Dan Hestand
Member of the IRTC Mailing List
Information below valid at 21 May 2025
Professionally, I'm a software engineer. Age 39. I also attend school and am working on a PhD in computer science (not graphics, formal verification methods).
I have been in love with computers since 1976 and have been earning money with them since 1980.
I'm married with two daughters who have shown no interest in programming, but hopefully, raytracing will get them interested.
Other interests are guitar and piano playing and early baroque music.
Programs:
I have been trying to use POVRay for the last two
years, but other things have intruded so I
remain at the Novice level. I do have a background
in atmospheric optics and in physics and have
done work in visualization in the area of
atmospheric effect compensation for real-time
imaging (particularly, IR effects).
Strengths: Been programming for years and love to do it. Have a creative bent.
Weakness: Not truly familiar with POVray intricacies.
Working On: Familiarity with more of POVray and trying to ready something for the Unbelievable competition.
Objective: Become a regular contributor to the IRTC mailing lists and the competitions.
Web Page: www.cs.uml.edu/~phestand
Email: dhestand@acm.org
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