Chandrajit Bajaj
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Chandrajit Bajaj is an American computer scientist
. He is a Professor of Computer science
at the University of Texas at Austin
holding the Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization and is the is the director of the Computational Visualization Center, in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
(ICES).
and obtained his Bachelor Tech degree in 1980. From there he went on to Cornell University
, where he obtained his Masters and PhD in Computer Science, in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He held a faculty position in computer science at Purdue University
from 1984–1997, a visiting assistant professorship in Computer Sciences at Cornell University from 1990-1991, and was the Director of the Image Analysis and Visualization Center at Purdue University from 1996-1997. Since 1997, he has been a professor of Computer Sciences, the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair of Visualization, and the director of the Computational Visualization Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Bajaj's research has been in the fields of computational biology
, geometric modeling
, image processing, computational geometry
, computer graphics
, compression, mesh generation
, scientific computation
, and visualization
.
Bajaj is a current Editorial Board member for the ACM Computing Surveys, the International Journal on Computational Geometry and Applications , and the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences . He has been an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Graphics . Bajaj served as the conference program chair or co-chair for the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry
in 2002 and the SIAM Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling in 2011.
(2009) and the American Association of the Advancement of Sciences (2008). His research has been awarded the Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty Award in 2011.
Several of his publications have been selected for best paper awards including Computer Aided Design and the 2010 Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling.
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
. He is a Professor of Computer science
Computer Sciences
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at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
holding the Computational Applied Mathematics Chair in Visualization and is the is the director of the Computational Visualization Center, in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
The Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences was created at the University of Texas at Austin to provide the infrastructure and intellectual leadership for strong interdisciplinary programs in computational engineering and sciences....
(ICES).
Career
Dr. Bajaj studied Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology DelhiIndian Institute of Technology Delhi
The Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi , commonly known as IIT Delhi or IITD, is a college of engineering in Delhi, India...
and obtained his Bachelor Tech degree in 1980. From there he went on to Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, where he obtained his Masters and PhD in Computer Science, in 1983 and 1984, respectively. He held a faculty position in computer science at Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
from 1984–1997, a visiting assistant professorship in Computer Sciences at Cornell University from 1990-1991, and was the Director of the Image Analysis and Visualization Center at Purdue University from 1996-1997. Since 1997, he has been a professor of Computer Sciences, the Computational and Applied Mathematics Chair of Visualization, and the director of the Computational Visualization Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Bajaj's research has been in the fields of computational biology
Computational biology
Computational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems...
, geometric modeling
Geometric modeling
Geometric modeling is a branch of applied mathematics and computational geometry that studies methods and algorithms for the mathematical description of shapes....
, image processing, computational geometry
Computational geometry
Computational geometry is a branch of computer science devoted to the study of algorithms which can be stated in terms of geometry. Some purely geometrical problems arise out of the study of computational geometric algorithms, and such problems are also considered to be part of computational...
, computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
, compression, mesh generation
Mesh generation
Mesh generation is the practice of generating a polygonal or polyhedral mesh that approximates a geometric domain. The term "grid generation" is often used interchangeably. Typical uses are for rendering to a computer screen or for physical simulation such as finite element analysis or...
, scientific computation
Computational science
Computational science is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and quantitative analysis techniques and using computers to analyze and solve scientific problems...
, and visualization
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
.
Bajaj is a current Editorial Board member for the ACM Computing Surveys, the International Journal on Computational Geometry and Applications , and the SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences . He has been an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Graphics . Bajaj served as the conference program chair or co-chair for the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry
Symposium on Computational Geometry
The Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry is an academic conference in computational geometry. It was founded in 1985, and in most but not all of its years it has been sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's SIGACT and SIGGRAPH special interest groups.A 2010 assessment of...
in 2002 and the SIAM Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling in 2011.
Awards
Bajaj has been selected as a fellow of the Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(2009) and the American Association of the Advancement of Sciences (2008). His research has been awarded the Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty Award in 2011.
Several of his publications have been selected for best paper awards including Computer Aided Design and the 2010 Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling.