John F. Hughes Explained
John F. Hughes should not be confused with John Hughes (computer scientist).
| John F. Hughes |
| Field: | Computer graphics |
| Work Institution: | Brown University |
| Alma Mater: | U.C. Berkeley,
Princeton |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Robion Kirby |
| Doctoral Students: | Cindy Grimm |
| Known For: | Computer graphics textbooks |
| Thesis Title: | Invariants of Regular Homotopy and Bordism of Low Dimensional Immersions |
| Thesis Url: | https://math.berkeley.edu/people/grad/john-forbes-hughes |
| Thesis Year: | 1982 |
John F. "Spike" Hughes is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University.[1]
Contributions
Hughes' research is in computer graphics, particularly those aspects of graphics involving substantial mathematics. He is perhaps best known as the co-author of many widely used textbooks in the field of computer graphics.[2]
Hughes is an avid sailor, and for years maintained the FAQ for the Usenet rec.boats group.[3]
Selected publications
- Book: Foley
, James
. James_D._Foley . A. van Dam . Andries van Dam . S. Feiner . Steven K. Feiner . J. Hughes . C Edition, Interactive Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice . Addison-Wesley . 1995 . Reading, MA, USA . 1174 .
- Book: Foley
, James
. James_D._Foley . A. van Dam . Andries van Dam . S. Feiner . Steven K. Feiner . J. Hughes . R. Phillips . Introduction to Computer Graphics . Addison-Wesley . 1993 . Reading, MA, USA . 559 .
- Book: Foley
, James
. James_D._Foley . A. van Dam . Andries van Dam . S. Feiner . Steven K. Feiner . J. Hughes . Interactive Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice . Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice . Addison-Wesley . 1990 . Reading, MA, USA . 1174 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: . Hughes and Laidlaw Promoted to Professor; Greenwald and Lysyanskaya Promoted to Associate Professor . 2010-10-27 . 2008 .
- Web site: John Hughes. cs.brown.edu. 2018-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180131174108/http://cs.brown.edu/~jfh/contact/contact.htm. 2018-01-31. dead.
- Web site: Pre-introduction . 2014-06-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141120034008/http://cs.brown.edu/~jfh/boats/FAQ/node1.html . 2014-11-20 . dead .
