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|nationality = English<br/>American |
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|work_institutions = [[CADCentre]]<br/>[[University of Utah]]<br/>[[Xerox PARC]]<br/>[[Ashlar-Vellum|Ashlar]]<br/>[[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] |
|work_institutions = [[CADCentre]]<br/>[[University of Utah]]<br/>[[Xerox PARC]]<br/>[[CADLINC]]<br/>[[Ashlar-Vellum|Ashlar]]<br/>[[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] |
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|alma_mater = [[University of Utah]] |
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| thesis_title = The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis |
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| thesis_year = 1975 |
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|known_for = [[Utah Teapot]]<ref name="teapot">{{Cite book | last1 = Torrence | first1 = A. | chapter = Martin Newell's original teapot | doi = 10.1145/1180098.1180128 |
|known_for = [[Utah Teapot]]<ref name="teapot">{{Cite book | last1 = Torrence | first1 = A. | title = ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Teapot on - SIGGRAPH '06 | chapter = Martin Newell's original teapot | doi = 10.1145/1180098.1180128 | pages = 29 | year = 2006 | isbn = 1595933646 | s2cid = 23272447 }}</ref><br/>[[Newell's algorithm]] |
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==Career== |
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Before emigrating to the US, he worked at what was then the Computer-Aided Design Centre ([[AVEVA|CADCentre]]) in Cambridge, UK,<ref>{{citation|title=Some Personal Recollections on Graphics Standards|first=Andries|last=van Dam|author-link=Andries van Dam|journal=SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Newsletter|volume=32|issue=1|year=1998|url=http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/v32n1/columns/carson.html|access-date=26 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220024407/http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/v32n1/columns/carson.html|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}.</ref> along with his brother [[Dick Newell]] (who went on to co-found two of the most important UK graphics software companies – Cambridge Interactive Systems (CIS) in 1977 and [[Smallworld]] in 1987). At CADCentre, the two Newells and Tom Sancha developed [[Newell's algorithm]], a technique for eliminating cyclic dependencies when ordering polygons to be drawn by a computer graphics system.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sutherland | first1 = E. E. | last2 = Sproull | first2 = R. F. | last3 = Schumacker | first3 = R. A. | title = A Characterization of Ten Hidden-Surface Algorithms | doi = 10.1145/356625.356626 | journal = ACM Computing Surveys | volume = 6 | pages = 1–55 | year = 1974 | s2cid = 14222390 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Newell | first1 = M. E. | last2 = Newell | first2 = R. G. | last3 = Sancha | first3 = T. L. | doi = 10.1145/800193.569954 | chapter = A solution to the hidden surface problem | title = Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on – ACM'72 | volume = 1 | pages = 443 | year = 1972 | s2cid = 13829930 }}</ref><ref name="microsoft">{{AcademicSearch|478161}}</ref> |
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[[File:Utah teapot simple 2.png|thumb|The [[Utah teapot]], a model by Martin Newell (1975).]] |
[[File:Utah teapot simple 2.png|thumb|The [[Utah teapot]], a model by Martin Newell (1975).]] |
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Newell developed the Utah teapot while working on a Ph.D. at the [[University of Utah]],<ref name="teapot"/><ref name="newellphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Martin|last=Newell |title=The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis |publisher=University of Utah |date=1975 | |
Newell developed the [[Utah teapot]] while working on a Ph.D. at the [[University of Utah]],<ref name="teapot"/><ref name="newellphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Martin|last=Newell |title=The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis |publisher=University of Utah |date=1975 |author-link=Martin Newell (computer scientist)|id={{ProQuest|302791043}}}}</ref> where he also helped develop a version of the [[painter's algorithm]] for [[Rendering (computer graphics)|rendering]]. He graduated in 1975, and was on the Utah faculty from 1977 to 1979.<ref name="uusc">[http://www.cs.utah.edu/dept/history/ History of the University of Utah School of Computing], retrieved 2010-01-26.</ref> Later he worked at [[Xerox PARC]], where he worked on JaM, a predecessor of [[PostScript]]. JaM stood for "John and Martin" – the John was [[John Warnock]], co-founder of [[Adobe Systems]].<ref>[http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2418 Adobe Co-founder John Warnock on the Competitive Advantages of Aesthetics and the 'Right' Technology], ''Knowledge@Wharton'', [[The Wharton School]], 20 January 2010.</ref> |
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Newell departed Xerox PARC to join CADLINC Inc.,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=1213 | title=Origins & Early Development of Scalable Digital Type Fonts at Xerox PARC : History of Information }}</ref> a factory automation startup, as VP of Advanced Development. |
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There he led the development of a variety of CAD/CAM software applications, such as CimCAD (a 3-D drafting program) |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cadlinc_implements_its_cim_cad_3d_package_for_suns_386i_workstations | title=CADLINC IMPLEMENTS ITS CIM CAD 3D PACKAGE FOR SUN's 386i WORKSTATIONS | date=February 1989 }}</ref> |
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and Intelligent Documentation |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/cimlinc-incorporated-316211/ | title=CIMLINC INCORPORATED Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks }}</ref> |
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(an early electronic document editor integrating text, graphics, and information from relational databases). |
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| ⚫ | He departed CADLINC to found the [[computer-aided design]] software company [[Ashlar-Vellum|Ashlar]] in 1988.<ref name="uusc"/> In 2007, Newell was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for contributions to computer-graphics modeling, rendering, and printing.<ref name="nae">[http://www.nae.edu/30994.aspx Dr. Martin E. Newell] in the NAE Members Directory, retrieved 2014-06-27.</ref> He recently retired as an Adobe Fellow at [[Adobe Systems]]. |
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 24 December 2024
Martin Edward Newell | |
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| Nationality | English American |
| Alma mater | University of Utah |
| Known for | Utah Teapot[1] Newell's algorithm |
| Awards | Elected member of the National Academy of Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | CADCentre University of Utah Xerox PARC CADLINC Ashlar Adobe |
| Thesis | The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis (1975) |
| Website | academic |
Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist specializing in computer graphics who is perhaps best known as the creator of the Utah teapot computer model.
Career
[edit]Before emigrating to the US, he worked at what was then the Computer-Aided Design Centre (CADCentre) in Cambridge, UK,[2] along with his brother Dick Newell (who went on to co-found two of the most important UK graphics software companies – Cambridge Interactive Systems (CIS) in 1977 and Smallworld in 1987). At CADCentre, the two Newells and Tom Sancha developed Newell's algorithm, a technique for eliminating cyclic dependencies when ordering polygons to be drawn by a computer graphics system.[3][4][5]
Newell developed the Utah teapot while working on a Ph.D. at the University of Utah,[1][6] where he also helped develop a version of the painter's algorithm for rendering. He graduated in 1975, and was on the Utah faculty from 1977 to 1979.[7] Later he worked at Xerox PARC, where he worked on JaM, a predecessor of PostScript. JaM stood for "John and Martin" – the John was John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe Systems.[8]
Newell departed Xerox PARC to join CADLINC Inc.,[9] a factory automation startup, as VP of Advanced Development. There he led the development of a variety of CAD/CAM software applications, such as CimCAD (a 3-D drafting program) [10] and Intelligent Documentation [11] (an early electronic document editor integrating text, graphics, and information from relational databases).
He departed CADLINC to found the computer-aided design software company Ashlar in 1988.[7] In 2007, Newell was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to computer-graphics modeling, rendering, and printing.[12] He recently retired as an Adobe Fellow at Adobe Systems.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Torrence, A. (2006). "Martin Newell's original teapot". ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Teapot on - SIGGRAPH '06. p. 29. doi:10.1145/1180098.1180128. ISBN 1595933646. S2CID 23272447.
- ^ van Dam, Andries (1998), "Some Personal Recollections on Graphics Standards", SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Newsletter, 32 (1), archived from the original on 20 December 2016, retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ Sutherland, E. E.; Sproull, R. F.; Schumacker, R. A. (1974). "A Characterization of Ten Hidden-Surface Algorithms". ACM Computing Surveys. 6: 1–55. doi:10.1145/356625.356626. S2CID 14222390.
- ^ Newell, M. E.; Newell, R. G.; Sancha, T. L. (1972). "A solution to the hidden surface problem". Proceedings of the ACM annual conference on – ACM'72. Vol. 1. p. 443. doi:10.1145/800193.569954. S2CID 13829930.
- ^ Martin Newell publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- ^ Newell, Martin (1975). The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis (PhD thesis). University of Utah. ProQuest 302791043.
- ^ a b History of the University of Utah School of Computing, retrieved 2010-01-26.
- ^ Adobe Co-founder John Warnock on the Competitive Advantages of Aesthetics and the 'Right' Technology, Knowledge@Wharton, The Wharton School, 20 January 2010.
- ^ "Origins & Early Development of Scalable Digital Type Fonts at Xerox PARC : History of Information".
- ^ "CADLINC IMPLEMENTS ITS CIM CAD 3D PACKAGE FOR SUN's 386i WORKSTATIONS". February 1989.
- ^ "CIMLINC INCORPORATED Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks".
- ^ Dr. Martin E. Newell in the NAE Members Directory, retrieved 2014-06-27.
