John F. Hughes

Not to be confused with John Hughes (computer scientist).

For other people with the same name, see John Hughes (disambiguation).

John F. "Spike" Hughes is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University.^[1]

John F. Hughes
Alma mater	U.C. Berkeley, Princeton
Known for	Computer graphics textbooks
Scientific career
Fields	Computer graphics
Institutions	Brown University
Thesis	Invariants of Regular Homotopy and Bordism of Low Dimensional Immersions (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Robion Kirby
Doctoral students	Cindy Grimm, Morgan McGuire

Contributions

Hughes' research is in computer graphics, particularly those aspects of graphics involving substantial mathematics. He is perhaps best known as the co-author of many widely used textbooks in the field of computer graphics.^[2]

Hughes is an avid sailor, and for years maintained the FAQ for the Usenet rec.boats group.^[3]

Selected publications

• Foley, James; A. van Dam; S. Feiner; J. Hughes (1995). C Edition, Interactive Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. Reading, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley. p. 1174.
• Foley, James; A. van Dam; S. Feiner; J. Hughes; R. Phillips (1993). Introduction to Computer Graphics. Reading, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley. p. 559.
• Foley, James; A. van Dam; S. Feiner; J. Hughes (1990). Interactive Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice. Reading, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley. p. 1174.