Research Project Summaries
Online (pdf) versions of the one- and two-page summaries of many of our research projects are listed below.
Graphics And Image Analysis Research
Medical Image Analysis & Augmented Reality
- Atlas-Building for Pediatric Airway Analysis
- Augmented and Virtual Reality Telepresence
- Converting Commodity Head-mounted Displays for Optical See-through Augmented Reality
- Image Registration: Analysis of Time-Varying Image Data
- Medical Image Analysis for NeuroImaging at the NIRAL
- Physically-based Simulation of Medical Procedures for Training and Planning
- Pinlight Displays: Wide Field of View Augmented Reality Eyeglasses
- Rodent Brain MR Image Analysis Studies
- Statistics of Object Shape and Their Use in Segmentation and Registration
- Telepresence Using VR Headgear
- Virtual and Augmented Reality Visualization and Guidance for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Computational Geometry
- Computational Geometry of Structural Biology
- Degree-driven Geometric Algorithm Design
- Terrain Modeling and Visualization
Geometric Algorithms for Modeling, Motion, and Animation
- Collision Detection for Deformable Models – Techniques for both Discrete and Continuous
- Constraint-Based Motion Planning
- DAB: Interactive Haptic Painting with 3D Virtual Brushes
- Dynamic Deformation Textures
- Dynamic Feature Guided Fluid Texturing
- Efficient Numerical Algorithms on Graphics Hardware
- Exact Solid Modeling
- Example-based Model Synthesis
- Fast and Reliable Collision Culling Using Graphics Hardware
- Fast Computation of Database Operations Using Graphics Processors
- Fast Fluid Simulation Using Residual Distribution Schemes
- Fast Fractal Growth
- Generalized Penetration Depth Computation and Applications to Motion Planning
- GPU-based Penetration Depth Computation for Haptic Texture Rendering
- Interactive and Exact Collision-Detection Systems
- Interactive Geometric Sound Propagation for Games
- Interactive Large-Scale Crowd Simulation
- Interactive Ray Tracing of Complex and Dynamic Scenes
- Interactive Sound Propagation using Frustum Tracing
- inTouch: Interactive Multiresolution Modeling and 3D Painting with a Haptic Interface
- Lightning Simulation and Rendering
- Modeling Hair using Levels-of-Detail
- Motion Planning
- Multi-Agent Planning and Crowd Simulation
- Pattern Formation in Ice
- Physically-based Motion Planning
- PIVOT: Proximity Information From Voronoi Techniques
- Simulation and Rendering of Viscous Fluid Paint on GPUs
- Six Degree-of-Freedom Haptic Rendering
- Soft Articulated Body Simulation with Fast Contact Handling
- SWIFT: General Polyhedral Proximity Query
Nanotechnology Research
- Fast Simulation of Microscopes for Training, Hypothesis Testing, and Model Refinement
- The nanoManipulator: A Virtual-Reality Interface to Scanned-Probe Microscopes
- Virtual Lung Project Animated Film Series
- Virtual Workbench for Planning Treatments of Airway Problems in Young Children
- 3D Force Microscope
Robotics Research
- Motion Planning for Tentacle-like Medical Robots
- Robot Motion Planning with Uncertainty
- Teaching Robots to Perform Assistive Tasks Using Demonstration-Guided Motion Planning
Walkthrough Project
Other
- MADAI: Modeling and Data Analysis Initiative
- Telepresence Wall: An Ultra High Resolution, Wall-Sized Telepresence Display for Groups
- 3D Modeling from Multiple Views in the Presence of Occlusion
- 3D Reconstruction, Content Extraction, Human Motion Tracking Using Video
Hardware Systems And Architectures Research
- The nanoManipulator: A Virtual-Reality Interface to Scanned-Probe Microscopes
- Virtual and Augmented Reality Visualization and Guidance for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Mathematical And Theoretical Computing Research
- CISGen Web-based Visualization Tools for the Mouse Genome
- Clustering with Relative Constraints
- FastANOVA: an Efficient Algorithm for Genome-Wide Association Study
- A General Framework for Fast Co-clustering on Large Datasets Using Matrix Decomposition
- Inferring the Genome Mosaic in the Collaborative Cross
- Locality Awareness in Task-Parallel Computation on Shared-Memory Systems
- LTS: Discriminative Subgraph Mining by Learning from Search History
- MotifSpace: Mining Patterns in Protein Structures
- Protein Function Inference Using Structure-Based Fingerprints
- RNA-seq expression analysis using F1 Crosses of Collaborative Cross Founders
Software Systems Research
- Bringing the Multicore Revolution to Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems
- Doing More With Less: Cost-Effective Infrastructure for Automotive Vision Capabilities
- Enabling Next-Generation Multicore Platforms in Embedded Applications
- Linux Testbed for Multiprocessor Scheduling in Real-Time Systems
- A Multicore Real-Time Mixed-Criticality Framework for Avionics
- Multiprocessor Real-Time Computing: Formal Foundations
- Next-Generation Transport Protocols for Ultra-High Speed Networks
- Overview of Research in Distributed Mobile and Collaborative Systems
- Real-Time Computing Using GPUs
- A Real-Time Linux for Multicore Platforms
- Real-Time Synchronization on Multicore Platforms
- Re-assessing the Foundations of Internet Data Transport
- Resource-Efficient Implementation of Mixed-Criticality Systems
- RT-SPACE: A Real-Time Stochastically-Provisioned Adaptive Container Environment
- Scheduling and Certification of Mixed-criticality Systems
- Software Architecture and Support for Image Processing Using Controllers with Graphic Processing Units
- Supporting Complex Real-Time Workloads on Multicore Platforms
- Supporting Mixed-Criticality Avionics Workloads on Multicore Platforms