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Kenneth Torrance | |
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| Born | August 23, 1940 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 2010 (aged 69) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Minnesota (BS, MS, PhD) |
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| Spouse | Marcia Torrance |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Thesis | (1966) |
Kenneth E. Torrance (August 23, 1940 – February 15, 2010) was a researcher and professor at Cornell University. Torrance led a long career at the university, with publications covering a wide range of fields,[1] but the majority of his influence was his contribution to optics and computer graphics, in the form of BRDFs which he co-authored, most prominently the Torrance–Sparrow BRDF with E. M. Sparrow[2] and the more computer graphics-oriented Cook–Torrance BRDF, with Robert L. Cook.[3]
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[edit]- ↑ Greenberg, Donald P.; Moore, Franklin K.; Warhaft, Zellman. "Kenneth Torrance" (PDF). Minneapolis Central High School. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Torrance, K.; Sparrow, E. (1967). "Theory for Off-Specular Reflection from Roughened Surfaces". Journal of the Optical Society of America. 57 (9): 1105–1114. Bibcode:1967JOSA...57.1105T. doi:10.1364/JOSA.57.001105.
- ↑ Cook, R.; Torrance, K. (1981). "A reflectance model for computer graphics". ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 15 (3): 301–316. doi:10.1145/965161.806819. S2CID 15769823.
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