The 2012 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Information Science
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Ivan Edward Sutherland

U.S.A. / May 16, 1938
Computer Scientist
Visiting Scientist, Portland State University

“Pioneering Achievements in the Development of Computer Graphics and Interactive Interfaces”
Dr. Sutherland has been responsible for many pioneering advances and fundamental contributions to the computer graphics technology used for information presentation, as well as the interactive interfaces that allow people to utilize computers without the need for programming.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
1938
Born in Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.A.
1963
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1964-1965
Head, Information Processing Techniques Office, Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Department of Defense
1965-1968
Associate Professor, Harvard University
1968-1974
Co-Founder and Vice President, Evans and Sutherland Computer Corporation
1968-1974
Professor, University of Utah
1974-1980
Professor, California Institute of Technology
1975-1976
Senior Technical Staff Member, RAND Corporation
1980-1991
Co-Founder and Vice President, Sutherland, Sproull and Associates, Inc.
1991-2009
Vice President and Fellow, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2009-present
Visiting Scientist, Portland State University

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
1983
Steven A. Coons Award, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) SIGGRAPH
1986
Emanuel R. Piore Award, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
1988
Turing Award, ACM
1998
John Von Neumann Medal, IEEE
Members:
American Association for the Advancement of Science, ACM, IEEE, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1963
Sketchpad: a Man-Machine Graphical Communication System, in Proceedings of the AFIPS Spring Joint Computer Conference 23: 329-346.
1965
The Ultimate Display, in Proceedings of IFIPS Congress 2: 506-508.
1968
A Head-Mounted Three-Dimensional Display, in Proceedings of AFIPS Conference 33: 757-764.
1974
A Characterization of Ten Hidden-Surface Algorithms (with Sproull, R. F. and Schumacker, R. A.), ACM Computing Surveys 6: 1-55.
1999
Logical Effort (with Sproull, R. F. and Harris, D.), Morgan Kauffman.
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