Patrick M. Hanrahan is an American computer graphics researcher and the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algorithms, graphics processing units, and scientific illustration and visualization, and he received the 2019 Turing Award among numerous other awards.
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Notable WorkRenderMan Interface Specification and RenderMan Shading Language 1 BirthplaceMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United States 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Pat Hanrahan, Wikipedia
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May 8, 1955
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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is an American computer graphics researcher
Career section
As a founding employee at Pixar Animation Studios, from 1986 to 1989 Hanrahan was part of the design of the RenderMan Interface Specification and the RenderMan Shading Language.
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