Carlos Correa
Ph.D.in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers University, Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Research Assistant at Rutgers University, Presently Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California.
| Headline: | Scientist |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~correac |
| Industries: | Biotech, Entertainment, Information Technology, Internet, Media |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Editing, Engineering, English, Human-Computer Interaction, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, MacOS applications, Software Engineering, Spanish, System Administration, Unix, Web Development, Windows, Writing |
| Location: | Davis, CA |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition, UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Finding cofounders, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Starting a company |
| Schools: | EAFIT University, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, University of California System - Davis |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | University of California |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Time period: | September 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Authoring software for creating compelling illustrations and narratives from video clips.
Developing a GPU-based image processing pipeline for the analysis and classification of 3D images. Creating new mathematical models and algorithms to represent data transformations for Visual Analytics, developed into software for visualization and analysis of social and other scale-free networks. Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration with partners in academia and industry. |
| Employer: | Rutgers University |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2001 - May 2007 |
| Description: | Coined the term illustrative deformation to refer to novel rendering techniques for generating
illustrations from scientific data and shapes. Developed and optimized a volume animation software pipeline for the manipulation of large 3D images, using innovative computer graphics algorithms and exploiting GPU parallel computing capabilities. Authored and co-authored several papers in the area of visualization and computer graphics. Led the development of a mixed-reality collaborative environment for remote training and education. Created novel algorithms, user interaction tools and middleware components for distributed virtual environments in a variety of platforms and mobile devices. |
| Employer: | EAFIT University |
| Position: | Research Assistant and Consultant |
| Time period: | January 1997 - December 2000 |
| Description: | Designed computer graphics software for a multi-user virtual environment for education and learning.
Led a start-up company to provide solutions based in virtual environments and interactive computer graphics. Developed graphics and networking components for educational multimedia software. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Computer Science |
| University: | Rutgers University - New Brunswick |
| Time period: | 2003 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD |
| University: | Rutgers University - New Brunswick |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSc |
| University: | EAFIT University |
| Time period: | 1998 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | - Visualizing what Lies Inside. Carlos D. Correa. VisFiles, ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Quarterly, Volume 43, Number 2, May 2009.
- Size-based Transfer Functions: A New Volume Exploration Technique. Carlos D. Correa and Kwan-Liu Ma. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1380-1387, Nov/Dec, 2008 - Manipulating, Deforming and Animating Sampled Object Representations. M. Chen, C. Correa, S. Islam, M. W. Jones, P.-Y. Shen, D. Silver, S. J. Walton and P. J. Willis. Computer Graphics Forum 26 (4), 824--852 - Illustrative Deformation for Data Exploration. Carlos D. Correa, Deborah Silver and Min Chen. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics vol.13, no.6, pp.1320-1327, Nov.-Dec. 2007 - Feature Aligned Volume Manipulation for Illustration and Visualization. Carlos D. Correa, Deborah Silver and Min Chen. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 12(5), pp. 1069--1076 |
| Papers: | - Visibility Driven Transfer Functions. Carlos D. Correa and Kwan-Liu Ma. IEEE VGTC Pacific Visualization Symposium 2009, Beijing, China, Apr 2009.
- Social Network Discovery based on Sensitivity Analysis. Tarik Crnovrsanin, Carlos D. Correa and Kwan-Liu Ma. Proc. Intl. Conf. Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2009), Athens, Greece, July 2009. - Programmable Shaders for Deformation Rendering. Carlos D. Correa and Deborah Silver. ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics conference on Graphics Hardware. pp. 89 - 96, 2007. - Visualizing Collision Effects Between Penetrating and Non-Penetrating Objects. Carlos D. Correa and Deborah Silver. SIGGRAPH 2007 Sketches and Abstracts. - Discontinuous Displacement Mapping for Volume Graphics. Carlos D. Correa, Deborah Silver and Min Chen. Eurographics/IEEE VGTC Workshop on Volume Graphics 2006, pp. 9-16, 2006. - Dataset Traversal with Motion-Controlled Transfer Functions. Carlos D. Correa and Deborah Silver. Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2005. pp. 359-366. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Volleyball, Biking, Racquetball, Jujitsu |
| Hobbies: | Guitar playing, Movies |
| Memberships: | IEEE, ACM SIGGRAPH |
| Awards: | VAST Challenge Award for Intuitive Social Network Graphs, 2008.
Co-PI of the project “Visual Analytics Tools for Enterprise Information Management”, recognized with a 2008 Innovation Research Award from HP Labs. Young Researcher program beneficiary from the Colombian National Sciences Institute, January, 2000. Received honors in graduation and full scholarship from Computer Science, EAFIT University, 1998. International Program Committee Member: IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2010. |
