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James D. Foley

American academic · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84

James David Foley is an American computer scientist and computer graphics researcher. He is a Professor Emeritus and held the Stephen Fleming Chair in Telecommunications in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was Interim Dean of Georgia Tech's College of Computing from 2008-2010.

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2005Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward2001CHI AcademyAward1999ACM FellowAward1942Born20 July 1942

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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2005
CHI Academy2001
ACM Fellow1999
IEEE Fellow

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He is perhaps best known as the co-author of several widely used textbooks in the field of computer graphics, of which over 400,000 copies are in print and translated in ten languages. Foley most recently conducted research in instructional technologies and distance education.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1942 · age 84