Thomas Sederberg
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Thomas W. Sederberg is the associate dean of the college of physical and mathematical sciences and professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His research involves computer graphics and computer aided design. He helped invent free-form deformation and T-splines.
Education and career
Thomas W. Sederberg studied civil engineering at Brigham Young University for both his Bachelor's (1975) and his Master's (1977) degrees.{{cite web |title=Thomas W. Sederberg |url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/OME/2014/sederberg.html |website=Purdue University Mechanical Engineering |publisher=Purdue University |accessdate=2016-02-24 |year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306084112/https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/OME/2014/sederberg.html |archive-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=live }} Sederberg received his PhD from Purdue and joined the civil engineering faculty at BYU in 1983.{{cite web |title=Dr. Sederberg earns distinction of being "Highly Cited" |url=https://cs.byu.edu/article/dr-sederberg-earns-distinction-being-highly-cited |website=BYU Computer Science |publisher=BYU |accessdate=2016-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109043349/https://cs.byu.edu/article/dr-sederberg-earns-distinction-being-highly-cited |archive-date=2017-11-09 |url-status=live }} His PhD thesis discussed how to compute intersecting Bézier curves.
He is an associate editor for ACM Transactions on Graphics{{cite web |title=ACM Graphics Editorial Board |url=http://tog.acm.org/editorial.cfm |website=ACM Digital Library |publisher=ACM |accessdate=2016-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303084421/http://tog.acm.org/editorial.cfm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live }} and for Computer Aided Geometric Design.{{cite web |title=Computer Aided Geometric Design Editorial Board |url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-aided-geometric-design/editorial-board/ |publisher=Elsevier |accessdate=2016-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105908/http://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-aided-geometric-design/editorial-board/ |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live }}
Sederberg co-founded T-Splines, inc. in 2004, which was acquired by Autodesk in 2011.{{cite web |last1=Hadfield |first1=Joe |title=BYU prof's design technology acquired by software giant Autodesk |url=https://news.byu.edu/news/byu-prof%E2%80%99s-design-technology-acquired-software-giant-autodesk |website=BYU News |publisher=BYU |accessdate=2016-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310172811/https://news.byu.edu/news/byu-prof%E2%80%99s-design-technology-acquired-software-giant-autodesk |archive-date=2016-03-10 |url-status=live }}
Awards
SIGGRAPH awarded Sederberg with the Computer Graphics Achievement award in 2006.{{cite web |title=Awards |url=http://www.siggraph.org/participate/awards |website=ACMSIGGRAPH |publisher=ACMSIGGRAPH |accessdate=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302034759/http://www.siggraph.org/participate/awards |archive-date=2016-03-02 |url-status=live }} In 2013 Sederberg received the Pierre Bézier award for his contributions to solid modeling.{{cite web |title=Thomas W. Sederberg, the 2013 Pierre Bézier Award Recipient |url=http://solidmodeling.org/bezier-award/thomas-w-sederberg/ |website=Solid Modeling Association |publisher=Solid Modeling Association |accessdate=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133702/http://solidmodeling.org/bezier-award/thomas-w-sederberg/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=live }}
Purdue gave Sederberg the Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Award in 2014. Brigham Young University awarded him the Steven V. White University Professorship, the Technology Transfer Award and the Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award.{{cite news |last1=Holligshead |first1=Todd |title=BYU professors receive prestigious awards from Purdue University |url=https://news.byu.edu/news/byu-professors-receive-prestigious-awards-purdue-university |accessdate=2016-02-24 |agency=BYU News |date=December 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310172844/https://news.byu.edu/news/byu-professors-receive-prestigious-awards-purdue-university |archive-date=2016-03-10 |url-status=live }} His publications are highly cited—in 2014 Thomson Reuters named Sederberg as one of the 108 most-cited professors in computer science.
Personal life
Sederberg married Brenda Clark in 1978, and they had eight children.One of them is Matthew Sederberg, CSO of Coreform, a successful software company. {{cite web |title=Brenda Clark Sederberg |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=159657454 |work=Deseret News |accessdate=2016-02-24 |date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205905/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?pid=159657454 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=live }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://syllabus.byu.edu/view/SnfjQFxAdIyY.html#scheduleContainer Sederberg's syllabus for CS 557: Computer aided geometric design]
- [http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/do/search/?q=author_lname%3A%22Sederberg%22%20author_fname%3A%22Thomas%22&start=0&context=5485626 Sederberg's publications at ScholarsArchive]
- [http://www.byutv.org/watch/d2a5d27d-620e-4f9e-ba10-6621ffd6ef1e/byu-devotional-address-thomas-sederberg-32905 BYU devotional on faith and joy]
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