Prabhat

prabhat@cs.brown.edu
Box 1910, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 Phone: (401) 863-7683

Objective
                    To obtain a challenging opportunity to work in the areas of Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality.



Education

                    Sc.M. in Computer Science                         B.Tech. in Computer Science
                    Expected May 2001                                     Received May 1999
                    Brown University                                          Indian Institute of Technology
                    Providence, RI 02912                                  New Delhi, India 110016



Projects

                    Brown University Computer Science Department                                                 Providence, RI
                    Graduate Project
                -  Interactive visualization of 4-dimensional objects in the CAVE.
                -  Design of User Study to examine if immersion is an important factor in understanding such objects.
 
                    Indian Institute of Technology                                                                             New Delhi, India
                    Undergraduate Project
                -  Designed and implemented a distributed virtual environment using VRML and Java.
                -  Modeled interaction with virtual puppets and animated them using inverse kinematics.



Experience

                    Silicon Graphics Inc.                                                                                         Mountain View, CA

                    Summer Intern, Summer 2000

                -  Developed the `volfly' demo for Volumizer 2.0 and MPK APIs.

                    Brown University Computer Science Department                                                     Providence, RI
                    Research Assistant, Spring 2000
                -  Evaluated scientific visualization packages (vtk, dx) for fluid flow applications.
                -  Integrated vtk modules with `jot' framework for the CAVE.

                    Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics                                                         Bangalore, India
                    Research Assistant, Summer 98
                -  Developed a Virtual Walkthrough system.
                -  Modeled scenes in MultiGen II Pro.
                -  Interfaced standard VR devices to the scene loader written in IRIS Performer.

                    Research Assistant, Fall 98
                -  Designed and partially implemented a hyperboloidal catadioptric projection system.

                    Cadence India Ltd.                                                                                                 New Delhi, India
                    Summer Intern, Summer 97
                -  Designed Web pages and developed intranet applications in Java and HTML.



Skills

             Platforms:    Solaris, IRIX, Linux, AIX, and user on DOS, Win3.1/95/98/NT4
             Languages:  C/C++, Java, Pascal, Basic, Scheme and some assemblers (MIPS)
             Graphics Libraries: IRIS Performer, OpenGL, OpenInventor, X, VTK, WTK