Alvy Ray Smith, Computer Graphics Pioneer, Pixar Co-Founder, Genealogist (EG3)

February, 2008: Alvy Ray Smith discusses theoretical computation, and his early work in that area. Alvy cofounded two successful companies, most notably Pixar; was first director of computer graphics at Lucasfilm; won two AcademyAwards; wrote his thesis at Stanford on cellular automata and self-reproducing machines; grows flowering plants on computers; and has two national bookawards for scholarly, DNA-based genealogy.

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