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Professor of Visualization Sciences Department of Architecture Texas A&M University |
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Professor of Visualization Sciences Department of Architecture Texas A&M University |
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At Texas A&M , in the College of Architecture , Dr. House is a stranger in a strange land. He is a born and bred Yankee (New York and New England), a Computer Scientist ( UMass ), and was a small liberal arts college teacher ( Williams College ), as well as being a Baha'i in this decidedly Christian corner of the world. Tricked into going to Texas when he made a wrong turn in Nashville (where he would be today if he could play guitar), he found the Visualization Laboratory and was lured into staying.
From 1992 to 2002 Dr. House coordinated graduate studies at the Viz Lab. During this period he focused largely on developing the curriuculm in Visualization Sciences, a multi-disciplinary course of study that explores all aspects of electronic image making, from the technical to the artistic.
In his research, he has explored many aspects of the fields of computer graphics and visual perception. His current research thrust is investigating "human in the loop" methods for the perceptual optimization of visualizations. He is best know for his work in the area of physically based modeling, championing interacting-particle approaches to the simulation of cloth and drapery and other flexible materials. He and David Breen recently compiled the book Cloth Modeling and Animation. In the past year he completed work with meterology and planetarium faculty, and some very excellent graduate students on producing an educational planetarium show, Enlightning Lightning! Early in his academic career, House was known as an authority on brain mechanisms for depth vision in anuran amphibians (frogs and toads). He has since confined these abberant tendencies to developing a 3D graphics system called Jabka, whose name in Russian is roughly translated as toady.
His wife Lynette is an accomplished artist. They have two children, Ian who is a software engineer in New Hampshire, and Felice who is a painter in Texas. Ian is married to Gina House and they have two boys, Timmy and Ben. Dr. House loves being a grandpa and misses being near the boys.
For fun he is struggling to learn some Spanish, is an avid swimmer,
and enjoys art, biking, sailing and skiing.
