Wayne Carlson

Dr. Carlson is currently the Chair of the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at the Ohio State University.
He is the former Director of The Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD), an interdisciplinary research and study center at the University specializing in applications of computer graphics and emerging technology in the Arts.
He has been on the faculty at OSU since 1988, and is a Professor of Design Technology in the Department of Design, with joint appointments in the Departments of Art, Art Education, and Computer and Information Science.
He has a PhD in Computer Graphics from The Ohio State University (1982), a M.S.
in Computer Systems from Ohio State (1975) and a M.S.
in Mathematics from Idaho State University (1974).
He is also formerly Vice President of Operations for Cranston/Csuri Productions, a Columbus company specializing in special effects for the international television and advertising industries.
Responsibilities at CCP included the direction of research and development efforts, scheduling of productions and production personnel, bidding special effects projects, and strategic planning for the company.
His research interests are in the areas of computer animation, geometric modeling, interactive museum installation design, the use of computer graphics and multimedia in education, and visualization.
He has recently had grants from NSF, AR-PA, the U.S.
Department of Education, and several industries and foundations.
He is widely published in the computer graphics literature, and is often invited to give presentations in the area of visual effects.
Dr. Carlson is active in faculty committees at OSU, in his community of Grandview Heights, and in his professional organization, ACM-SIGGRAPH, where he has completed terms as Vice Chair and Director.