Thomas Albert DeFanti, born September 18, 1948, is an American computer graphics researcher and pioneer whose work has ranged from early computer animation to scientific visualization, virtual reality, and grid computing. He is a distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
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Thomas Albert "Tom" DeFanti (born September 18, 1948) is an American computer graphics researcher and pioneer.
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Born September 18, 1948, in Queens, New York City
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born September 18, 1948
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American computer graphics researcher and pioneer
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Tom Defanti
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Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata alias: Thomas Albert "Tom" DeFanti
Thomas Albert "Tom" DeFanti
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The original version of GRASS was developed by Tom DeFanti for his 1974 Ohio State University Ph.D. thesis.
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