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Donald Greenberg

  • Professor
  • Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics
Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Department

Donald Greenberg, the former Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics, did research and taught in the field of computer graphics from 1966–2025. During the last 15 years, he was 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 taught 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.

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Journal cover of Scientific American with beige background and dark green rendering of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
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Publications

  • A Framework for Realistic Image Synthesis

    Donald Greenberg, Kenneth E. Torrance, Peter Shirley, James Arvo, James A. Ferwerda, Sumanta N. Pattanaik, Eric Lafortune, Bruce Walter, Sing-Choong Foo, and Ben Trumbore. 1997. SIGGRAPH: 477-494.

  • Computers and Architecture

    February 1991. Scientific American 264 (2): 104–9.

  • Computer Graphics in Architecture

    May 1974. Scientific American 230 (5): 98–106.

Classes

  • Architectural Science Laboratory

    ARCH 7701/7702

  • Thesis or Research in Architectural Science

    ARCH 7903/7904

  • Visual Imaging in the Electronic Age

    ARCH 3702/ART 1700/CIS 1620/ENGRI 1620

  • Disruptive Technologies

    NBA 6120

Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    2002

  • Creative Research Award in Architecture, ACSA

    1997

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering

    1991

  • Academic Award, National Computer Graphics Association

    1989

  • Steven A. Coons Award, ACM SIGGRAPH

    Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics
    1987