Thomas A. DeFanti

Profile Tom DeFanti (born Sept. 18, 1948) is a computer graphics researcher and pioneer. His work has ranged from early computer animation, to scientific visualization, virtual reality, and grid computing. He is a distinguished professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
DeFanti is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received the 1988 ACM Outstanding Contribution Award, the 2000 SIGGRAPH Outstanding Service Award, and the UIC Inventor of the Year Award.

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To the OHI                                  March 28, 2018
Thank you for making me remember the past. I mostly worry about the future.
Thomas A. DeFanti