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ERGUN AKLEMAN Prof. Dr. Visualization Sciences Program Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University |
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I am a professional cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist who has published more than 500 cartoons, illustrations and caricatures. I am also a computer graphics researcher who has a background in Electronic and Computer Engineering. I received my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.In the Visualization Sciences program, I teach a wide variety of topics in covering both artistic and scientific aspects of computer graphics. The topics I usually teach include computer animation, 3D modeling, rendering, visual storytelling, image based lighting and compositing. All my courses are interdisciplinary by nature. I combine a studio approach with lectures. In my art and design courses, students also learn mathematics. In my technical computer graphics courses that are usually heavy in computer science and mathematics, students also learn aesthetics aspects of the subject.
My most significant and influential contributions as a researcher have been in shape modeling and computer aided sculpting. My work on a topological mesh modeling. has resulted a powerful manifold mesh modeling system, called TopMod. By using TopMod, high genus manifold shapes can easily be constructed. I also have a significant body of work in subdivision modeling and implicit modeling. My future research goals include finding new ways for physical construction of large scale complicated shapes.
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My research work is also interdisciplinary, usually motivated by aesthetic concerns. I have published extensively in the areas of shape modeling, image synthesis, artistic depiction, image based lighting, texture and tiles, computer aided caricature, electrical engineering and computer aided architecture.