James D. Foley
James David Foley (born July 20, 1942) is an American computer scientist and computer graphics researcher. He is a Professor Emeritus and held the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He was Interim Dean of Georgia Tech's College of Computing from 2008–2010. He is perhaps best known as the co-author of several widely used textbooks in the field of computer graphics, of which over 400,000 copies are in print and translated in ten languages. Foley most recently conducted research in instructional technologies and distance education.
James David Foley | |
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| Born | July 20, 1942 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Lehigh University |
| Known for | Computer graphics, Human-Computer Interaction |
| Awards | IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, NAE Member, ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award, ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer graphics, Human-computer interaction |
| Institutions | Georgia Tech, GVU Center |
| Doctoral advisor | Keki Irani |
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