Bui Tuong Phong

Bùi Tường Phong
Phong in 1969
BornDecember 14, 1942
Hanoi, VietNam
DiedJuly 1975 (1975-08) (aged 32)
California, U.S.
NationalityVietnamese
Alma materUniversity of Utah
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Doctoral advisorIvan Sutherland

Bui Tuong Phong (December 14, 1942 – July 1975) was a Vietnamese-born computer graphics researcher and pioneer. He invented the widely used Phong shading algorithm and Phong reflection model.