Summary
Elaine Cohen is an American researcher in geometric modeling and computer graphics, known for her pioneering research on B-splines.[1] She is a professor in the school of computing at the University of Utah.[2]
Education and career edit
Cohen graduated from Vassar College in 1968, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She went to Syracuse University for graduate study in mathematics, earning a master's degree in 1970 and completing her doctorate in 1974.[3] Her dissertation, On the Degree of Approximation of a Function by Partial Sums of its Fourier Series, concerned approximation theory, and was supervised by Daniel Waterman.[4]
At the University of Utah, Cohen became the first woman to gain tenure at the School of Engineering.[5]
Contributions edit
With Richard F. Riesenfeld and Gershon Elber, Cohen is the author of the book Geometric Modeling with Splines: An Introduction (AK Peters, 2001).[6]
She has also contributed to the development of the Utah teapot, improving it from a two-dimensional surface with no thickness to a bona-fide three-dimensional object.[7]
Recognition edit
In 2005, the YWCA of Salt Lake City gave Cohen their Outstanding Achievement Award.[5] In 2009, Cohen and Riesenfeld were awarded the Pierre Bézier Award of the Solid Modeling Association for their work on B-splines in computer aided geometric design.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Richard Riesenfeld and Elaine Cohen, the 2009 Pierre Bézier Award Recipients, Solid Modeling Association, retrieved 2018-10-27
- ^ "Elaine Cohen", Faculty profile, University of Utah, retrieved 2018-10-27
- ^ Education, University of Utah, retrieved 2018-10-27
- ^ Elaine Cohen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b "YWCA to honor 6 Utah women: Award recipients are hailed for excellence, beating challenges", Deseret News, September 11, 2005
- ^ Reviews of Geometric Modeling with Splines:
- Walker, Marshall (2002), Mathematical Reviews, MR 1845683
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bletzinger, K.-U. (December 2002), Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 24 (6): 464–465, doi:10.1007/s00158-002-0260-9, S2CID 120598791
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bultheel, A. (2003), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 10 (1): 159
- Peters, J (October 2003), "Splines with pictures and proofs", Computer-Aided Design, 35 (12): 1144, doi:10.1016/s0010-4485(03)00096-4
- Walker, Marshall (2002), Mathematical Reviews, MR 1845683
- ^ Piper, Matthew (December 5, 2016), "Whatever happened to ... the ubiquitous digital 'Utah teapot'?", Salt Lake Tribune