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Atul Nayak
3001 S. King Drive
#804 Chicago IL 60616
Tel: 847 800 7778
Objective
To be a part of a creative work environment involved in computer graphics
and animation.
Education
M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Aug 2000
Current GPA: 4.63/5.0, Expected date of graduation: April 2003
B.E., Instrumentation Engineering, University of Mumbai 1994 - 1998
Ranked 3 out of 290 students
Technical Skills
- Graphics Programming: Open GL, Open
Inventor, SGI Performer
- Languages: C++, C#, Java, Visual
C++, embedded Visual C++, COBOL, CICS, PL/1
- Operating systems: Windows 2000/XP,
Linux, Solaris, SGI Irix, OS X, MVS
- Toolkits: fltk, glut, CAVERNsoft
G2, Yggrassil, CAVElib
- Experience in physically based animation, virtual reality techniques,
networking, 2D/3D graphics and game programming
Work experience
- Electronic Visualization Laboratory, UIC, Chicago, Aug 2000 to date
WiggleView: Created a 3D stereoscopic visualization of seismic data
(C++/Open Inventor for Windows and Linux) recorded by a network of
stations in response to an earthquake. The program is aimed to be
a research tool for seismologists to understand the earth's interior
by comparing seismic data at different locations. Current work involves
streaming data in real-time from a CORBA repository and visualizing
it on a passive stereoscopic display called the AGAVE/GeoWall.
URL: http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/agave/wiggleview
Immersaview: Programmed an Open Inventor interactive model viewer
for a passive stereoscopic display system built using DLP projectors
and a powerful graphics card with dual display outputs. Current work
is concentrated on putting the software inside introductory geology
curriculum for undergraduate students. In the future, Immersaview
will also support collaboration over high bandwidth optical networks.
URL: http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/agave/immersaview
CAVERNsoft G2 / QUANTA: Maintenance and development of both toolkits.
CAVERNsoft is a C++ toolkit to support collaboration between virtual
environments over high-speed networks; QUANTA is the next generation
of CAVERNsoft. Some problems solved were
" how to reduce CPU utilization for server processes
" how to blast across bulk data using TCP over parallel sockets
" how to make installation easier
" porting code to the Sun Solaris OS
URL: http://www.cavernsoft.org/
Volvis: Volvis is a stereoscopic volume-rendering program. Ported
the program built on the Windows 2000 platform to Linux.
Continuum: The goal of the Continuum Project is to develop integrated
ubiquitous tools and environments to enhance collaboration amongst
distantly located knowledge workers, such as scientists and engineers.
I am one of the researchers involved in this investigation.
URL: http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/continuum
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AXA Melbourne Australia, Dec 1999 - June 2000
Introduced configuration control to the system using Changeman. Developed
and tested batch and online systems for funds management.
- Information Management Resources, Mumbai, India, Aug 1998 - Dec 1999
As a software engineer I was on a team that reengineered the online
system for Amtrak. I was the quality controller for the project executed
for National Mutual to renovate existing systems for the Y2K challenge.
- Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments, Aug 1997
- Apr 1998
Design, implementation and testing a flow measurement instrument
Relevant coursework and projects
- Computer Graphics 1
Creating games using OpenGL like Pong, Asteroidz, Berzoik and Uberzoik
- Virtual Reality
ScubaDude: A collaborative game played in an underwater virtual world
between CAVEs and Immersadesks
- Computer Animation
Creating an animation using Maya, motion capture, physically based modeling
- Game programming
Simulation of the Solar System and neighboring star systems
SpaceMan: release prisoners and blow up the enemy ships in space
Other courses
Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Computer Algorithms
Papers
- A M Nayak, J Leigh, A Johnson, R Russo, P Morin, C Laughbon, T Ahern
: WiggleView : Visualizing Large Seismic Datasets, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U61A-0007, 2002.
- Kirkby, K., Morin, P., Finley, F., Brandt, J., Burdick, R., Nayak,
A. : Benefits And Implications Of Using Stereo Projection In Earth Science
Classrooms, submitted to topical sessions for the 2002 Denver Annual
Meeting (October 27-30, 2002), The Geological Society Of America
- Thorson, M., Leigh, J., Maajid,G., Park, K., Nayak, A., Salva, P.,
Berry, S., AccessGrid-to-Go : Providing AccessGrid access on Personal
Digital Assistants, In proceedings of Access Grid Retreat, La Jolla
CA, March 4-5, 2002. Access-Grid-to-go: Providing AccessGrid access
on Personal Digital Assistants
- Leigh, J., Yu, O., Schonfeld, D., Ansari, R., He, E., Nayak, A., Ge,
J., Krishnaprasad, N., Park, K., Cho, Y., Fang, R., Verlo, A., Winkler,
L., DeFanti, T., Adaptive Networking for Tele-Immersion, Proceedings
of the Immersive Projection Technology/Eurographics Virtual Environments
Workshop (IPT/EGVE), May 16-18, 2001, Stuttgart, Germany.
Conferences and Workshops
- Poster session on WiggleView at the American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, December 2002
- Demonstrated WiggleView at the 14th Annual IRIS Workshop, Waikoloa
Beach, Hawaii, June 2002
- Presentation on 'Immersaview: Visualization for the Geosciences' at
the Second GeoWall Meeting, Minneapolis, June 2002
- Presentation on 'Commodity Passive Stereo Graphics' at the All-hands
Alliance Meeting, Urbana, May 2002
- Presentation on 'Creating Collaborative Virtual Environments' at the
CAVE Workshop, PDC, Royal Institute of Sweden, Stockholm, October 2001
- SIGGRAPH Team leader (2002), Student Volunteer (2001)
- Member, Students' Activities Funding Committee, University of Illinois
at Chicago, 2002-03
- President, Indian Graduate Students' Association, University of Illinois
at Chicago, 2001 - 2002
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