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Curriculum Vitae Eugene Fiume November 2007 Department of Computer Science 3 Candac Valley Drive University of Toronto Aurora, Ontario 40 St. George Street Canada, L4G 6W7 Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 2E4 [email protected] phone: +1 416 978-5472 +1 905 713-1913 fax: +1 416 946-5464 Research and Educational Interests All aspects of computer graphics, including its mathematical structure, philosophical and social impli- cations, art and communication, illumination and rendering, physically-based modelling, biomedical applications, computer animation. Other academic interests include programming methodology, high- performance computing, wireless information technology. Other Professional Interests Technology transfer and IP, software development, emerging technologies, the internet, digital media. Professional Experience Dates Position Since July 1997 Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Professor (status only), Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, U. of Toronto July 1998-June 2004 Chair, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto July 1992-July 1997 Associate Professor, Dept. Computer Science, University of Toronto July 1987-July 1992 Assistant Professor and NSERC University Research Fellow Since June 2005 Member of Board of Directors, Tucows Inc., Toronto Feb. 2005-Aug. 2005 Consulting Software Strategist, Tucows Inc., Toronto Feb. 1998-Jan. 1999 Director, Research and Usability Engineering, Alias|wavefront, Toronto July 1997-Feb. 1998 Senior Research Scientist, Alias|wavefront, Toronto July 1996-June 1997 Consulting Senior Scientist, Alias|wavefront, Toronto Sept. 1995-June 1996 Visiting Scientist, Alias|wavefront, Toronto Sept. 1996-March 2000 Member of Board of Directors, TrueSpectra Inc., Toronto July 1995-Sept. 1995 Visiting Professor, iMAGIS/IMAG, University of Grenoble July 1994-April 1997 Associate Director, Computer Systems Research Institute, University of Toronto June 1986-July 1987 Maitre Assistant and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow University of Geneva, Switzerland April 1986-June 1986 Graphics Laboratory Manager, University of Toronto. Sept. 1981-April 1986 Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto June 1976-Sept. 1981 Systems programmer/analyst, co-op, National Trust Co., Toronto. June 1974-June 1976 Manager and Pizza Flipper, Apollo Pizza, Toronto 1 Education Dates Programme University Jan. 1983-May 1986 Ph.D., Computer Science Toronto Sept. 1981-Dec. 1982 M.Sc., Computer Science Toronto Sept. 1976-Apr. 1981 B.Math Hons. Co-op, Computer Science Waterloo Career Sketch Eugene Fiume is Professor and past Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, where he also co-directs the Dynamic Graphics Project. Following his B.Math. degree from the University of Waterloo and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow and Maitre Assistant at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He was awarded an NSERC University Research Fellowship in 1987 and returned to the University of Toronto to a faculty position. He was Associate Director of the Computer Systems Research Institute, and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France. He is or was a member of various boards, including the Scientific Advisory Board of GMD, Germany; the Boards of Directors of TrueSpectra Inc. and Tucows Inc., both of Toronto; the Board of Directors of CITO (Ottawa); the Advisory Boards of CastleHill Ventures, PlateSpin, BitFlash, TrueSpectra, OctigaBay Systems (acquired by Cray Systems), NGRAIN Corp., and View22 Technology Inc.; the CSE Department Advisory Committee at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and the Executive Advisory Board of the IBM Lab in Toronto. In his six years as department chair, Eugene was instrumental in recruiting and hiring more than thirty faculty, and helped raise $3.5M of funds for the department from external donors. The establishment of a cohort of Lecturers focused on top-quality teaching was a notable innovation. Eugene has participated in many task forces and reviews of institutes around the world, including three institutes at GMD (Germany), INRIA (France), iCORE (Calgary), and the Department of Computer Science at UBC (Vancouver). He has had a long association with the computer graphics and electronic media industries in Canada and the U.S.. He now works with several companies and venture capital companies in an advisory capacity on technological and business issues as well as due diligence. Eugene has written two books and (co-)authored more than 100 other publications. He has won two teaching awards, as well as Innovation Awards from ITRC for research in computer graphics, and Burroughs-Wellcome for biomedical research. He was also the Papers Chair for SIGGRAPH 2001 and is the Chair of the SIGGRAPH Awards Committee. Awards When Description Sept. 2000 Burroughs-Wellcome Innovation Award. Oct. 1995 ITRC Innovation Award (for quality of research and technology transfer). Sept. 1993 G¨unther Enderle Best Paper Award, Eurographics ’93 (with G. Drettakis). Oct. 1992 Computer Science Students’ Union Teaching Award. Aug. 1990 Part of “Team Canada” which won the SIGGRAPH ’90 Bowl! Oct. 1988 Computer Science Students’ Union Teaching Award. Sept. 1988 Best Paper Award in the journal computers and graphics Sept. 1988 G¨unther Enderle Best Paper Award at the Eurographics ’88 Conference (with X. Pintado). Aug. 1987 NSERC University Research Fellowship. July 1986 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2 Fellowships/Scholarships Period Held Type 1987-1994 NSERC University Research Fellowship 1987-1988 U of Toronto Connaught Fellowship 1986-1987 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship 1985-1986 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 1982,1983-1985 NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship (twice) Research Grants (Principal Investigator is Fiume unless otherwise indicated) Period Held Type Amount 4/2004-2009 NSERC Research Grant $74,000 Title: Model Extraction for computer graphics (per annum) 3/2002 NSERC Equipment Grant $97,000 Title: Large format displays for interactive computer graphics PI: Ravin Balakrishnan 9/2000-9/2002 Burroughs-Wellcome $US200,000 Title: Automated image analysis for genetically modified mice. Co-PIs: Dr. Mark Henkelman, Sunnybrook Hospital, and E.Fiume. 7/2000-6/2001 CITO Grant. Title: Input technologies for 3D digital media. $200,000 4/1999- NSERC Research Grant $63,000 Title: Computational mathematics for computer graphics (per annum) 4/1993-3/1995 ITRC Grant. Title: Interactive realistic computer graphics. $254,000 7/1998-3/1999 CITO Grant. Title: Interactive realistic computer graphics. $350,000 7/1995-3/1997 ITRC Grant $278,000 Title: Accelerated realistic image synthesis for virtual environments. 1995-1998 NSERC Research Grant $52,000 Title: Mathematical methods for computer graphics (per annum) 4/1993-3/1995 ITRC Grant $254,000 Title: Modelling, rendering and controlling complex motion and illumination in virtual graphical environments 4/1991-3/1993 ITRC Grant $225,000 Title: The modelling and rendering of visually-complex spatiotemporal phenomena 7/1990 Faculty of Arts and Science/Dept. Computer Science $40,000 one-time-only start-up funds 4/1990-3/1991 ITRC Grant PI: Fiume $56,429 7/1989-3/1990 ITRC Grant PI: Fournier/Fiume $73,571 1/1988-6/1989 ITRC Grant PI: Fournier $75,000 Title: Foundations of high-complexity image synthesis (grant summary continued on next page) 3 Period Held Type Amount 1992-1994 NSERC Research Grant $35,000 1989-1991 NSERC Operating Grant $35,000 1987-1989 NSERC Operating Grant $29,300 Title: The mathematical structure of computer graphics (per annum) 1987-1988 U of Toronto Connaught Fellowship $10,000 Title: Iterative global illumination algorithms 1987- various general NSERC Infrastructure/Equipment Grants (with many others) PIs: Boulton, Lochovsky, Sevcik Publications Theses 1. A Mathematical Semantics and Theory of Raster Graphics, Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 1986. Co-supervised by A. Fournier and R. Hehner. 2. A Programming Environment for Constructing Graphical User Interfaces: A Proposal, M.Sc. Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, January, 1983. Supervised by W. Buxton. Books 1. Fiume, E., An Introduction to Scientific, Symbolic and Graphical Computation, AK Peters, Welles- ley MA. First edition: January, 1995. Revised second edition: August 1997. 2. Fiume, E., Scientific Computing, dpunkt verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 1996. [Translation to Ger- man of first edition of An Introduction to Scientific, Symbolic and Graphical Computation.] 3. Fiume, E., The Mathematical Structure of Raster Graphics, Academic Press, Boston MA, 1989. Refereed Journals In computer graphics, journal publications are for results that can wait, given the geologic time scales at which publication occurs. Unlike related areas such as computer vision, conference publications in computer graphics very rarely reappear in journals, even in highly revised form. In my case, the only exceptions to this are the occasional conference papers that win “best paper” awards that are reprinted in revised form in a journal. My journal submissions are usually made to the journal that, at the time of submission, promises the fastest throughput. Pragmatism rules! 1. Lessig, C. and E. Fiume, “Symmetric Orthogonal Spherical Haar Wavelets”, to appear, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2008. 2. Ragia, L., and E. Fiume, “Challenges in Geovisualization”, to appear, IPSI Transactions on Ad- vanced Research, 2008. 3. Baron, G.S., E. Fiume, and C.D. Sarris, “A