.: about me

I'm an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Michigan State University Department of Computer Science and Engineering I'm director of the Media and Entertainment Technologies Laboratory (METLAB). I'm teaching CSE 872:  Advanced Computer Graphics and CSE 491: Fundamentals of 3D Game Development in the Fall Semester. 

I'm doing work in Augmented Reality, the blending of virtual elements with reality.  Of particular interest lately is the concept of virtual humans, simulations of human beings in virtual and augmented environments.  I also study Multimedia Systems, particularly new techniques for locating content in multimedia databases and for creating vivid and exciting multimedia presentations.

.: quotes

In the 21st century nations don't invade other nations

John McCain, Birmingham, MI, Aug. 13, 2008 ???

Everything I tried to say but no one listens anyway I had to give up everything I knew

Raining Again by Moby

You had a minute-and-a-half of that lady riding a bike naked in Central Park. On the other hand, you had less than a minute of hard national and international news. 

Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) in Network