Curriculum Vitae
Iman Sadeghi

CSE Department,

University of California San Diego,
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla,
CA 92093 – 0404

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858-444-6175
iman AT graphics.ucsd.edu

http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~iman

http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~iman/cv.pdf



Objectives

Obtain a Summer Intern position as a developer/researcher within the area of Computer Graphics.

Research Interests

 
  • Photorealistic Rendering
  • Appearance Modeling

Education

Exp.  2011:


2008:


 

2006:

University of California San Dieg0
Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science

University of California San Dieg0
M.Sc. in Computer Science
GPA: 3.97/4.0

M.Sc. Research Exam: Photorealistic Rendering of Human Hair Fibers

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering
GPA: 18.65/20 (Highest GPA in the Computer Engineering department)

B.Sc. Thesis:  Optimal Point Removal in Closed-2PM Labeling

Awards and Honors

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2001:

Walt Disney Animation Studios Fellowship;

Chancellors Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Fellowship; Awarded from Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture & Archaeology (CISA3)

 Grand Prize in UC San Diego Rendering Competition 2007 and Awarded a paid trip to SIGGRAPH 2007 and NPAR 2007 as a result.

First Prize in Logo Design Contest for The Open Protein Structure Network and Awarded by the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at UC San Diego, Prof. John Wooley.

CalRA Fellowship; Awarded form Jacobs School of Engineering

Ranked 1st in total GPA among 100+ students in Computer Engineering department. Sharif University.

Admitted to the best national university of Iran: Sharif University of Technology.

Silver Medal in 11th Iran’s national Olympiad of Informatics held by Young Scholars Club.

Work Experience & Paid Projects

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Fall 2003:

Summer Intern in R&D department of Walt Disney Animation Studios working on photorealistic rendering of human hair in Renderman.

Summer Intern in the VisGroup at CalIt2 working on visualization part of the Search for Battle of Anghiari project.

Graphics Developer for ATLAS in Silico project, an art installation demoed in SIGGRAPH 2007. Immersive Visualization Lab, CalIt2, San Diego.

Graduate Researcher in Graphics Group, CSE Department, UC San Diego.

Summer Intern in Sima System Co. under supervision of Prof. Ghodsi. Working on design and implementation of a web-based search engine for PDF documents.

Design and Implementation of accounting software for Keshavarzi Bank of Iran.

Publications

2008:

“Optimal Point Removal in Closed-2PM Labeling” Farshad Rostamabadi, Iman Sadeghi, Mohammad Ghodsi, Ramtin Khosravi, IPL, Elsevier, Volume 105, Issue 3, pp. 79-116, Jan. 2008. (my B.Sc. Thesis)

Invited Talks

Feb-2008:

Iridescence: More than Meets the Eye, Arizona State University.
Invited to lecture on Rendering Morpho Butterflies Photo-realistically.

Research Experience

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Fall 2005:

Graduate Research under supervision of Prof. Henrik Wann Jensen on photorealistic rendering of human hair fibers.

Graduate Research in VisGroup and CISA3 at CalIt2  on visualization part of the Search for Battle of Anghiari project.

Graduate Research focused on non-photorealistic rendering,  inverse kinematics and animation. Under supervision of Prof. Matthias Zwicker. UC San Diego.

Pixel Café: weekly graphics/vision seminars organized by Prof. Henrik Wann Jensen.

B.Sc. Thesis on “Optimal Point Removal in Closed-2PM Labeling” resulted in a Journal Publication. Advisor: Prof. Ghodsi. Sharif University.

Research in Institute for studies in theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM), Iran. Worked with Prof. Ghodsi and Prof. Tusserkani on map labeling algorithms.

Research and Seminar for Graduate Course: CE765: Advanced Algorithms, Project: “Minimum Weighted Spanning Trees for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Advisor: Prof. Ghodsi.

Graphics Course Projects

Appearance Modeling
Fall 2007:


Rendering Algs.
Spring 2007:


Virtual Reality
Fall 2007:

Animation
Winter 2006


Intro. to Graphics

Spring 2005:

By Prof. Henrik Wann Jensen (UC San Diego) Grade: A+
> Rendering Soap Bubbles: Iridescence property.
> Bi-Directional Path Tracing with Multiple Importance Sampling.
> Rendering Morpho Butterfly photo-realistically.

By Prof. Henrik Wann Jensen (UC San Diego) Grade: A
> Implementing my own Raytracer from the scratch
Features: Photon mapping - Path tracing - Depth of field - Bitmap/procedural textures – Bump mapping - Anti aliasing - SSE-SIMD support, Soft shadows, etc.

By Prof. Falko Kuester. (UC San Diego) Grade: A
> Interactive Visualization of Massive Point Clouds
> Anaglyph / Chromadepth rendering

By Prof. Steve Rotenberg. (UC San Diego) Grade: A+
> Forward kinematics animation with interactive key-frame editor,
> Morphing & facial expressions
> Cloth simulation.

By Prof. M.Jamzad. (Sharif University) Grade: A+
> Spline surfaces & curve editor
> 3D/2D fractals generator

> Check complete list of my projects and more details on my homepage.

Teaching Experience

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Fall 2003:

Senior TA of CSE167: Introduction to Graphics for Prof. Matthias Zwicker. UC San Diego.

Senior TA of CE254: Design & Analysis of Algorithms for Prof. Ghodsi, Sharif University.

Senior TA of CE364: Programming Languages for Prof. Sehatniaki, Sharif University.

Holding Olympiad of Informatics Classes for high school students organized by National Ministry of Education, Iran. 

TA of CE443: Computer Networks for Prof. Akbari, Sharif University.

TA of CE417: Artificial Intelligence for Prof. Shamsfard, Sharif University.

Teaching Combinatorics and Informatics on behalf of Young Scholars Club in Frazanegan high school, Tehran, Iran.

Senior TA of CE115: Discrete Mathematics for Prof. Movaghar, Sharif University.

Extracurricular Activities

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2003:

Member of UC San Diego ACM Team in SoCal Regional Contest.

Member of ACM/SIGGRAPH Association.

Member of Students Scientific Chapter, Sharif University.

Member of Young Scholars Club, Iran.

Swimming: Member of Sharif University’s Swimming Team.

Mountain climbing: Member of Sharif University’s Mountain Climbing group.

Cliffhanging: Ranked 3rd in Sharif University’s Rock Climbing contest.

Interested in Drawing, Sketching and Caricaturing.

Technical Skills

 

Programming:

·         Proficient in C++/C, Java, Pascal.

·         Familiar with C#, J#, Delphi, Prolog.

·         Familiar with Socket/MPI Programming, LaTeX , SQL.

Computer Graphics Tools/Software:

·         Proficient in Photoshop, Maya (Modeling), Illustrator, OpenGL.

·         Familiar with CGLX, OpenCover, COVISE frameworks.

·         Familiar with laser scanned data software; PolyWorks, Cyclone, Pointools.

Web Design:

·         Proficient in HTML, PHP, Java Script, CSS.

Operating Systems:

·         Familiar with Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems.

 

References

 

Henrik Wann Jensen

Associate Professor, Computer Graphics Lab, CSE Department, UC San Diego

Email: henrik AT graphics.ucsd.edu
Web: http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~henrik
Phone: 858.822.0415


Matthias Zwicker
Assistant Professor, Computer Graphics Lab, CSE Department, UC San Diego
Email: matthias AT graphics.ucsd.edu

Web: http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~matthias
Phone: 858.345.0979

 

Falko Kuester
Associate Professor, CSE Department, UC San Diego
Associate Professor, Visualization Group, CalIt2
Email: fkuester AT ucsd.edu
Web: http://vis.ucsd.edu/~fkuester
Phone: 858.534.9953

Steve Rotenberg

Manager, PixelActive Company, Carlsbad, CA
Lecturer, CSE Department, UC San Diego
Email: steve AT pixelactive3d.com

Web: http://pixelactive3d.com

 


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