></u></b></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://www.price.utah.edu/ieee-milestone-events" target="_blank">https://www.price.utah.edu/ieee-milestone-events</a></font></div><div style=""><b><u><font color="#000000">An overview of the people being celebrated:</font></u></b></div><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/utahs-graphics-pioneers/" target="_blank" style="">https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/utahs-graphics-pioneers/</a><br><br><b style=""><u>Live Stream Links (and for later viewing)<br></u></b>Thursday, 23 March: <b style="">Univ. of Utah CS Dept. 50th Anniv. Celebration</b> (9am-4pm PDT / 10am-5pm MDT / 16:00-23:00 UTC):</font><div style=""><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://youtube.com/live/LUFp6sjKbkE?feature=share" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/live/LUFp6sjKbkE?feature=share</a></font></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"> (concludes with keynote by Ivan Sutherland at 3pm PDT / 4pm MDT / 22:00 UTC)</font><br><font color="#000000">Friday, 24 March: </font><b style=""><font color="#ff0000">IEEE Milestone Dedication Event</font></b><font color="#000000"> (</font>9-11am<font color="#000000"> PDT / 10am-Noon MDT / 16:00-18:00 UTC):</font><div><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://youtube.com/live/VzEaM6QAy-4?feature=share" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/live/VzEaM6QAy-4?feature=share</a><br>Friday, 24 March: <b>Graphics Symposium</b> (12:45-4pm PDT / 1:45-5pm MDT / 19:45-23:00 UTC):</font></div><div><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://youtube.com/live/ui3R1Dlmsk0?feature=share" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/live/ui3R1Dlmsk0?feature=share</a></font></div></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><font color="#000000">See attached for the program for Friday's events.</font></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><b><u><font color="#000000">The Remarkable Ivan Sutherland</font></u></b></div><div style=""><font color="#000000">The Computer History Museum recently set up a website to celebrate Ivan Sutherland, who will participate in this week's events:</font></div><div style=""><div><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-remarkable-ivan-sutherland/" target="_blank">https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-remarkable-ivan-sutherland/</a></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Ivan's PhD thesis on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad" target="_blank">Sketchpad</a> was required reading for those early Utah students:</font></div><div><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726907" target="_blank">https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726907</a></font></div><div><font color="#000000">and note that his Acknowledgements include his thesis supervisor Claude Shannon, and that he was assisted by Marvin Minsky, Steven Coons, and Larry Roberts.</font></div></div><div style=""><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style=""><font color="#000000">Enjoy!</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">_________________________<br>Brian A. 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