David Salesin is an American computer scientist known for his work in computer graphics, three-dimensional and four-dimensional mathematics, and photorealistic rendering. Until 2019, he served as the director of Snap Inc. Research Team, an affiliate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of the University of Washington in Seattle, and previously director of the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab. He is currently a principal scientist at Google.
Salesin graduated from Brown University in 1983, and pursued graduate study at Stanford.
He received a National Young Investigator award from the National Science Foundation in 1993, and in 1995 was named a Presidential Faculty Fellow, receiving a National Science Foundation grant.Salesin named Presidential Fellow . MSB. Washington: University of Washington, Department of Computer Science & Engineering. 9 (1): 1, 4.
Computer Animation Rendering André and Wally B. (1984) models: André/Wally Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) computer animation: Industrial Light & Magic Luxo Jr. (1986) rendering Tin Toy (1988) dynamics Toy Story (1995) renderman software development
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http://www.adobe.com/technology/people/san-francisco/david-salesin.html http://salesin.cs.washington.edu/cv.html