Marc Levoy
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| Born | 1953 New York City |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Computer Graphics, Computer Vision |
| Institutions |
Stanford University |
| Alma mater |
Cornell University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Known for |
Volume rendering Light fields 3D scanning Stanford Bunny "Digital Michelangelo". "HDR+". |
| Notable awards | Siggraph Computer Graphics Achievement Award (1996) |
Marc Levoy is a computer graphics researcher and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and a Principal Engineer at Google. He is noted for pioneering work in volume rendering, light fields, and computational photography.
Levoy first studied computer graphics as an architecture student under Donald P. Greenberg at Cornell University. He received his B.Arch. in 1976 and M.S. in Architecture in 1978. He developed a 2D computer animation system as part of his studies, receiving the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal for this work. Greenberg and he suggested to Disney that they use computer graphics in producing animated films, but the idea was rejected by several of the Nine Old Men who were still active. Following this, they were able to convince Hanna-Barbera Productions to use their system for television animation. Despite initial opposition by animators, the system was successful in reducing labor costs and helping to save the company, and was used until 1996. Levoy worked as director of the Hanna-Barbera Animation Laboratory from 1980 to 1983.
He then did graduate study in computer science under Henry Fuchs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received his Ph.D. in 1989. While there, he published several important papers in the field of volume rendering, developing new algorithms (such as volume ray tracing), improving efficiency, and demonstrating applications of the technique.
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