is a professor at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

. Dr. Nishita received a research award for computer graphics from the

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in 1987, and also received the

Steven Anson Coons Steven Anson Coons (March 7, 1912 – August 1979) was an early pioneer in the field of computer graphical methods. He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He was also a professor ...

Award from the ACM

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in 2005. He is one of the pioneers of the method of radiosity (also soft

shadow A shadow is a dark area where light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object. It occupies all of the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, o ...

s). His research on

computer graphics Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great de ...

includes

lighting Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylig ...

simulation, rendering,

shading Shading refers to the depiction of depth perception in 3D models (within the field of 3D computer graphics) or illustrations (in visual art) by varying the level of darkness. Shading tries to approximate local behavior of light on the object's ...

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, curved surface,

non-photorealistic rendering Non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) is an area of computer graphics that focuses on enabling a wide variety of expressive styles for digital art, in contrast to traditional computer graphics, which focuses on photorealism. NPR is inspired by other ...

(NPR),

morphing Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image or shape into another through a seamless transition. Traditionally such a depiction would be achieved through dissolving techniques on film. Since ...

, interactive rendering, and WebGraphics. Nishita received his BE, ME and Ph.D in engineering in 1971, 1973, and 1985, respectively, from

Hiroshima University is a Japanese national university located in Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, Japan. Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions. History Under the Nationa ...

. He worked at

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from 1979 to 1998. He was an associate researcher in the Engineering Computer Graphics Laboratory at

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from 1988 to 1989. He has lectured at the

since 1994, and has been a professor in the Department of

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and Engineering at the university since 1998. He has written 17 SIGGRAPH papers and 18 EUROGRAPHICS papers. He was a member of the editorial board of the

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. He was a president of the IIEEJ (Institute of Image and Electronics Engineers of Japan).

External links

Tomoyuki Nishita Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishita, Tomoyuki Computer graphics researchers Japanese computer scientists Computer graphics professionals 1949 births Living people University of Tokyo faculty Brigham Young University staff Hiroshima University alumni