Introduction to VRML 97
Lecturer Information
David R. Nadeau (Organizer)
Title |
Principal Scientist |
Affiliation |
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
Address |
P.O. Box 85608
San Diego, CA 92186-9784
UPS, Fed Ex: 10100 Hopkins Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 |
Work phone |
(619) 534-5062 |
Fax phone |
(619) 534-5152 |
Email |
nadeau@sdsc.edu |
Home page |
http://www.sdsc.edu/~nadeau |
Dave Nadeau is a principal scientist at the San Diego
Supercomputer Center (SDSC), a national research center specializing
in computational science and engineering, located on the campus of
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Specializing in scientific visualization and virtual reality,
he is the author of technical papers and articles on 3D graphics
and VRML and is a co-author of two books on VRML
(The VRML Sourcebook
and The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook,
published by John Wiley & Sons).
He is the founder and lead librarian for
The VRML Repository
and The Java3D Repository,
principal Web sites for information on VRML,
Java3D, and related software.
Dave has taught VRML at multiple conferences including
SIGGRAPH 96-97, WebNet 96-97, VRML 97-98, WMC/SCS 98,
Eurographics 97, and Visualization 97.
He was a co-chair for the VRML Behavior Workshop
in October 1995, the
first workshop on VRML behavior technology, and a
co-chair for the VRML 95 conference in December 1995, the first
conference on VRML. He was on the program committees for VRML 97 and
VRML 98 and is SDSC's representative to the VRML Consortium.
Dave holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of
Colorado, Boulder, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue
University, and is in the PhD program in Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of California, San Diego.
John L. Moreland
Title |
Senior programmer/analyst |
Affiliation |
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
Address |
P.O. Box 85608
San Diego, CA 92186-9784
UPS, Fed Ex: 10100 Hopkins Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 |
Work phone |
(619) 534-5170 |
Fax phone |
(619) 534-5152 |
Email |
moreland@sdsc.edu |
Home page |
http://www.sdsc.edu/~moreland |
John Moreland is a senior programmer/analyst at the San Diego
Supercomputer Center and specializes
in scientific visualization and multimedia. He is an author
of papers on VRML, and is a co-author of two books on VRML
(The VRML Sourcebook,
and The VRML 2.0
Sourcebook, published by John Wiley & Sons).
He has developed multiple large VRML environments for scientific
visualization, including a CAVE-based environment presented at
Supercomputing 95, and a multi-user environment presented at
Supercomputing 96-97.
John has taught VRML courses at SIGGRAPH 96-97, InternetWorld Asia
96-97, and Web 97 East and West, and is a frequent presenter of
courses in computer graphics, visualization, and the PERL programming
language. He was a co-chair for the VRML Behavior
Workshop in October 1995, and for the VRML 95 conference
in December 1995.
John holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of
California, San Diego.
Michael M. Heck
Title |
Vice President of Research and Development |
Affiliation |
Template Graphics Software, Inc. |
Address |
Template Graphics Software, Inc.
9920 Pacific Heights Boulevard, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92121-4331 |
Work phone |
(619) 457-2547 |
Fax phone |
(619) 452-2547 |
Email |
mmh@tgs.com |
Mike Heck is the Vice President for Research and Development
at Template Graphics Software (TGS), a developer of cross-platform
graphics tools for browsing and authoring VRML.
Both Mike and TGS are now focused upon making OpenGL,
OpenInventor, and VRML available everywhere, including
Sun, DEC, HP, and IBM workstations, as well as Macintosh and PC
platforms.
Mike is an author of technical papers on computer graphics and
the first book on 3D programming with PHIGS
(Understanding PHIGS).
He has been a speaker in multiple conference courses,
including SIGGRAPH courses on PHIGS (1986), PEX (1993),
OpenInventor (1995), and VRML (1996-1997), as well as a course
in 3D graphics with MFC at the Visual C++ Developers Conference (1996).
Mike holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Pittsburgh.