James McCrae

About Me:

I am a Ph. D. student at the University of Toronto and a member of the DGP research group. My supervisor is Karan Singh, and my supervisory committee includes Ravin Balakrishnan and Eugene Fiume. I received B. Sc. and M. Sc. degrees from the University of Toronto in 2006 and 2008.

My current research interests relate to 3D navigation and geometric modelling.

Publications:

• Sketch-Based Path Design (Graphics Interface, 2009)
• Multiscale 3D Navigation (ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, 2009)
• Data-Driven Curvature for Real-Time Line Drawing of Dynamic Scenes (ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2009)
• Sketching Piecewise Clothoid Curves (Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, 2008)

Research:

• Sketch-Based Path Design (M. Sc. Thesis)

Graduate Course Projects:

• (CSC2228) Using Salient Lenses for Adaptive Image Display
• (CSC2529) Master Rai and Student Jin
• (CSC2521) Impressionist Painter
• (CSC2521) Painterly Rendering for Animation
• (CSC2521) Contour Chaining for Stroke Stylization

Undergraduate Course Projects:

• (CSC492) Vehicular Signal Acquisition and Processing

Academic Employment:

• Intern - Autodesk Research (Summer 2008 - Present)
• Research Student - Barzda Group, Dept. of Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM (Summer 2005 - Spring 2006)
• TA for CSC320 - Introduction to Visual Computing (Winter 2005)
• TA for CSC350 - Numerical Algebra and Optimization (Fall 2004)
• TA for CSC108 - Introduction to Computer Programming (Winter 2004)