.: 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 472:  Computer Graphics in the Spring 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

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

Pablo Picasso

 

Clearly, if we'd had the kind of computer graphics capability then that we have now, the Star Gate sequence would be much more complex than flat planes of light and color.

Douglas Trumbull about 2001: A Space Odyssey

I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.

Veronica Lake