Bui Tuong Phong (Bùi Tường Phong)
Vietnamese computer researcher
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Bui Tuong Phong was a Vietnamese-born computer graphics researcher and pioneer. He invented the widely used Phong shading algorithm and Phong reflection model. Wikipedia
Born: December 14, 1942, Hanoi, Vietnam
Died: July 1975 (age 32 years), California
Academic advisor: Ivan Sutherland
Nationality: American and Vietnamese