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Steven J. Gortler
- Robert I. Goldman Professor of Computer Science
Contact Information
| Office: | Maxwell Dworkin Building 243 |
| Email: | sjg [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 495-3751 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 496-1066 |
| Lab Name: | Graphics, Vision & Interaction |
| Assistant: | Rebecca Cremona |
| Office: | Maxwell Dworkin 247 |
| Email: | rcremona [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 495-3963 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 496-1066 |
Education
- B.A., 1989, Computer Science and Applied Math, Queens College/CUNY
- M.A., 1991, Computer Science, Princeton University
- Ph.D., 1995, Computer Science, Princeton University
Research Areas
- Computer Science: Graphics
Research Profile
Computer Graphics is an important, fascinating, and very active field in Computer Science that has revolutionized
many endeavors in entertainment, design, education, computer human interaction, and medicine.
It is a field drawing on algorithm design and system building from the field of computer science, numerical
computation from applied mathematics, simulation from applied physics and signal processing from
electrical engineering. It is a growing field with one (very competitive) main conference, and a host of
very healthy smaller workshops and seminars. In fact, computer graphics forms the single largest special
interest subgroup of the Association for Computing Machinery (the primary computer science professional
organization).
My research has focused on designing fundamental representations for computer graphics, as well as
pursuing a mathematically rigorous understanding of computer graphics algorithms and techniques. This
theoretical focus has been at the heart of all my research, from my early work in efficient lighting simulation,
to my current work on image-based rendering and discrete geometry processing.