Swaminathan Narayanan

OBJECTIVE:

To have a challenging career in graphics software development creating 3D graphics tools and technologies

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

08/96 - 07/97, Research Assistant 

Office of Supercomputing Applications, NCSA 

Designed  a VRML programming library based on the VRML 2.0 specification and loosely coupled with IRIS Performer.

Developing a high performance, multiprocessed VRML 2.0 browser for use in virtual environments. The browser uses Vrmlscript as a scripting language and uses the VRML 2.0 library mentioned above. It supports all the commonly used VRML nodes and PROTOs. Designed a scripting language interface to a rule based language.

Part of a team that developed a Java based desktop interface to NICE using Habanero.

08/95 - 07/96, Research Assistant

Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago

Work on virtual environments and high performance computing.

Designed and implemented a VRML 1.0 browser for the CAVE and the Immersadesk using IRIS Performer. The browser is displayed on three walls of the four wall CAVE. HTML files are shown using a web browser displayed on the fourth wall. The browser acts as a helper application to a web browser for displaying VRML files.

01/94 - 07/95, Teaching and Research Assistant 

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago

Assisted in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate classes. Graded exams and tutored the students.

07/93 - 12/93, Project Associate 

Indian Council for Science and Research, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Solved non-linear three dimensional conduction radiation problems using finite element analysis. Explored 3D mesh generation using an oct-tree algorithm.

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois , Expected 1997, GPA: 4.0/4.0  Thesis: "Adapting the Virtual Reality Modeling Language for Use in Immersive Environments"
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois , 1996, GPA: 3.9/4.0 
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1993, GPA: 8.1/10.0 

SKILLS:

Proficient in object-oriented design and development using C/C++. Extensive experience using IRIS Performer, Open Inventor and OpenGL libraries.
Friendly open attitude with a willingness to help and learn from others.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Self motivated, strong team player with interests in exploring new technologies.

TOOLS / SYSTEM EXPERTISE:

Operating Systems: UNIX (SunOS, Solaris, Linux, IRIX), X11, MS Windows
Languages: C++, C, Java, Perl, HTML and CGI programming, Smalltalk.
Class Libraries / APIs: IRIS Performer, Open Inventor, ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template Library (STL), CAVE programming library.

COURSEWORK & PROJECTS:

Expert Systems: Integrated a rule-based scripting language (CLIPS) as a scripting language for VRML 2.0.
Virtual Reality: Developed a VRML1.0 browser using IRIS Performer.
Advanced Computer Graphics: Implemented a parallel algorithm for real-time interactive cloth animation.
Advanced Software Engineering: Designed a Hybrid Object Oriented Collaborative System (HOOCS). Went through the various stages of the software life cycle as Product Definition, Process Definition, Software Architecture and Software Design.
Object Oriented Programming Languages: Implemented a menu sytem in VisualWorks Smalltalk and C++/Motif.
Computational Complexity, Computer Graphics, Database Systems, Computer Algorithms.

AWARDS & HONORS:

Awarded the Dean's fellowship at the University of Illinois.
Awarded the NTSE (National Talent Search Exam) award given to about 200 students each year all over India in various engineering and medical disciplines.
Member of ACM, SIGGRAPH, USENIX.
Demonstrated the VRML1.0 browser at the Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing and Education.
Submitted a video "Bringing VR to VRML" for the video proceedings of VRML97