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 evaluate your admission packet. I would not be able to provide an accurate evaluatation. Please apply.

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.

 

Doing Research

My research is in the areas of:

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

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

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 will give you a trial project to work on for 2 weeks. At the end of 2 weeks, we will evaluate progress.

   Preparation

Students should have an interest 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.

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