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 <https://ieeemilestones.ethw.org/Milestone-Proposal:Computer_Graphics_Development> 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): https://youtube.com/live/ui3R1Dlmsk0?feature=share 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: https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-remarkable-ivan-sutherland/ Ivan's PhD thesis on Sketchpad <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad> was required reading for those early Utah students: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726907 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! _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg@StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design - LinkedIn Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianaberg/> 180 Lithia Way, Suite 201, Ashland, OR 97520 USA 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite J, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents visit the Storage Cornucopia: www.bswd.com FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com <http://www.flashmemorysummit.com/> IEEE Milestone <http://www.siliconvalleymilestones.com/> Coordinator & Historian - Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE History Committee <https://www.ieee.org/about/history-center/history-committee.html> Member IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ieee.org/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.californiaconsultants.org/> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.com/> Vice-Chair