I am a PhD student at the Media Research Laboratory of New York University.

I have worked rendering non-photorealistic graphics, physics-based models for simulation, and, most recently, two-dimensional layout problems. My supervisors for this degree are professors Denis Zorin here at NYU and David Salesin at the University of Washington.

Academics

• Honours BMath, Computer Science and Applied Math, University of Waterloo
• MSc, Computer Science, University of British Columbia
• PhD in progress, Computer Science, New York University

More information on academics is available.

Research

My current research is on two-dimensional layout problems in computer science. A layout problem is exactly what you might think it is: you are given

1. A blank canvas (computer display or piece of paper),
2. A set of visual elements (images, text, lines, boxes, color, white space), and
3. A set of constraints (this element needs to be next that that element, or this element needs to be of some minimum size)

and your job is to place the elements on the canvas, obeying the constraints as much as possible and avoiding common problems like overlap or line crossings. It's a lot harder than it sounds and also widely applicable: common examples include this web page, the user interface of your operating system, scientific visualizations, etc. It's an exciting intersection of computer science, graphic design, and psychology.

In the past I have worked in physics-based models for graphics and non-photorealistic rendering:

• Fracture and plasticity for thin shell models on triangle meshes
• Fitting curves to clouds of data with applications to NPR
• Real-time hatching of 3D models
• Stippling with Voronoi-based models and earlier course work
• Sound generation by water droplets

Please see the above project pages or my publications page for more details.

Personal

Please see my personal site for bits and bobs of other information, including pictures and news.