Ken Perlin is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Director of the Media Research Laboratory, both at New York University (NYU). Perlin received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University in 1986, and a B.A. in theoretical mathematics from Harvard University in 1979.

He directed the NYU Center for Advanced Technology from 1994-2004. He was the System Architect for computer generated animation at Mathematical Applications Group, Inc., where he worked on TRON. He has served on the Board of Directors of the New York chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Software Industry Association.

His research interests include graphics, animation, and multimedia. He has developed (or been involved in developing) techniques such as Perlin noise and Hypertexturing, Real-Time Interactive Character Animation, Computer-User interfaces (including Zooming User Interface's and Stylus-based input) and Edible Business Cards.

Awards

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In January 2004 he was the featured artist at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2002 he received the Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology and the Sokol award for outstanding Science faculty at NYU. In 1997 he won an Academy Award for Technical Achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques, which are widely used in feature films and television. In 1991 he received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.

External links

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• Ken Perlin's Personal Homepage

American computer scientists | Human-computer interaction researchers | New York University faculty | Computer graphics professionals