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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Davis, June 2008.

Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering Systems, University of Tsukuba, Japan, March 2003.

COMPUTER SKILLS

C++, Java, FORTRAN, LISP, Scheme, Prolog, Perl, Ruby, Shading languages (GLSL, Cg, Assembly), Matlab, Mathematica, Flex, Linux/Windows/Mac Operation Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Researcher, UC Davis (Apr 2004- June 2008)

Developing graphical user interfaces and rendering methods for visualizing time-varying, multivariate scientific 3D simulation data. Based on scientists need, appropriate visualization is designed for each aspect of the simulation. Such visualizations are tightly linked together through intuitive interaction methods driven by commodity graphics hardware. Software development has been conducted as a team effort by mentoring undergraduates.

Software Engineer Intern, Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) (Jun-Sep 2007)

Developed line drawing algorithm for volume data and applied it to generate a clear visualization of multi-modal brain dataset. The algorithm is also applied to show the segmentation uncertainty by mapping the line width to uncertainty. Worked with other interns who were responsible for preparing multi-modal datasets.

Software Engineer Intern, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) (Jul-Aug 2004)

Implemented a high-quality and interactive volume rendering engine for stretched grids by utilizing an advanced features of a graphics hardware. The engine is now a part of Open Source data analysis package, VAPoR.

Teaching Assistant, UC Davis (Sep 2003 - Mar 2004)

Taught two undergraduate classes: "Data Structure and Algorithm" and "Computer Graphics".

PUBLICATIONS

Hiroshi Akiba, Kwan-Liu Ma, "An Interactive Interface for Visualizing Time-Varying Multivariate Volume Data", In Proceedings of The Joint Eurographics-IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization 2007, pp115-122.

Hiroshi Akiba, Kwan-Liu Ma, "Visualizing Multivariate Volume Data from Turbulent Combustion Simulations", In IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, March/April 2007, Volume 9, Number 2, pp76-83.

Hiroshi Akiba, Nathaniel Fout, Kwan-Liu Ma, "Simultaneous Classification of Time-Varying Volume Data Based on the Time Histogram", In Proceedings of The Joint Eurographics-IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization 2006, pp171-178.

Kwan-Liu Ma, Eric B Lum, Hongfeng Yu, Hiroshi Akiba, Min-Yu Huang, Yue Wang, Greg Schussman,"Scientific Discovery through Advanced Visualization", In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 16, pp491-500, 2005.

Hiroshi Akiba, Kwan-Liu Ma, John Clyne, "End-to-End Data Reduction and Hardware Accelerated Rendering Techniques for Visualizing Time-Varying Non-uniform Grid Volume Data", In Proceedings of International Workshop on Volume Graphics 2005, pp31-39.

Nathaniel Fout. Hiroshi Akiba. Kwan-Liu Ma. Aaron E. Lefohn, Joe Kniss, "High Quality Rendering of Compressed Volume Data Formats", In Proceedings of The Joint Eurographics-IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization 2005, pp77-84.

references

Kwan-Liu Ma, Ph.D. **@**.*******.***

Department of Computer Science, University of California.

One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 530-***-****

Mariappan Nadar *********.*****@*******.***

Imaging and Visualization Department, Siemens Corporate Research (SCR)

755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540 609-***-****

John Clyne *****@****.***

Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305 303-***-****

Yuichi Ohta, Ph.D. ****@***.*******.**.**

Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba

1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8573 +81-29-853-****

E-Mail: hakiba At ucdavis.edu

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