Amy Ashurst Gooch
Encyclopedia
Amy Ashurst Gooch is an assistant professor at the University of Victoria
in British Columbia
, Canada.
and MS in Computer Science from the University of Utah
, and her PhD in Computer Science June 2006 at Northwestern University
, where she was also a researcher and instructor.
While working on her Masters degree in Computer Science, she explored interactive non-photorealistic technical illustration as a new rendering paradigm and presented part of this work at SIGGRAPH
1998 and at the SIGGRAPH 1999 course on non-photorealistic rendering
. She has also co-authored the first book in the field, "Non-Photorealistic Rendering". For five years as a research scientist at the University of Utah
, her research focused on increasing the effectiveness of computer graphics in conveying information about the three-dimensional world. Her current research is part of an interdisciplinary effort involving computer graphics
, perceptual psychology
, and computational vision. She is interested in better understanding the spatial information potentially available in CG imagery, determining what spatial cues are actually used when CG imagery is viewed, and using this information to create improved rendering algorithms and visualizations.
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
in British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada.
Life
She earned her BS in Computer EngineeringComputer engineering
Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...
and MS in Computer Science from the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, and her PhD in Computer Science June 2006 at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, where she was also a researcher and instructor.
While working on her Masters degree in Computer Science, she explored interactive non-photorealistic technical illustration as a new rendering paradigm and presented part of this work at SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. The first SIGGRAPH conference was in 1974. The conference is attended by tens of thousands of computer professionals...
1998 and at the SIGGRAPH 1999 course on non-photorealistic rendering
Non-photorealistic rendering
Non-Photorealistic rendering 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 has focused on photorealism, NPR is inspired by artistic styles such as painting, drawing, technical...
. She has also co-authored the first book in the field, "Non-Photorealistic Rendering". For five years as a research scientist at the University of Utah
University of Utah
The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
, her research focused on increasing the effectiveness of computer graphics in conveying information about the three-dimensional world. Her current research is part of an interdisciplinary effort involving computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
, perceptual psychology
Perceptual psychology
Perceptual psychology is a subfield of cognitive psychology that is concerned specifically with the pre-conscious innate aspects of the human cognitive system: perception....
, and computational vision. She is interested in better understanding the spatial information potentially available in CG imagery, determining what spatial cues are actually used when CG imagery is viewed, and using this information to create improved rendering algorithms and visualizations.
Works
- Bruce Gooch, Amy Ashurst Gooch, Non-Photorealistic Rendering, AK Peters, July 2001, ISBN 9781568811338