In December 2006 I received my B.S. in computer science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I worked in the computer graphics group under Professor John C. Hart. I have since begun a PhD in computer science at Caltech. Before entering college I attended Nishimachi International School in Tokyo, Japan and Boulder High School in Boulder, Colorado. I have worked for the NVIDIA Corporation and for the Department of Space Studies at the Southwest Research Institute.

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What's the point of computer graphics? In the 20th century if you wanted to communicate an idea visually you'd almost unquestionably use a camera. If you disagree, consider the following: newspapers, magazines, television, and movies. The basic problem with a camera is that it can only transform one visual representation into another. In other words, the thing you want to talk about has to be visible already. In the 21st century computers are just as ubiquitous as cameras. The great thing about a computer is that it can communicate any kind of information visually, even the really invisible stuff. The only difficulty now is that you can't rely on the lens, the lighting, and the filters to transform the information for you - that's why you need computer graphics.