Russ Andersson --- Curriculum Vitae

Russell L. Andersson

Skill Base

Application areas: 3-D and real-time computer vision; visual effects; broadcast, multimedia, game, and 3-D graphics; extensible interactive Windows graphics applications; advanced linear analysis; motion capture, planning and control for robotic or virtual systems; compilers; real-time, embedded, and distributed systems.

Languages and Environments: very deep C++ and Windows SDK; DirectX; AWK; YACC; Assemblies incl. x86 MMX/SSE, MIPS. Internet: HTML, CGI, Perl, Java, Javascript. Linux/UNIX incl. sys-admin. MacOS. Standard Microsoft tools: Visual Studio, Visual Source Safe, SQL; Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint.

Hardware Design: general, special-purpose, and VLIW processors; video cameras from scratch; sensor, encoder, and motor-driver interfaces; printed-circuit boards; field-programmable gate arrays esp. Xilinx; VLSI incl. full custom.

Work Experience

O   Intellifit (formerly Made4Me), Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia), PA. Developed advanced programmable 2-D apparel pattern-generation software for automated made-to-measure clothing, and statistical measurement analysis tools to improve off-the-rack fit experience for customers such as David's Bridal and Charming Shoppes' Catherines line. Manage servers, network, Windows sysadmin.

O   Autonomous Effects, Mountain View, CA. Director, Vision Effects. Author of world-class software for integrating live-action and computer-generated effects, as a plugin suite for Discreet's 3ds max. Features a no-measurement camera match-move solution that, combined with an effective user interface, permits very rapid tracking, even on-set as a production is shot. Developed software for real-time image processing of sports events for broadcast applications. Developed robotic and virtual reality systems with a sense of ``presence,'' using visual sensing technology on PC platforms. Also wrote several commercial plug-ins for MetaCreations's Ray Dream Studio 3-D graphics package: hair/fur, bones, morph, lipsync.

O   AT&T BELL LABORATORIES, Holmdel, NJ. Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Interactive Computing Systems Research Department. Research on real time systems, including both computer vision and robot control, emphasizing simultaneous system, software, and hardware design for high performance. Member then Chair, Advisory Council on Research, reporting to VP of Research.

Originator and technical leader of prototype of low-cost consumer device (BULLSEYE) with 100M$+ market, integrating color CCD camera and real-time image processor for 3-D user interface to video entertainment systems.
BULLSEYE prototypes fielded in two attractions at EPCOT: Communications Breakthrough and Virtual Keyboard. Attraction concept and implementation experience, for these and other proposed attractions, such as the Olympics.
Home Image Processor - multimedia vision/graphics processor analogous to a home stereo, emphasizing image interpretation and manipulation. With predecessor system, investigated real-time people-tracking systems for videoconferencing etc.
Virtual baseball. High-end arcade batting cage with real bat, synthetic balls. Real-time stereo vision. Pitching training. 3-D model creation for broadcast virtual reality. Other sports applications too.
JIFFE Very Long Instruction Word robot control processor, including full optimizing C compiler.
Robot ping-pong player, including full-custom moment generator integrated circuit.

Education

O   UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA. Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Computer and Information Science. Dissertation: ``Real Time Expert System to Control a Robot Ping-Pong Player.'' Advisor: Professor Richard P. Paul. Received ``Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Award'' for a dissertation which has resulted in, or could lead to, innovative applications of computer technology.

O   UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Master of Science in Engineering in the Department of Computer and Information Science. Master's Thesis: ``Playing it by Ear: An Intelligent Sonar Guided Robot.'' Advisor: Professor Ruzena K. Bajcsy.

O   UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List. A. Atwater Kent Prize in Electrical Engineering. Senior project: SIMD parallel processor with high level language programming. Member (then vice president) Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Vitae condensed for web publication. See separate publication list..

O	Intellifit (formerly Made4Me), Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia), PA. Developed advanced programmable 2-D apparel pattern-generation software for automated made-to-measure clothing, and statistical measurement analysis tools to improve off-the-rack fit experience for customers such as David's Bridal and Charming Shoppes' Catherines line. Manage servers, network, Windows sysadmin.
O	Autonomous Effects, Mountain View, CA. Director, Vision Effects. Author of world-class software for integrating live-action and computer-generated effects, as a plugin suite for Discreet's 3ds max. Features a no-measurement camera match-move solution that, combined with an effective user interface, permits very rapid tracking, even on-set as a production is shot. Developed software for real-time image processing of sports events for broadcast applications. Developed robotic and virtual reality systems with a sense of ``presence,'' using visual sensing technology on PC platforms. Also wrote several commercial plug-ins for MetaCreations's Ray Dream Studio 3-D graphics package: hair/fur, bones, morph, lipsync.
O	AT&T BELL LABORATORIES, Holmdel, NJ. Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Interactive Computing Systems Research Department. Research on real time systems, including both computer vision and robot control, emphasizing simultaneous system, software, and hardware design for high performance. Member then Chair, Advisory Council on Research, reporting to VP of Research. Originator and technical leader of prototype of low-cost consumer device (BULLSEYE) with 100M$+ market, integrating color CCD camera and real-time image processor for 3-D user interface to video entertainment systems. BULLSEYE prototypes fielded in two attractions at EPCOT: Communications Breakthrough and Virtual Keyboard. Attraction concept and implementation experience, for these and other proposed attractions, such as the Olympics. Home Image Processor - multimedia vision/graphics processor analogous to a home stereo, emphasizing image interpretation and manipulation. With predecessor system, investigated real-time people-tracking systems for videoconferencing etc. Virtual baseball. High-end arcade batting cage with real bat, synthetic balls. Real-time stereo vision. Pitching training. 3-D model creation for broadcast virtual reality. Other sports applications too. JIFFE Very Long Instruction Word robot control processor, including full optimizing C compiler. Robot ping-pong player, including full-custom moment generator integrated circuit.

O	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA. Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Computer and Information Science. Dissertation: ``Real Time Expert System to Control a Robot Ping-Pong Player.'' Advisor: Professor Richard P. Paul. Received ``Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Award'' for a dissertation which has resulted in, or could lead to, innovative applications of computer technology.
O	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Master of Science in Engineering in the Department of Computer and Information Science. Master's Thesis: ``Playing it by Ear: An Intelligent Sonar Guided Robot.'' Advisor: Professor Ruzena K. Bajcsy.
O	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List. A. Atwater Kent Prize in Electrical Engineering. Senior project: SIMD parallel processor with high level language programming. Member (then vice president) Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Mu Epsilon.