ABSTRACT

In this brief presentation, the author will give the seldom-before-told story of Groningen’s development of both software and prominence in the field of computer graphics. Dr. Shostak will employ his unrivaled collection of soporific slides to show how the present SISEA symposium, and its sponsor, SCAN, trace their existence to a Dutch need to explain the expanding universe to the man in the street. It is a story of some drama, and considerable humor, and might even prove instructive to those who would like to see expanded interest in the topics of this symposium in their own home towns.

• Seth Shostak (USA) Director, Digima Computer Animation, Groningen, and researcher Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG), NL