David Salesin is an American

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known for his work in

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and four-dimensional mathematics, and

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. Until 2019, he served as the director of Snap Inc. Research Team, an affiliate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering of the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

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, and previously director of the Adobe Creative Technologies Lab. He is currently a principal scientist at Google. Salesin graduated from

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

in 1983, and pursued graduate study at

Stanford Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth governor of and th ...

. He received a National Young Investigator award from the

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in 1993, and in 1995 was named a Presidential Faculty Fellow, receiving a National Science Foundation grant.Salesin named Presidential Fellow
. ''MSB''. Washington: University of Washington, Department of Computer Science & Engineering. 9 (1): 1, 4.

Computer Animation Rendering

*'' André and Wally B.'' (1984) models: André/Wally *''

Young Sherlock Holmes ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (also known with the title card name of ''Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear'') is a 1985 American mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus, based on the characters ...

'' (1985) computer animation:

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*'' Luxo Jr.'' (1986) rendering *''

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'' (1988) dynamics *''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the Firsts in animation, firs ...

'' (1995) renderman software development

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External links

* * http://www.adobe.com/technology/people/san-francisco/david-salesin.html * http://salesin.cs.washington.edu/cv.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Salesin, David Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists Brown University alumni University of Washington faculty