Courses
Grad courses are essential for learning how to pursue independent
research. By writing reports, giving talks and re-implementing
projects based on other people's research, we observe close up
the mechanisms and issues encountered in developing new ideas,
the main goal being to teach us to think independently and
critically. At first, analyzing or enhancing other people's
work is challenging, but, little by little, we gain the experience
and confidence needed to develop on our own thoughts.
Below are samples of the work I have done during the courses I
took in my graduate studies.
Projects
I wrote webpages summarizing some re-implementation projects which
were graphics related.
I wrote some course project reports. The first is a comparison between two
algorithms; the second summarizes a pilot experiment I carried on. The last two
involve a model I proposed and implemented in a simulation. This latter ones
lead to a publication in the field of artificial intelligence.
Talks
Many talks I gave are graphics related.
I selected those particular ones as samples because often I made most of pictures they
contained. They do lack of text, because I prefer slides made solely
of pictures on which I elaborate orally.
- Tech Talk S11
Using the online corpus of the
van Gogh Letters
I presented his discussion about perspective and composition.
About Van Gogh: His Letters and Perspective in particular
- CS888 F08 :
Computer Graphics for Architecture
Study on Computer-Aided Design Support of Traditional Architectural Theories,
based on the thesis of Seung Yeon Choo.
- CS888 F06 :
Visualization
Why a Diagram is
(Sometimes) Worth 10,000 Words,
based on the paper of Larkin, J. and Simon, H.A.
- CS888 W05 :
Computer Graphics in Flatland
2D Graphics: Typography & Dynamic Layout,
based on Building User Interfaces by Direct Manipulation by Luc Cardelli.
- CS886 F04 :
Electronic Market Design
Mechanism Design for Scheduling,
based on Auction Protocols for Decentralized Scheduling by Wellman et al.
- CS888 S04 : Vision Algorithms for Graphics
A Projective Drawing System,
based on the paper of Osama Tolba, Julie Dorsey & Leonard McMillan.
- CS789 S04 :
Medical Imaging
Volume Rendering : Display of Surfaces from Volume Data,
based on the paper of Marc Levoy.