Faculty Profile

Donald Greenberg, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics, has been researching and teaching in the field of computer graphics since 1966. During the last 15 years, he has been primarily concerned with research advancing the state-of-the-art in computer graphics and with utilizing these techniques as they may be applied to a variety of disciplines. His specialties include real time realistic image generation, color science, and computer-aided architectural design. He presently teaches the computer graphics courses in Computer Science, computer-aided design for the Department of Architecture, computer animation for the Department of Art, and technology strategy in the Business School. He received his B.C.E. from Cornell in 1958 and his Ph.D. in 1968. Greenberg also studied at Columbia University.

• Arch 7701 / 7702  Architectural Science Laboratory
• Arch 7903 / 7904  Thesis or Research in Architectural Science
• Arch 3702, Art 1700, CIS 1620, CS 1620, ENGRI 1620 Visual Imaging in the Electronic Age
• NBA 6120 Disruptive Technologies

• “A Framework for Realistic Image Synthesis,” with Kenneth Torrance, Peter Shirley, James Arvo, James A. Ferwerda, Sumanta N. Pattanaik, Eric P.F. Lafortune, Bruce Walter, Sing-Choong Foo, and W. Benjamin Trumbore, Computer Graphics Proceedings
• "Computers and Architecture," Scientific American, (264)2, pp. 104-109 (February 1991)
• "Computer Graphics in Architecture," Scientific American, (230)5, pp. 98-106 (May 1974)

• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2002)
• ACSA Creative Research Award in Architecture (1997)
• Member, National Academy of Engineering (1991)
• National Computer Graphics Association Academic Award (1989)
• ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics (1987)

• Biographical Sketch (PDF)
• True Big Red: Professor Don Greenberg '55 (video)
• Cornell University Program of Computer Graphics