Ken Perlin
Ken Perlin is a New York University professor of computer science. He directs the New York University Games For Learning Institute, was founding director of the Media Research Laboratory, and directed the New York University Center for Advanced Technology. Perlin researches graphics, animation, user interfaces, and science education. Perlin received an Academy Award for Technical Achievement, the 2008 ACM/SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award, the TrapCode award for computer graphics achievement, the New York City Mayor's award for excellence in Science and Technology, the Sokol award for outstanding New York University Science faculty, as well as a NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from New York University and his B.A. in mathematics from Harvard. He has been a featured artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art, was head of software development at R/GREENBERG Associates, system architect for computer animation at MAGI, served on the board of directors of the New York chapter of ACM/SIGGRAPH and the New York Software Industry Association, and is 2010 general chair of UIST.
