Robert S. Cunningham

Robert Stephen (Steve) Cunningham (born 1940) is an American Computer Scientist and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the California State University.

Biography

Steve Cunningham received his BA cum laude in Mathematics from the Drury University in 1964, his MA in Mathematics from the University of Oregon in 1966, his Ph.D. in Mathematics, Oregon State University in 1969, and here later in 1982 an MS in Computer Science. [http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~rsc/Vita.pdf Vita Robert Stephen Cunningham] . retrieved 10 July 2008.]

Cunningham started working at the University of Kansas as Assistant Professor of Mathematics from 1969 to 1974. From 1974 he worked at the Birmingham-Southern College as Assistant Professor of Mathematics for a year, Associate Professor of Mathematics fro four years and as Associate Professor of Computer Science from 1979 to 1982. Since 1982 he worked at the California State University, since 1986 as Professor of Computer Science until 2001, Gemperle Distinguished Professor fro three years and Stanislaus Professor Emeritus since 2005. From 1999 to 2000 Cunningham was also Visiting Scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. He was National Science Foundation Program Director, EHR/DUE from 2003 to 2005. Research Professor of Computer Science at the Oregon State University 2004-05 and Visiting Professor of Computer Science at the Grinnell College Noyce in 2006.

He received several awards and honors. A Fellow of the European Association for Computer Graphics in 1998, the Outstanding Professor for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, CSU Stanislaus in 2001, the Gemperle Distinguished Professor, CSU Stanislaus in 2001, the ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Contribution Award in 2004 and the Noyce Visiting Professor of Computer Science, Grinnell College in 2006.. [http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~rsc Robert Stephen Cunningham] Homepage. retrieved 10 July 2008.]

Work

Cunningham's research interests are in Computer graphics, especially computer graphics education and Computer Science Education.

His early programming experience also included systems programming for graphics, such as helping install Tektronix PLOT-10 TCS on an IBM 1130 and porting Tektronix PLOT-10 IGL to an early Hewlett-Packard 3000. He became so fond of computing that he accepted the challenge to begin the Computer Science program at Birmingham-Southern College. Two years later, he received another National Science Foundation grant and a sabbatical year to do his first formal study in computer science and to earn an M.S. in the field. However, he retained his interest in computer graphics for mathematics and is actively working on issues in visualization for mathematics. [http://education.siggraph.org/resources/cgsource/career/FrontPage/handbook.pdf p.97]

See also

* Educational visualization

Publications

* 1989. "Programming the User Interface: Principles and Examples". With Judith R. Brown. Wiley.
* 1991. "Visualization in Teaching and Learning Mathematics". Edited with Walter Zimmermann. MAA Notes Number 19, Mathematical Association of America.
* 1992. "Computer Graphics Using Object-Oriented Programming". Edited with N. Craighill, M. Fong and J. Brown. Wiley,
* 1992. "Interactive Learning Through Visualization - The Impact of Computer Graphics in Education". Edited with Roger Hubbold. Springer-Verlag.
* 1996. "Electronic Publishing on CD-ROM". With Judson Rosebush. O'Reilly and Associates.
* 2007. "Computer Graphics: Programming in OpenGL for Visual Communication". Prentice-Hall.

References

External links

* [http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~rsc/ Steve Cunningham] homepage.