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Rudrajit Samanta

RESEARCH INTERESTS
	Graphics performance, parallel rendering, large-scale displays, and cluster computing.
Education
	1997 - 2001 Princeton University Princeton, NJ n Ph.D. in Computer Science (expected summer 2001) n Thesis topic: Parallel Rendering on PC Clusters 1995 - 1997 Princeton University Princeton, NJ n M.A. in Computer Science 1992 - 1995 Bates College Lewiston, ME n B.S. in Mathematics and Physics n Secondary concentration in Computer Science n Summa Cum Laude, 2^nd in graduating class
publications
	Parallel Rendering with K-Way Replication Rudrajit Samanta, Thomas Funkhouser, and Kai Li. Submitted for publication. Hybrid Sort-First and Sort-Last Parallel Rendering with a Cluster of PCs Rudrajit Samanta, Thomas Funkhouser, Kai Li, and Jaswinder Pal Singh. SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware, Interlaken, Switzerland - August, 2000. Sort-First Parallel Rendering with a Cluster of PCs Rudrajit Samanta, Thomas Funkhouser, Kai Li, and Jaswinder Pal Singh. Technical Sketch at SIGGRAPH 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana - July 2000. Early Experiences and Challenges in Building and Using A Scalable Display Wall System Kai Li, Han Chen, Yuqun Chen, Douglas W. Clark, Perry Cook, Stefanos Damianakis, Georg Essl, Adam Finkelstein, Thomas Funkhouser, Allison Klein, Zhiyan Liu, Emil Praun, Rudrajit Samanta, Ben Shedd, Jaswinder Pal Singh, George Tzanetakis and Jiannan Zheng. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol 20(4), pp 671-680, 2000. Load Balancing for Multi-Projector Rendering Systems Rudrajit Samanta, Jiannan Zheng, Thomas Funkhouser, Kai Li, and Jaswinder Pal Singh. SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware, Los Angeles, California - August 1999. Dynamic Algorithms for Sorting Primitives Among Screen-Space Tiles in a Parallel Rendering System Rudrajit Samanta and Thomas A. Funkhouser. Technical Report, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, October 1998. Home-based SVM protocols for SMP clusters: Design, Simulations, Implementation and Performance Rudrajit Samanta, Angelos Bilas, Liviu Iftode, and Jaswinder Pal Singh. HPCA-4, Las Vegas, Nevada - February 1-4, 1998. Supporting a coherent shared address space across SMP nodes: An application-driven investigation Angelos Bilas, Liviu Iftode, Rudrajit Samanta, and Jaswinder Pal Singh. IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Volume 105, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.
RESEARCH experience
	1998 - 2001 Princeton University Princeton, NJ Research Assistant for Professor Thomas Funkhouser n Researched various issues in high-performance parallel graphics systems n Specific focus on parallel rendering on a PC cluster n Designed, implemented and evaluated various parallel rendering systems 1998 - 2001 Princeton University Princeton, NJ Member of DisplayWall Project n Designed OpenGL emulation DLL that allows OpenGL application binaries to run unmodified on the Princeton multi-projector DisplayWall n Involved in numerous technology demonstration projects such as a speech interface and VLSI circuit visualization on the DisplayWall 1996 - 1997 Princeton University Princeton, NJ Research Assistant for Professor Jaswinder Pal Singh n Researched software shared memory techniques for a cluster of PCs n Implemented and evaluated a SVM protocol optimized for a cluster of SMP nodes
WORK experience
	1997 Summer COMPAQ Western Research Lab Palo Alto, CA Summer Internship n Explored issues in implementing the VMMC-II networking API and firmware for Myrinet Network Interface on the Alpha architecture 1995 - 1996 Princeton University Princeton, NJ Teaching Assistant for COS 126, COS 226 and COS 318 n Instructed a group of 20-25 students each week n Graded assignments and assisted students with coursework and projects 1993 - 1995 Bates College Lewiston, ME Network Installer and Technical Assistant n Helped install a campus-wide networking system to connect student dormitories n Installed and maintained software and hardware for various computer labs around camps
Awards received
	n Percy D. Wilkins Mathematics Award 1995 n Sigma Xi 1995 (Scientific Research Society) n Phi Beta Kappa 1995 (Academic Honor Society) n Charles A. Dana Scholar 1993 n Dean's list every semester at Bates College
References
	Thomas Funkhouser Department of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 funk@cs.princeton.edu Kai Li Department of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 li@cs.princeton.edu Jaswinder Pal Singh Department of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 jps@cs.princeton.edu Adam Finkelstein Department of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 af@cs.princeton.edu