Herbert Edelsbrunner

Education

• Master of Science in Technology Mathematics Graz University of Technology, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy in Technology Mathematics Graz University of Technology, 1982; Doctorate (honorary), Graz University of Technology, 2006.

Career

• Member faculty Graz University of Technology, 1981-1985, Universitätsassistent Institute Informationsverarbeitung, 1984-1985; assistant professor department computer science University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1985-1987, associate professor department computer science, 1987-1990, professor department computer science, 1990-1999; arts and science professor computer science and mathematics Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, since 1999; Founder, director Raindrop Geomagic, since 1996. Author: Algorithms in Combinatorial Geometry, 1987, Geometry and Topology for Grid Generation, 2001.

Achievements

• research in data structures and algorithms, computational geometry, discrete geometry, combinatorial topology, computational biology, scientific computation.

• Achievements include research in data structures and algorithms, computational geometry, discrete geometry, combinatorial topology, computational biology, scientific computation.

• Achievements include research in data structures and algorithms, computational geometry, discrete geometry, combinatorial topology, computational biology, scientific computation.

Connections

• Spouse Ping Fu, November 14, 1991.
• Mother: Berta
• Father: Herbert