Phong Tuong Bui

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  "id": "vp-1159",
  "name": "Phong Tuong Bui",
  "vietnameseName": "Bùi Tường Phong",
  "profileUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bui_Tuong_Phong",
  "lastUpdatedAt": "2026-09-05T12:00:00.000Z",
  "university": "University of Utah",
  "city": "Salt Lake City",
  "state": "UT",
  "country": "United States",
  "department": "School of Computing",
  "rank": "Assistant Professor",
  "track": "Deceased",
  "researchAreas": [
    "Computer Graphics",
    "3D Rendering",
    "Phong Shading",
    "Shading Algorithms"
  ],
  "undergradInstitution": "ENSEEIHT",
  "undergradYear": 1966,
  "msInstitution": "Université de Paris",
  "msYear": 1968,
  "phdInstitution": "University of Utah",
  "phdYear": 1973,
  "phdMajor": "Computer Science",
  "honors": [
    {
      "name": "CACM Landmark Paper: Illumination for Computer Generated Pictures (Phong Shading & Reflection Model)",
      "year": 1975,
      "category": "major_award",
      "organization": "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
      "source": "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/360825.360839"
    },
    {
      "name": "ACM SIGGRAPH Retrospective Honor: The Life and Legacy of Bùi Tường Phong",
      "year": 2024,
      "category": "major_award",
      "organization": "ACM SIGGRAPH",
      "source": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.05324"
    }
  ],
  "portrait": "portraits/phong-tuong-bui-university-of-utah.webp",
  "portraitSource": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Bui-Tuong-Phong.jpg/500px-Bui-Tuong-Phong.jpg"
}