Ron Perry

MERL Research / Technical Staff
Distinguished Research Scientist
B.Sc., Bucknell University

Phone: (617) 621 7584
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Ron Perry joined MERL as a Research Scientist in 1998. Prior to that, he was a consulting engineer at DEC developing a three-dimensional rendering ASIC called Neon. Ron has consulted for many companies including Kodak, Atex, Adobe, Quark, and Apple over the last several years, developing software and hardware products in the areas of computer graphics, imaging, color, and desktop publishing. Ron's research interests include fundamental algorithms in computer graphics with a recent emphasis on new representations of shape and their applications in various diverse domains such as computer-aided design, visualization of molecular conformations, protein folding, color, and digital typography.

Recent Publications:

Jakubiak, E.J.; Perry, R.N.; Frisken, S.F., "An Improved Representation for Stroke-based Fonts", ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-59593-364-6, Article 137, July 2006 (ACM Press, TR2006-119)

Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., "Designing with Distance Fields", ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-59593-364-6, pp. 60-66, July 2006 (ACM Press, TR2006-054)