Information for Students

Admissions

If you have already applied for admission, you have done all that is required to gain full consideration for admission and financial support. 

Please do not ask me to evalute your admission packet. I would not be able to provide an accurate evaluate. Please apply.

I would encourage all students with GRE scores above 1350 and GPA scores of at least 3.5 (or top 10% of your graduating class) to apply.

 

Doing Research

My research is in the areas of:

·        Computer Graphics (real-time, rendering, visualization, hardware accelerated algorithms) [CG]

·        Virtual Environments (interaction, rendering, avatars, and real-world applications) [VE]

·        Human-Computer Interaction (interacting with digital characters, virtual worlds, 3D interfaces) [HCI]

·        Image Based Rendering (combining vision with graphics, vision for VR, capturing real-world data) [IBR]

If you are not interested in these areas, please contact a faculty member that shares your interests!

If our interests coincide, please drop on by.  I’ll give you a project to work on for 1 month.  At the end of 1 month, we’ll evaluate progress.  If things go well, you’ll be invited to join our weekly group meetings.

   Preparation

Students should have had course work or experience in computer graphics, virtual reality, visualization, human computer interaction.  Students should be strong C/C++/Java programmers.

    General Advice

If you are an undergraduate or MS student and want to apply for a Ph.D. program (here, or at other places), you should become involved in research *NOW*.  A senior project, MS project, or MS Thesis is a good test to see if you really enjoy and have talent for research.  It will also improve your chances of getting accepted into a good Ph.D. program. 

Please note: A good GPA is not enough for a highly competitive (top 20) graduate school.  The acceptance rate is usually less than 10%.  Everyone that applies has a very high GPA!  

  Undergraduate Research

Undergraduates looking to work on research are very welcome to apply.  Freshman, sophomores, and juniors are excellent candidates as they will have sufficient time to learn and contribute to the team.  Minimum time commitment is one year.  Starting research in your semester of graduation is too late.

Financial Support

Fall 2011: I have an opening for students, including: graduate RAs and undergraduates (UF only). I am interested in having undergraduate students working on projects.

A graduate student who wants financial support must first:

  • Take one or more courses in (CSE4370) Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, or Human Computer Interaction.  You should finish in the top 10% of the class.
  • Do an Independent Study, Senior Project, MS Project, or Thesis in Virtual Reality with me

Here are examples of letters I receive but routinely ignore. (From David Banks):

  1. Esteemed Professor
  2. $PROJECT_NAME
  3. $GRANT_TITLE
  4. $SUBSTRING
  5. $PUBLICATION

Here is an example letter worth responding to, because it indicates that the student is serious.

Here is a dream letter from a student that I would be happy to support.

This page was inspired by/shamelessly cannibalized from: David Banks (FSU) Larry Hodges (Clemson) Fred Brooks (UNC)