Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On Tuesday 21 July, 2026, Dr. Don Greenberg gave the 2026 ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers Featured Speaker presentation. Greenberg's multi-disciplinary career started in architecture, and has spanned the computer graphics revolution from its genesis in the 1960s. He has taught in the fields of architecture, engineering and computer science, while also being an elite athlete and life-long advisor to the tennis and soccer teams at Cornell. Greenberg’s teaching has covered computer-aided design in architecture as well as computer animation in the Department of Art, and he has simultaneously taught courses in computer science and technology strategy. Greenberg received the 1987 ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics, its highest honor, and the 1989 NCGA Academic Award, the highest educational award given by the National Computer Graphics Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering; Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering; Fellow, Association for Computer Machinery; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; and the founding director of the 11-year National Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization.
Greenberg is currently writing an article for future publication, which will amplify on the foundational ideas expressed in this presentation.
The ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers are over 600 developers, educators, artists and researchers who have been professionally involved in computer graphics and interactive techniques for at least 20 years. Greenberg joins an elite group of recent Pioneers Featured Speakers, which includes Turner Whitted, David Em, Jim Blinn, Jeff Kleiser, Doug Trumbull, Donna Cox, Ken Perlin, Jim Foley, Andy van Dam, Mary Whitton, Nick England, and Ed Catmull.
The recently announced Pioneers Featured Speaker for 2027 will be Henry Fuchs.
On Tuesday 21 July, 2026, Dr. Don Greenberg gave the 2026 ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers Featured Speaker presentation. Greenberg's multi-disciplinary career started in architecture, and has spanned the computer graphics revolution from its genesis in the 1960s. He has taught in the fields of architecture, engineering and computer science, while also being an elite athlete and life-long advisor to the tennis and soccer teams at Cornell. Greenberg’s teaching has covered computer-aided design in architecture as well as computer animation in the Department of Art, and he has simultaneously taught courses in computer science and technology strategy. Greenberg received the 1987 ACM SIGGRAPH Steven A. Coons Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions to Computer Graphics, its highest honor, and the 1989 NCGA Academic Award, the highest educational award given by the National Computer Graphics Association. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering; Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering; Fellow, Association for Computer Machinery; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; and the founding director of the 11-year National Science and Technology Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization.
Greenberg is currently writing an article for future publication, which will amplify on the foundational ideas expressed in this presentation.
The ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers are over 600 developers, educators, artists and researchers who have been professionally involved in computer graphics and interactive techniques for at least 20 years. Greenberg joins an elite group of recent Pioneers Featured Speakers, which includes Turner Whitted, David Em, Jim Blinn, Jeff Kleiser, Doug Trumbull, Donna Cox, Ken Perlin, Jim Foley, Andy van Dam, Mary Whitton, Nick England, and Ed Catmull.
The recently announced Pioneers Featured Speaker for 2027 will be Henry Fuchs.
