graphics research support (?)

[Loki Jorgenson Rm421]

	Hey ho...

	I need some help/suggestions/advice from the great, unabashed
masses out there.  A mathematics professor I know well has developed
some really impressive approaches to describing curves, and, more 
generally, surfaces.  They are a truly original collection of descriptions
which beat bsplines, cardinals and bezier curves hands down!  He is
still working on them, optimizing them and examining other approaches
and he could really use some support from an interested group or
corporation.

	The development platforms that I have seen prompt me to thinking
that I am looking at the next great thing in curves and surfaces.  This
is basically because of the amount of intuitive control one has over
them.  However, he is working on a borrowed Personal IRIS (for the graphics)
and a Mac II (for the Mathematica) with one underpaid assistant and, thus, not
progressing as quickly as he ought to be able to for the lack of funding.

	Who does one turn to for support?  How does one form a
partnership which permits the good professor to fund his research
and maximize the benefit the rest of us?  Has anyone done anything
similar?  Is there a mailing list for progressive graphics software
companies who are into R&D?

Appreciative of any comments or opinions,
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