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Alla Sheffer
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| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Mesh parameterization, angle-based flattening |
| Awards | Achievement Award (Canadian Human–Computer Communications Society, 2018), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2020), ACM SIGGRAPH Academy (2020), Fellow of IEEE (2021), ACM Fellow (2021) |
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| Fields | Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, Geometry Processing, Mesh Generation |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
| Doctoral advisor | Michel Bercovier |
Alla Sheffer is a Canadian scientist who works with computers. She is famous for her work in computer graphics. This field helps create images and models on computers. She also works on geometric modeling, which is about making shapes and objects using math.
She is known for special techniques like mesh parameterization. This helps turn complex 3D shapes into simpler 2D ones. Alla Sheffer is currently a professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
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Alla Sheffer's Journey in Computer Science
Alla Sheffer studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She earned her first degree in math and computer science in 1991. Later, she got her master's degree in computer science in 1995. She finished her Ph.D. in computer science in 1999. Her Ph.D. project was about making computer models and using geometry. Her teacher was Michel Bercovier.
Early Career and Teaching
After her studies, Alla Sheffer did more research. She worked at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In 2001, she became a professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She then moved to the University of British Columbia in 2003. By 2013, she became a full professor there.
Awards and Achievements
Alla Sheffer has received many important awards for her work. These awards show how much her research has helped the field of computer graphics.
Major Awards and Honors
- In 2018, she received an Achievement Award. This was from the Canadian Human–Computer Communications Society. They recognized her for her many important contributions to computer graphics.
- In 2020, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. This is a high honor for Canadian scholars.
- Also in 2020, she joined the ACM SIGGRAPH Academy. This group includes top experts in computer graphics.
- In 2021, she was named a Fellow of IEEE. This is a big honor from a group of electrical and electronics engineers.
- In 2021, she also became an ACM Fellow. This award recognized her work in geometry processing. It also honored her research on how we see and understand shapes on computers.
