Ivan Sutherland is an American computer scientist widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. His 1963 doctoral thesis, Sketchpad, described an early graphical man-machine communication system and a forerunner of the modern graphical user interface. He later taught computer graphics at the University of Utah with David Evans, training a generation of researchers who helped found the field. He received the 1988 ACM Turing Award.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own accountComputer science and computer graphics 1 NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountInvented Sketchpad, an early graphical man-machine communication system and forerunner of the graphical user interface; awarded the 1988 Turing Award 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountHastings, Nebraska, U.S. 1 Connections
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He received the 1988 ACM Turing Award for the invention of the Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers, and his contributions to computer graphics.
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