Dr. Les A. Piegl is professor of computer science and engineering at the
University of South Florida. His research interests center around
geometric computing including such broad fields as Computer-Aided Design
and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), Computer Graphics and Software Engineering.
His specialty is NURBS (Non-Uniform
Rational B-splines) in which he does basic research as well
as commercial grade software development.
In 1985 Dr. Piegl received an Alexander von Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bon-Bad Godesberg, Germany. He also received an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award and a Teaching Incentive Program Award, both from the University of South Florida, in 1991 and 1995, respectively.
Dr. Piegl is the co-author of the text The NURBS Book, published by Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995, 1997. The second edition is in its second printing.
Dr. Piegl serves as Editor-in-Chief for Computer-Aided Design, an international journal on computer supported design in engineering. Founded in 1968, the journal is now published by Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dr. Piegl can be contacted at:
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENG 118
Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Phone : (813) 974-5234
Fax : (813) 974-5456
E-mail: lap@grad.csee.usf.edu
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