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CS 2003-2004 Faculty Information
Shreeram S. Abhyankar
Education:
B.Sc., Mathematics, Bombay University, 1951
AM, Mathematics, Harvard University, 1952
PhD, Mathematics, Harvard University,1955
Positions:
Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Computer Science (Courtesy)
Professor of Industrial Engineering (Courtesy)
Bio-sketch:
Professor Abhyankar is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Science and an editorial board member of the Indian Journal
of Pure and Applied Mathematics. He has won numerous awards and honors. Before coming to Purdue, he was an associate
professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University and came to Purdue as a full professor. In 1967, he was
appointed the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics.
His research areas of interest included algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, local algebra, theory of functions of
several complex variables, quantum electrodynamics, circuit theory, invariant theory, combinatorics, computer aided
design, and robotics. His current research is in the area of computational geometry and algorithmic algebraic geometry.
Daniel G. Aliaga
Education:
BS, Computer Science, Brown University, 1991
MS, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993
PhD, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
Position:
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Bio-sketch:
Dr. Aliaga joined the department in Fall 2003. His research activities are in the area of computer graphics, in particular
capturing and rendering large complex environments. Applications for his research include telepresence, computer-aided
design, and education. Dr. Aliaga’s work into this general problem overlaps with several fields, including:
• computer graphics • robotics
• computer vision • system building
• data compression
Over the years, Dr.Aliaga has developed and published several new algorithms for interactively rendering massive geometrical
models, recreating complex 3D environments, visibility culling, reconstructing images, estimating camera
pose, calibrating cameras, and compressing images. In addition, he has designed several complete experimental
research systems, in collaboration with researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Princeton University,
Johns Hopkins University, and Bell Laboratories.
Dr. Aliaga has been a department coordinator for two Bell Labs scholarship programs, an organizer for a NSF-sponsored
Science and Technology Student Collaboration Conference, a Brown University Faculty-Student Liaison, and
invited speaker and guest lecturer at several institutions. Furthermore, he is a frequent reviewer of numerous ACM,
IEEE, Eurographics, and NSF conferences and panels.