Carlo H. Séquin is a professor of Computer Science at the University
of
California, Berkeley. He received his Ph.D degree in experimental
physics from the University of Basel, Switzerland in 1969. His
subsequent work at the Institute of Applied Physics in
Basel concerned interface physics of MOS transistors and problems of
applied electronics in the field of cybernetic models.
From 1970 till 1976 he worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray
Hill, N.J., on the design and investigation of Charge-Coupled Devices
for imaging and signal processing applications. At Bell Labs he also got
introduced to the world of Computer Graphics in classes given by Ken
Knowlton.
In 1977 he joined the faculty in the EECS Department at Berkeley. He
started out by teaching courses on the subject of very large-scale
integrated (VLSI) circuits, thereby trying to build a bridge between the
CS division and the EE faculty. In the early 1980's, jointly with D.
Patterson he introduced the `RISC' concept to the world of
microcomputers. He was head of the Computer Science Division from 1980
till 1983. Since then he has concentrated on computer graphics,
geometric modeling, and on the development of computer aided design
(CAD) tools for circuit designers, architects, and for mechanical
engineers. During the last five years he has collaborated with P. Wright
in Mechanical Engineering on the CyberCut/CyberBuild project with the
goal to streamline the path from creative design to rapid prototyping.
Séquin's work in computer graphics and in geometric design have also
provided a bridge to the world of art. In collaboration
with a few sculptors of abstract geometric art, in particular with Brent
Collins, Sequin has found a new interest and yet another domain where
the use of computer-aided tools can be explored and where new frontiers
can be opened through the use of such tools.
Dr. Séquin is a Fellow of the ACM, a Fellow of the IEEE, and has been
elected to the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.