Richard Weinberg
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 Richard Weinberg

  Research Associate Professor

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Richard Weinberg, Ph.D., is the Director and Founder of the USC Computer Animation Laboratory, which he established in 1985. He also serves as the Chief Technology Officer of USC's Annenberg Center for Communications. He co-designed the original curriculum for USC's MFA in Film, Video and Computer Animation program, and established the CG Hatchery at USC's Annenberg Center Multimedia Incubator.

His research has included work in the areas of computer animation, neurosurgery visualization, graphics system design, multimedia, scientific visualization and entertainment technology.

He obtained a Ph.D. and M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota, and a B.A. degree from Cornell University, in the field of computer science / computer graphics.

He established the Computer Graphics Group at Cray Research, and has developed computer graphics software and systems for NASA, Lockheed, Digital Productions, Ardent Computer and the USC University Hospital. In 1984, he co-chaired the SIGGRAPH '84 Conference in Minneapolis, and has received the Golden Eagle Award.

 
 

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