Steve Sullivan's Resume

e-mail: sullivan@evenhouse.com
www.evenhouse.com/sullivan

Industrial Light + Magic
Principal Engineer

Automatic 3D tracking with and without models

Image-based modeling

Hi-fidelity facial motion capture

Automatic lens calibration

Rhythm and Hues Studios
CG Software Developer (1996-1998)

Automatic 3D tracking with and without models

Soft-body dynamics with collision detection

Geometry recovery using a stereo rig

Screen-space model manipulation

Overhaul of proprietary fur generation/styling tool

Referencing system for sharing choreography info

	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1989 - 1996) PhD in Electrical Engineering
	Thesis: Piecewise-Algebraic Surface Models for Computer Vision We automatically construct curved object models from photographs or range data, then use these models to estimate the objects' pose in new photos. Click here for some results. Topics include: multi-patch spline surface models single-surface implicit algebraic models automatic modeling of curved objects from photographs and range data pose estimation and recognition of models photographs
	Research Assistantship Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Professor Jean Ponce (1991-1996) Research Topics automatic model construction and recognition from silhouettes and range data shape reconstruction from a sparse set of X-ray images multi-finger grasps of polyhedral objects non-holonomic robot motion planning
	Teaching Assistantship Senior/Graduate computer graphics course
	Publications Click here for a full listing

	MS in Electrical Engineering (January 1991)
	Thesis Vector and Parallel Implementations of the Wavelet Transform An introduction to time/frequency analysis via orthonormal wavelets, accompanied by the development and benchmarking of transform algorithms for a variety of computing architectures.
	Research Assistantship Center for Supercomputer Research and Development Professor George Cybenko (1989-1991) Research Topics Development and benchmarking of wavelet transform algorithms for parallel processors Coding and benchmarking of Hopfield neural networks on multi-processor machines

	University of Missouri at Rolla (1984-1989)
	B.S. Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering Minor in Computer Science General and Departmental Honors Honors Research: "An Improved Neural Network for Solving the Travelling Salesman Problem."

U.S. Presidential Scholar Finalist
National Merit Scholar
UMR Curators Scholar
Scholarship to study Liberal Arts in London - Fall 1987
Member Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Eta Sigma honor societies

	Principal Engineer: Industrial Light + Magic, (2000-current) Founded and led computer vision R&D team.
	CG Software Engineer: Industrial Light + Magic, (1998-2000) Designed/developed proprietary matchmove and motion capture software.
	Software Developer: Rhythm and Hues Studios, (1996-1998) Developed animation and 3D tracking software for film and video production.
	Research Intern: California Institute of Technology, (summer 1994) Investigated multi-finger grasping and object reconstruction from X-ray projections
	Research Intern: INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, (Nice, France, summer 1993) Worked toward combining correlation and edge-based stereo methods
	Research Intern: NEC Research Institute, (Princeton, NJ, summer 1992) Implemented K-best hypothesis pruning; examined tracking via non-linear Kalman filtering
	Engineering Intern: Crescendo Systems, (Kansas City, MO, summer 1987, 1988) Designed and installed LAN solutions for software customers
	Management Intern: General Motors, (Kansas City, MO, summer 1986) Supervised assembly line maintenance crews while training for engineering management

Languages: C++, C, LISP, FORTRAN, Basic

Environments: Unix, Motif, Viewkit (using BX Builder), OpenGL, Windows API

Platforms: SGI, Wintel, Sun SparcStation