José Luis Encarnação
José Luis Encarnação | |
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José Luis Encarnaçāo, November 2014, Berlin, Germany | |
| Born | May 30, 1941 |
| Citizenship | Portugal |
| Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
| Known for | Computer graphics, Graphical Kernel System |
| Awards | ACM Fellow, Eurographics Fellow and Honorary Fellow, acatech Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Member, ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award, GI Konrad Zuse Medal, Eurographics Gold Medal, TU Darmstadt Robert Piloty Prize, Lisbon Academy of Sciences Honorary Member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer graphics, Human-computer interaction, Computer-Aided Design |
| Institutions | Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI), Universität des Saarlandes, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fraunhofer IGD |
| Doctoral students | Peter Baumann, Marc Alexa |
José Luis Moreira da Encarnação is a Portuguese computer scientist, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany and a senior technology and innovation advisor to governments, multinational companies, research institutions and organizations, and foundations. He is involved in the development of research agendas and innovation strategies for socio-economic development with a focus on emerging economies. He is also a member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) and the German Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). He is an elected member of the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy (USA) and an elected honorary member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Portugal).