Edward Angel

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Edward Stanley Angel
Born (1944-01-06) January 6, 1944 (age 80)
Alma mater California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1964)
University of Southern California (M.S., 1966 and Ph.D., 1968)
Known forInteractive Computer Graphics (book)
Scientific career
Fields Computer graphics, scientific visualization, image processing, robotics
Institutions University of California
University of Southern California
University of Rochester
University of New Mexico [1]

Edward Stanley Angel (born January 6, 1944) is an emeritus professor of computer science at the University of New Mexico. He has published numerous books and journal articles including many successful titles on OpenGL. [2]

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References

  1. Vita at UNM Computer Science
  2. "Angel Home Page".