American computer scientist who created Sketchpad in 1963 as part of his doctoral work at MIT, an interactive graphical program regarded as the founding demonstration of computer graphics and direct manipulation interfaces. He received the 1988 Turing Award. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ivan Sutherland's 1963 Sketchpad program, built for his MIT PhD thesis, is widely credited as the origin of interactive computer graphics and demonstrated the first graphical user interface.
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Jim Clark, Pioneers Verified en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Clark_(computer_scientist): infobox "Doctoral advisor: Ivan Sutherland"; Clark earned his PhD in computer science from the University of Utah in 1974, where Sutherland led the graphics program.
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Ivan Sutherland co-developed this line-clipping algorithm with Danny Cohen in the early 1960s at Harvard.
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Ivan Sutherland co-developed this polygon-clipping algorithm with Gary Hodgman, published in 1974.
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Sketchpad was an innovative program that influenced alternative forms of interaction with computers.
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Ivan Edward Sutherland, born May 16, 1938, Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.
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Associated With: Human Computer Interaction, Introduction
Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal computers
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Wikidata alias: Ivan Edward Sutherland
Ivan Edward Sutherland
Wikidata P166: National Inventors Hall of Fame
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Wikidata P166: Turing Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
Wikidata P166: EFF Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): EFF Award.
Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award.
Wikidata P166: Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
Wikidata P166 (award received): Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology.
Wikidata P166: IEEE John von Neumann Medal
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE John von Neumann Medal.
Wikidata P166: Washington Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): Washington Award.
Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
Wikidata alias: Ivan E. Sutherland
Ivan E. Sutherland
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Kay credits Sutherland's 1963 thesis for influencing his views on objects and computer programming.
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In 1968, Harvard Professor Ivan Sutherland, with the help of his students, including Bob Sproull, created what was widely considered to be the first head-mounted display system for use in immersive simulation applications, called The Sword of Damocles.
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