Hello,

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 IEEE Milestone 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:

Development of Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques, 1965-1978
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.

Overall details of the events:
  https://www.price.utah.edu/ieee-milestone-events
An overview of the people being celebrated:
 https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/utahs-graphics-pioneers/

Live Stream Links (and for later viewing)
Thursday, 23 March: Univ. of Utah CS Dept. 50th Anniv. Celebration (9am-4pm PDT / 10am-5pm MDT / 16:00-23:00 UTC):
 https://youtube.com/live/LUFp6sjKbkE?feature=share
 (concludes with keynote by Ivan Sutherland at 3pm PDT / 4pm MDT / 22:00 UTC)
Friday, 24 March: IEEE Milestone Dedication Event (9-11am PDT / 10am-Noon MDT / 16:00-18:00 UTC):
 https://youtube.com/live/VzEaM6QAy-4?feature=share
Friday, 24 March: Graphics Symposium (12:45-4pm PDT / 1:45-5pm MDT / 19:45-23:00 UTC):

See attached for the program for Friday's events.

The Remarkable Ivan Sutherland
The Computer History Museum recently set up a website to celebrate Ivan Sutherland, who will participate in this week's events:
Ivan's PhD thesis on Sketchpad was required reading for those early Utah students:
and note that his Acknowledgements include his thesis supervisor Claude Shannon, and that he was assisted by Marvin Minsky, Steven Coons, and Larry Roberts.

Enjoy!
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