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Colin Smith |
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Burbank, CA USA |
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SUMMARY |
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I am a computer scientist, with research experience in computer graphics with applications to geometric and biological modelling and industrial experience with hardware-accelerated and cluster-based solutions for electromagnetic simulations
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research, computer science, biology, programming, C++, C, OpenGL, Python, modelling, biological modelling, procedural modelling, geometric modelling, L-systems, entertainment, animation
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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October, 2008 |
DreamWorks Animation |
Glendale, CA, USA |
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Development of character rigging and animation tools
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August, 2007 - July, 2008 |
Acceleware Corp. |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Worked on the FDTD product, used for simulating electromagnetic fields, including the development of features using hardware acceleration on graphics hardware and design and implementation of cluster-based solutions
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March 10, 2007 - July 24, 2007 |
UC Davis, Plant Sciences |
Davis, California, USA |
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Maintenance and development of new features for the L-PEACH model, an L-system model of hydrocarbon distribution in peach trees.
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January 15, 2006 - January 15, 2007 |
ENSAM/INRA Montpellier |
Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillion, France |
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Development of a simulation of a growing apple tree based on statistical and biomechanical principles. This simulation is an L-system implemented in L+C. Analysis of the results was done using Python.
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May, 2001 - December, 2006 |
University of Calgary |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Maintenance and development of the VLAB for Linux, and maintenance for L-Studio, software suites used for developping models using L-systems (information on this software available at http://algorithmicbotany.org/virtual_laboratory).
Creation of the digital edition of The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (available for free download at http://algorithmicbotany.org/papers/#abop) Assistance in creating assets and models for various publications and research projects. - |
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September, 2001 - December, 2001 |
University of Calgary |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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1999 - 2000 |
Mount Royal College |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Migration of a legacy database and maintenance of database reports
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May, 1998 - August, 1998 |
Microserve |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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Assistant PC hardware technician for custom-built computers, hardware problem diagnoses and warranty repairs
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MOVIE AND TV CREDITS |
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Monsters vs Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009; credit on DVD release)
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Refereed Publications
Faramarz Samavati, Hamid-Reza Pakdel, Colin Smith and Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz. Reverse Loop Subdivision. To appear in the Iranian Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Informatics, 1(3), 2006. D. da Silva, and F. Boudon. and C. Godin. and O. Puech, and C. Smith and H. Sinoquet. A Critical Appraisal of the Box Counting Method to Assess the Fractal Dimension of Tree Crowns. Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (Proceedings of ISVC 2006), 9241:751-760, 2006. Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Faramarz Samavati, Colin Smith, and Radoslaw Karwowski. L-system description of subdivision curves. International Journal of Shape Modeling, 9(1):41-59, June 2003. Colin Smith, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, and Faramarz Samavati. Local specification of surface subdivision algorithms. Presented at the Workshop on Applications of Graph Transformations with Industrial Relevance AGTIVE 2003, in Charlottesville, VA, September 27 to October 1, 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3062:313-327 (Springer). Note: Versions of L-system description of subdivision curves and Relational specification of surface subdivision algorithms have appeared as part of notes for the SIGGRAPH 2003 course L-systems and beyond. Refereed Presented Abstracts Colin Smith and Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz. Simulation Modeling of Growing Tissues. Presented at the 4th International Workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models in Montpellier, France, June 7-11. Doctoral Dissertation Colin Smith. On Vertex-Vertex Systems and Their Use in Geometric and Biological Modelling. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Calgary. 2006. Technical Reports Faramarz Samavati, Hamid-Reza Pakdel, Colin Smith and Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz. _Reverse Loop Subdivision_. Technical Report 2003-730-33 for the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. November 4, 2003. |
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RESEARCH |
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I have been involved in with the L-PEACH project, an L-system simulation of hydrocarbon distribution in peach trees. My work primarily involves the addition of statistical descriptions of the trees' architecture. |
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AWARDS AND HONORS |
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Best Long Presentation at the Workshop on Applications of Graph Transformations with Industrial Relevance. October, 2003. Awarded for the presentation of the paper Local Specification of Surface Subdivision Algorithms
Alberta Heritage Graduate Student Scholarship. $2000.00, awarded by the government of Alberta, 2003. |
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EDUCATION |
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September, 2001 - June, 2006 |
University of Calgary |
Calgary, Alberta |
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Doctor of Philosophy
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September, 1997 - August, 2001 |
University of Calgary |
Calgary, Alberta |
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Bachelor of Science
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COURSE WORK |
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Graduate Course Work
Notable Undergraduate Course Work
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