Bui Tuong Phong

Bùi Tường Phong
Phong in 1969
BornDecember 14, 1942
Hanoi, French Indochina
DiedJuly 1975(1975-07-00) (aged 32)
California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Doctoral advisorDavid Evans
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Bui. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Phong.

Bui Tuong Phong (December 14, 1942 – July 1975) was a Vietnamese-born computer graphics researcher and pioneer. He invented the widely used Phong shading algorithm and Phong reflection model.

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