Arie E. Kaufman

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Arie E. Kaufman

Distinguished Professor and Chairman

Present Chairman (1999 - present)
Computer Science Department
2431 Computer Science
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400

Phone: (631) 632-8428
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Degree: Ph.D. Computer Science - Ben-Gurion University of the Negen Israel, 1977
Research Topics: Computer graphics, visualization, virtual reality, user interfaces, multimedia, computer architecture.
Awards and Honors:
  • Fellow of IEEE "for contributions to and leadership in visualization and computer graphics"
  • IEEE Visualization Career Award "for seminal work in the theory and practice of volume visualization"
  • IEEE Outstanding Contribution Award, 1995
  • ACM Service Award, 1998
  • IEEE Computer Society's Meritorious Service Award, 1999
  • LISTnet Lisa Award, 2000 and 1997-99
  • State of New York Entrepreneur Award, 2002
  • IEEE Harold Wheeler Award, 2004
  • Distinguished Professor Award, 2004
  • State of New York Innovative Research Award, 2005
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • Fellow of ACM Award, 2009
Selected Publications: Dr. Kaufman has conducted research for over 35 years in visualization, graphics, virtual reality, user interfaces, multimedia, and their applications, especially in biomedicine. His selected publications are:
  • W. Zeng, J. Marino, K.C. Gurijala, X. Gu, "Supine and Prone Colon Registration using Quasi-Conformal Mapping," IEEE Trans. on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 16, 6, 1348-1357, Nov. 2010.
  • S. Frank, A. Kaufman, "Out-of-Core Data Distribution on a Volume Visualization Cluster Using Dynamic Programming," Computer Graphics Forum, 28, 1, pp.141-153, March 2009.

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