Ron Fedkiw

Ronald Fedkiw
Born	1978
Residence	Sunnyvale, California U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	UCLA, (Ph.D., 1996)
Known for	Physically based simulation techniques
Awards	National Academy for Science, 80th Academy Awards, 87th Academy Awards
Scientific career
Fields	Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computational Physics
Institutions	Stanford University (2000-)
Doctoral advisor	Stanley Osher

Ronald Paul "Ron" Fedkiw is a full professor in the Stanford University department of computer science and a leading researcher in the field of computer graphics, focusing on topics relating to physically based simulation of natural phenomena and machine learning. His techniques have been employed in many motion pictures. He has earned recognition at the 80th Academy Awards and the 87th Academy Awards as well as from the National Academy for Science.

His first Academy Award was awarded for developing techniques that enabled many technically sophisticated adaptations including the visual effects in 21st century movies in the Star Wars, Harry Potter, Terminator, and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises. Fedkiw has designed a platform that has been used to create many of the movie world's most advanced special effects since it was first used on the T-X character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. His second Academy Award was awarded for computer graphics techniques for special effects for large scale destruction. Although he has won an Oscar for his work, he does not design the visual effects that use his technique. Instead, he has developed a system that other award-winning technicians and engineers have used to create visual effects for some of the world's most expensive and highest-grossing movies.

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