The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a doctoral degree most commonly awarded by universities in recognition of academic research and the culmination of a person's education in a particular field of study.

Geometry is a branch of mathematics that deals with the properties, relationships, and shapes of figures and spaces.

Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics.

The Kyoto Prize (京都賞) is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to an individual or a group of individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of computer science.