Brandon Michael Smith
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1210 West Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53705
bmsmith@cs.wisc.edu
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~bmsmith
Education
M.S. in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2009
B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2007
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2007
Educational Goal
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (started August 2007)
Experiences
January 2008 – present — Research Assistant, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. I currently work with Prof. Li Zhang in the area of computer vision, and more specifically multiple-view stereo.
Summer 2009 — Intern, Advanced Technology Labs, Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA. I am currently working with Hailin Jin on interactive image-based modeling of curved surfaces.
August 2007 – December 2007 — Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. I held weekly lab hours for CS 367, an undergraduate course on data structures and algorithms. Other responsibilities included grading programming and homework assignments and tests.
August 2005 – May 2007 — Undergraduate Researcher, Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences (UCARE)/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Computer Sciences and Engineering Department. I collaborated with Dr. Stephen Reichenbach and his research group on the development of the Java-based GC Image software application, which is used for visualizing, processing, analyzing, and reporting on images produces in two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC). Specifically, I developed user interactivity features for the 3D visualization of GCxGC data. I also developed colorization techniques to illuminate features in large GCxGC datasets.
Summer 2006 — Intern, Electronic Systems Integration Laboratory, The Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO. I developed test bench motherboards using Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) and created low-level C programs for testing motherboard components.
Summer 2005 — Intern, Sandia Institute for Modeling and Simulation, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA. I collaborated with Dr. Rose Tsang and her team in the development of the U.S. Borders Software Application, which simulates traffic flow at key points on the U.S. borders. I studied radiation detection technology and created a Java-based software model of radiation-detecting portals.
August 2004 – May 2005 — Undergraduate Researcher, Undergraduate Creative Activities & Research Experiences (UCARE)/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Computer Science and Engineering Department. I studied energy-efficiency-optimizing schemes for large, heterogeneous hard drive arrays and modified a hard drive simulator to include energy consumption data.
Summer 2004 — Intern, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Scientific Applications and Visualization Group (SAVG), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO. I studied 3D immersive scientific visualization, developed UNIX-style commands for generating and modifying 3D geometric data, and created various 3D visualizations.
Spring 2003 — Volunteer High School Tutor, Classic Upward Bound, Lincoln, NE. I tutored high school students in math and science after school two days a week.
Publications, Presentations, and Projects
Brandon M. Smith, Li Zhang, Hailin Jin, Aseem Agarwala. Light Field Video Stabilization. International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Kyoto, Japan. September/October 2009. [Coming soon]
Brandon M. Smith, Li Zhang, Hailin Jin. Stereo Matching with Nonparametric Smoothness Priors in Feature Space. IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Miami, FL. June 2009.
Brandon M. Smith, David G. Stork, Li Zhang. Three-dimensional reconstruction from multiple reflected views within a realist painting: An application to Scott Fraser’s “Three way vanitas.” 21st Annual IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging, San Jose, CA. January 2009.
Brandon M. Smith, Stephen Reichenbach (faculty sponsor). Comprehensive 2D Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCxGC-MS) 3D Colorization. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Honors Program thesis and Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences (UCARE) project, Lincoln, NE. April 2007.
Brandon M. Smith, Rose P. Tsang. Radiation Portal Sensors: A Software-Based Model for the Borders Application. Intern Poster Symposium, Sandia National Laboratory. Livermore, CA. August 2005.
Brandon M. Smith, Adele Peskin. A Set of Tools for Manipulating Scientific Applications and Visualization Group (SAVG) Files. National Institute of Standards and Technology—internal publication and oral presentation. Boulder, CO. August 2004.
Software Skills
C/C++, MATLAB, Java/Java3D, VHDL, GAMS, OpenGL (some).
Organizations
Chairperson of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), which is the main student organization for the Computer Science and Engineering Department, during Spring 2007; secretary during 2005 and 2006
Member of the UNL student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Undergraduate representative on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Computer Science and Engineering Department Academic Appeals Committee, 2005 and 2006
Honors
Recipient of a three-year 2009 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF)
Recipient of a summer graduate research fellowship to study multiple-view stereo for 3D scene reconstruction, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Named to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering and Technology Dean’s List every undergraduate semester
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Honors Program graduate, Spring 2007