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Peter Shirley

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1990

Professor Shirley joined the Department in 1996. He is interested in creating highly realistic images of virtual environments, and visualization of complex data. The former involves explicit and procedural generation of geometric models with realistic optical characteristics, light transport simulation to determine the outgoing light distribution from surfaces, and tone reproduction to create images displayable on low dynamic range media such as paper and CRTs. The latter involves issues of visual representation of complex data, as well as strategies for navigation and interaction that help the user extract local and global information about the data.


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