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[[Image:Utah teapot simple 2.png|thumb|The [[Utah teapot]], a model by Martin Newell (1975).]]
[[Image:Utah teapot simple 2.png|thumb|The [[Utah teapot]], a model by Martin Newell (1975).]]


Newell developed the Utah teapot while working on a Ph.D. at the [[University of Utah]],<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 |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/302791043|authorlink=Martin Newell (computer scientist)}}</ref><ref name="teapot"/> 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]], January 20, 2010.</ref>
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 |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/302791043|authorlink=Martin Newell (computer scientist)}}</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]], January 20, 2010.</ref>


He founded the [[computer-aided design]] software company [[Ashlar-Vellum|Ashlar]] in 1988.<ref name="uusc"/> In 2007 Martin Newell was elected to the [[National Academy of Engineering]].<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]].
He founded the [[computer-aided design]] software company [[Ashlar-Vellum|Ashlar]] in 1988.<ref name="uusc"/> In 2007 Martin Newell was elected to the [[National Academy of Engineering]].<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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Martin Edward Newell
NationalityEnglish
American
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Known forUtah Teapot[1]
Newell's algorithm
AwardsElected member of the National Academy of Engineering
Scientific career
InstitutionsCADCentre
University of Utah
Xerox PARC
Ashlar
Adobe
ThesisThe Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis (1975)
Websiteacademic.research.microsoft.com/Author/478161

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

Before emigrating to the USA, he worked at what was then the Computer-Aided Design Centre (CADCentre) in Cambridge, UK,[2] along with his brother Dr. Richard (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]

The Utah teapot, a model by Martin Newell (1975).

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]

He founded the computer-aided design software company Ashlar in 1988.[7] In 2007 Martin Newell was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.[9] He recently retired as an Adobe Fellow at Adobe Systems.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ van Dam, Andries (1998), "Some Personal Recollections on Graphics Standards", SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Newsletter, 32 (1).
  3. ^ Sutherland, E. E.; Sproull, R. F.; Schumacker, R. A. (1974). "A Characterization of Ten Hidden-Surface Algorithms". ACM Computing Surveys. 6: 1. doi:10.1145/356625.356626.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Martin Newell publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
  6. ^ Newell, Martin (1975). The Utilization of Procedure Models in Digital Image Synthesis (PhD thesis). University of Utah.
  7. ^ a b History of the University of Utah School of Computing, retrieved 2010-01-26.
  8. ^ Adobe Co-founder John Warnock on the Competitive Advantages of Aesthetics and the 'Right' Technology, Knowledge@Wharton, The Wharton School, January 20, 2010.
  9. ^ Dr. Martin E. Newell in the NAE Members Directory, retrieved 2014-06-27.

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