David Salesin
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.
Computer Animation Rendering
- André and Wally B. models: André/Wally
- Young Sherlock Holmes computer animation: Industrial Light & Magic
- Luxo Jr. rendering
- Tin Toy dynamics
- Toy Story renderman software development