计算机图形学领域著名研究者，纽约大学教授，1983年为电影《Tron》开发Perlin Noise噪声算法并获奥斯卡科学技术奖
The Perlin noise algorithm was invented by Ken Perlin in 1983.
Simplex Noise is an improved version proposed by Ken Perlin in 2001 that has lower computational complexity in higher dimensions and eliminates directional artifacts along axis-aligned directions.