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José Luis Moreira da Encarnação is a Portuguese computer scientist,
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at the Department of Computer Science of the
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in
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and a senior technology and innovation advisor to governments, multinational companies, research institutions and organizations, and foundations. He is involved in the development of research agendas and innovation strategies for socio-economic development with a focus on emerging economies. He is also a member of the Topical Network Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and ICT-related activities of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering ( acatech) and the German
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( BBAW). He is an elected member of the
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Academy (USA).


Biography

Professor Encarnação was born in
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and has lived in the
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(now
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) since 1959. In Portugal, he graduated from the ''Escola Salesiana do Estoril''. He holds a Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) and a doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in electrical engineering from the
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(TUB), where he conducted his Ph.D. studies with a scholarship of the Gulbenkian Foundation.


Academic career

In 1967, Professor Encarnação started his academic career in Computer Graphics at the
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(TUB) and at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin. Subsequently, he held research and academic positions at the Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin (1968-1972) and at the Universität des Saarlandes (1972 – 1975). From 1975 to 2009 he was a full professor of Computer Science at the
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(TU Darmstadt), Germany, and the head of its Interactive Graphics Research Group (TUD–GRIS). Since October 2009 he is Professor Emeritus of the TU Darmstadt. In 1977, he and his research group introduced the
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(GKS) as the first
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standard for low-level computer graphics. Professor Encarnação is author or co-author of more than 500 publications in reviewed international journals and conferences and was the responsible advisor or co-advisor of more than 200 doctoral theses in Computer Graphics and related areas.


Professional career

From 1983 to 2007, Encarnação was Editor-in-Chief of the Computers & Graphics Journal (
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). From 1987 to 2006, he was the founding director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) in Darmstadt, Germany. From 1995 to 2001 he was an elected member of the Senate of the
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(FhG) in Munich and from 2002 to 2006 he was a member of the Advisory Board (Präsidium) of the
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(GI). From July 2001 to October 2006 he was the chairman of the Fraunhofer ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Group. From 2001 to 2007 Professor Encarnação was a member of the EU-Advisory Board ( ISTAG) for the EU 6th and 7th Framework Programme for the ICT area. He was chairman of this board from 2002 to 2004 and its vice-chairman from 2005 to 2007. Since March 2017 he is the chairman of the International Assessment and Evaluation Board nominated by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology ( FCT) to build up the Collaborative Laboratories (Co-Labs) in
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.


Founding and start-up achievements

In 1980, Professor Encarnação was one of the founders of
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, the European Association for Computer Graphics, from 1980 to 1984 its first chairman and from 1985 to 1991 the chairman of its Professional Board. Professor Encarnação founded the Fraunhofer IGD in 1986 and several Start-Ups between 1975 and 2009. In 1999 he founded the INI-GraphicsNet, an International Network of Institutions for R&D and Applications in Computer Graphics, which is today a network of legally independent but closely cooperating research entities in Germany, Italy, Panama, Portugal and Spain. Since 2010 this network is operating under the new name GraphicsMedia.net GmbH.


Notable awards and recognitions

Professor Encarnação is a Fellow of the
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since 1996, a Fellow of
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as well as Honorary Fellow of
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since 2006. In 2001 he was elected full academy member of the ''Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities'' BBAW and in 2002 he became a full academy member of the German Academy of Science and Technology acatech. In 2017 he was awarded with an honorary membership of the German "Gesellschaft für Forschungstransfer" (GFFT). In August 2018 he was elected a member of the
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Academy.


National and Federal awards

Professor Encarnação received several ''
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'' decorations: * the Cross in 1983, * the Officer's Cross in 1995, and * the Grand Cross in 2006. The German Federal State of
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awarded to him the Hessian Culture Prize in 2000 The country of
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decorated him with the '' Order of Saint James of the Sword'' in 2001. In honor of Professor Encarnação's achievements in the area of
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, the ''
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Portuguese Chapter'' established in 2010 the annual ''Professor José Luís Encarnação Award'' for student achievement in academic publication in the area of
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.


Honorary appointments

In recognition of his technical and scientific achievements he received several honorary doctorates (Dr.h.c. and Dr.E.h.) * from the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1991, * from the Universität Rostock, Germany, in 1996, * from the Universidade do Minho, Portugal, in 2002, * from the
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in Singapore, in 2008, and * from the
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, Germany, in 2014 as well as honorary professorships * from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1990, * from
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in Hangzhou, China, in 1991, and * from the
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(UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2001, and an honorary senatorship from the
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, Slowenia, in 2002.


Professional, academic, and cultural awards

For his professional, technical and scientific achievements and his impact in science and industry he received internationally recognized professional awards, including * the ''Karl-Heinz-Beckurts Award'' in 1989, * the '' Steven A. Coons Award'' from
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(USA) in 1995, * the '' Konrad Zuse Medal'' by the German Computer Society (
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) in 1997, * the ''Fraunhofer Medal'' from the
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in 2001, * the ''Technology Award'' of the Eduard Rhein Foundation in 2001, * the ''Convergators Award'' for Lifetime Achievement by BiTKOM and FOCUS during
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* the ''Golden Honorary Medal'' of the Universität Rostock in 2012, * the first ''Eurographics Gold Medal'' of the
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Association in 2016, * an inaugural
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Academy award in 2018, which made him an elected member of the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy, and * the 2022 ''Robert Piloty Prize'' of
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for scientific achievements in the field of computer engineering.


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External links


Homepage at TU Darmstadt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Encarnacao, Jose Luis Electrical engineers Portuguese computer scientists Living people 1941 births People from Cascais Computer graphics researchers Human–computer interaction researchers 1996 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Technische Universität Berlin alumni Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt Academic staff of Saarland University Portuguese emigrants to Germany