José Luis Encarnação
| José Luis Encarnação | |
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José Luis Encarnaçāo, November 2014, Berlin, Germany
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| Born |
May 30, 1941 São Domingos de Rana, Cascais, Portugal |
| Residence | Reinheim, Hesse, Germany |
| Citizenship | Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Fields |
Computer graphics, Human-computer interaction |
| Institutions |
Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Universität des Saarlandes, Technical University of Darmstadt, Fraunhofer IGD |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
| Known for |
Computer graphics, Graphical Kernel System |
| Notable awards | ACM Fellow, Eurographics Fellow and Honorary Fellow, acatech Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Member, ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award, GI Konrad Zuse Medal, Eurographics Gold Medal |
José Luis Moreira da Encarnação is a Portuguese Computer Scientist, a Professor Emeritus in Germany and a senior technology and innovation advisor to governments, multinational companies, research institutions and organizations, and foundations. He is involved in the development of research agendas and innovation strategies for socio-economic development with a focus on emerging economies. He is also advisor to the Topical Network Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ICT-related activities of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) and the German Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW).
Professor Encarnação was born in Portugal and has lived in the Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany) since 1959. In Portugal, he graduated from the Escola Salesiana do Estoril.
He holds a Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) and a doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in electrical engineering from the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), where he conducted his Ph.D. studies with a scholarship by the Gulbenkian Foundation.
In 1967, Professor Encarnação started his academic career in Computer Graphics at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) and at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin. Subsequently, he held research and academic positions at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin (1968-1972) and at the Universität des Saarlandes (1972 – 1975).
From 1975 to 2009 he was a full professor of Computer Science at the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), Germany, and the head of its Interactive Graphics Research Group (TUD–GRIS). Since October 2009 he is Professor Emeritus of the TUD.
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