Ken Perlin, a professor in the NYU CS Department, directs the Future Reality Lab. Research interests: XR, CGI, HCI. Education: Ph.D. in CS from NYU; B.A. in theoretical mathematics from Harvard. Professional history and awards: Academy Award for Technical Achievement for his noise and turbulence procedural texturing techniques; Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors; Featured artist at the Whitney Museum; ACM/SIGGRAPH Academy; 2020 New York Visual Effects Society Empire Award; 2008 ACM/SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award; TrapCode award for achievement in computer graphics research; NYC Mayor's award for excellence in Science and Technology; Sokol award for outstanding Science faculty at NYU; NSF Presidential Young Investigator; AAAS program committee; external examiner for the Trinity College Interactive Digital Media program; General chair of UIST2010; Director, NYU Center for Advanced Technology and Games for Learning Institute; Head of Software Development at R/GREENBERG Associates; System Architect at MAGI, where he worked on TRON.