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Nationality
  
American

Fields
  
Computer Science

Role
  
Computer researcher

Name
  
Robert Cook


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Born
  
December 10, 1952 (age 71) (
1952-12-10
)

Education
  
Cornell University (1981), Duke University (1973)

Awards
  
Academy Scientific and Engineering Award, Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Award of Merit)

Similar People
  
Loren Carpenter, Edwin Catmull, Pat Hanrahan, Alvy Ray Smith, John Lasseter

Residence
  
United States of America

Robert L. "Rob" Cook (December 10, 1952) is a computer graphics researcher and developer, and the co-creator of the RenderMan rendering software. His contributions are considered to be highly influential in the field of animated arts. Cook was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and educated at Duke University and Cornell University. While at Cornell, Cook worked with Donald P. Greenberg.

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Education

  • B.S. in physics, 1973, Duke University, N.C.
  • M.S. in computer graphics, 1981, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y

    • Career

    Robert Cook was involved with Lucasfilm and later had the position as Vice President of Software Engineering at Pixar Animation Studios. In November 2016, he became the Commissioner of the Technology Transformation Service of the U.S. General Services Administration

    Awards

  • 1987, ACM SIGGRAPH Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the fields of computer graphics and visual effects.
  • 1992, Scientific and Engineering Award for the development of "RenderMan" software which produces images used in motion pictures from 3D computer descriptions of shape and appearance.
  • 1999, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
  • 2000, Academy Award of Merit (Oscar) for significant advancements to the field of motion picture rendering as exemplified in Pixar's RenderMan. Their broad professional influence in the industry continues to inspire and contribute to the advancement of computer-generated imagery for motion pictures.
  • GATF InterTech Award
  • MacWorld World Class Award
  • Seybold Award for Excellence
  • 2009, The Steven Anson Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics
  • 2009, Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    • References

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