Dianne Carol Hansford (born 1964)[3] is an American computer scientist known for her research on Coons patches in computer graphics and for her textbooks on computer-aided geometric design, linear algebra, and the mathematics behind scientific visualization. She is a lecturer at Arizona State University in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, and the cofounder of a startup based on her research, 3D Compression Technologies.[4]
Dianne Carol Hansford | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
| Alma mater | University of Utah (B.S. Mathematics, 1986) Arizona State University (M.S., 1988; Ph.D., 1991, Computer Science)[1] |
| Spouse |
Gerald E. Farin
(m. 1992; died 2016) |
| Website | http://www.farinhansford.com/dianne/ |
Education and career
editHansford is a 1986 graduate of the University of Utah. She went to Arizona State University for graduate study, earning a master's degree in 1988 and completing her Ph.D. in 1991.[4] Her dissertation, Boundary Curves with Quadric Precision for a Tangent, Continuous Scattered Data Interpolant, was supervised by Robert E. Barnhill.[5]
She became a Fulbright Scholar in German, doing postdoctoral research at the Technical University Darmstadt, and then worked in the computing industry for several years, including co-founding 3D Compression Technologies in 2000, before returning to Arizona State as a research scientist in 2004. She became an associate research professor in 2006 and a lecturer in computing in 2016.[6]
Selected publications
editHansford's books, coauthored with Arizona State University professor Gerald Farin, include:
- The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling (A K Peters, 1998);[7] revised as Practical Linear Algebra: A Geometry Toolbox (A K Peters, 2005; 4th ed., CRC Press, 2021)[8]
- The Essentials of CAGD (CRC Press, 2000)[9]
- Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization (A K Peters, 2008)[10]
She is also the author of a highly cited paper on Coons patches:
- Farin, Gerald; Hansford, Dianne (1999), "Discrete Coons patches", Computer Aided Geometric Design, 16 (7): 691–700, doi:10.1016/S0167-8396(99)00031-X, MR 1718057
References
edit- ↑ "Dianne Hansford | ASU Search". search.asu.edu.
- ↑ Barnhill, Robert (1 April 2016). "Obituaries: Gerald Farin | SIAM". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- ↑ Birth year from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2022-03-13
- 1 2 "Dianne Hansford", Faculty & Staff, Arizona State University, 13 March 2022
- ↑ Dianne Hansford at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2022-03-13
- ↑ Reviews of The Geometry Toolbox for Graphics and Modeling:
- Sabella, P. (September 1998), "Review", ACM Computing Reviews
- Wallner, Johannes, zbMATH, Zbl 0899.15003
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- ↑ Reviews of Practical Linear Algebra:
- Chavez, Edgar R. (January 2006), "Review", ACM Computing Reviews
- Dixon, John D., zbMATH, Zbl 1064.15001
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link); re-review of 3rd ed., Zbl 1278.15002 - Johnson, Warren (January 2006), "Review", MAA Reviews
- Maher, Philip (March 2010), The Mathematical Gazette, 94 (529): 185–187, doi:10.1017/S0025557200007488, JSTOR 27821921, S2CID 233362269
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Swaminathan, S. (February 2006), "Brief book reviews" (PDF), CMS Notes, 38 (1): 7
- Watkins, David S. (June 2006), "Featured review: Textbooks on linear algebra", SIAM Review, 48 (2): 393–396, doi:10.1137/SIREAD000048000002000393000001, JSTOR 20453805
- ↑ Reviews of The Essentials of CAGD:
- Giblin, Peter (March 2002), The Mathematical Gazette, 86 (505): 183–184, doi:10.2307/3621635, JSTOR 3621635, S2CID 69244940
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Petcu, Dana, zbMATH, Zbl 0961.65012
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Qin, Hong (April 2003), "Learning CAGD is easier and more fun than ever", Computer-Aided Design, 35 (5): 507–508, doi:10.1016/s0010-4485(02)00071-4
- "Bulletin bibliographique: Informatique", L'Enseignement mathématique, 47 (1–2): 31–33, January–June 2001
- Giblin, Peter (March 2002), The Mathematical Gazette, 86 (505): 183–184, doi:10.2307/3621635, JSTOR 3621635, S2CID 69244940
- ↑ Review of Mathematical Principles for Scientific Computing and Visualization:
- Duben, Anthony J. (July 2009), "Review", ACM Computing Reviews