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Estrin, a computer science professor at Cornell Tech , in New York City, founded the school’s Public Interest Tech Initiative to give students that opportunity. Her sister Judy is a successful tech entrepreneur, and her other sister, Margo, is a medical doctor. In 2006 Estrin expanded her research to digital health monitoring.

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.

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The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. Because California is a community-property state, George effectively lost half his fortune overnight.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Twenty-six editions of his book Digital Speech Processing, Synthesis, and Recognition were published between 1985 and 2001. From 2001 to 2005, he served as president of the International Speech Communication Association. from the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1961 and 1964—all in mathematics. Mills Award.

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MARCH 21, 2024

From Utah and NYIT to Lucasfilm As a doctoral student studying computer science at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, Catmull developed the principle of texture mapping, a method for adding complexity to a computer-generated surface. The development of the software that would eventually become RenderMan started long before.

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. While working toward his Ph.D. Date of birth Oct.

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