CONTACT
marcianx AT gmail.comLook me up in the UF Phonebook for the latest contact info
ASHISH MYLES
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, presently
Masters of Science in Computer Engineering, August 2004
Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering, May 2002
Minor in Mathematics
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
GPA 4.0/4.0
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
Ashish Myles, Kestutis Karciauskas, and Jörg Peters. Pairs of Bi-Cubic Surface Constructions Supporting Polar Connectivity. Computer Aided Geometric Design, accepted.
Ashish Myles and Jörg Peters. Threading Splines Through 3D Channels. Computer Aided Design, 37(2):139-148, Feb 2005. [PDF]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Journal Papers
(presenter underlined)Ashish Myles, Tianyun Ni, and Jörg Peters. Fast Parallel Construction of Smooth Surfaces from Meshes with Tri/Quad/Pent Facets, Symposium on Geometry Processing, pages xx-xx, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jul 2-4, 2008. (Proceedings in Computer Graphics Forum) [PDF]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
(presenter underlined)Tianyun Ni, Young In Yeo, Ashish Myles, Vineet Goel, and Jörg Peters. Smooth Surfaces from 4-Sided Facets, IEEE International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications, Stony Brook, New York, Jun 4-6, 2008. [PDF]
Ashish Myles, Young In Yeo, and Jörg Peters. GPU Conversion of Quad Meshes to Smooth Surfaces, ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium, Stony Brook, New York, Jun 2-4, 2008. [PDF]
Ashish Myles, Kestutis Karciauskas, and Jörg Peters. Extending Catmull-Clark Subdivision and PCCM with Polar Structures, Pacific Graphics, pages 313-320, Maui, Hawaii, Oct 29-Nov 02, 2007. [PDF] [Presentation PDF]
Kestutis Karciauskas, Ashish Myles, and Jörg Peters. A C2 Polar Jet Subdivision, Symposium on Geometry Processing, pages 173-180, Sardinia, Italy, Jun 26-28, 2006. [PDF]
Ashish Myles and Jörg Peters. Fast Safe Spline Surrogates for Point Clouds, 3rd International Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission, pages 631-638, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Jun 14-16, 2006. [PDF]
Ashish Myles, Niels da Vitoria Lobo, and Mubarak Shah. Wheelchair Detection in a Calibrated Environment, 5th Asian Conference on Computer Vision, Melbourne, Australia, Jan 23-25, 2002. [PDF]
Abstract-Reviewed Conferences
(presenter underlined)Sukitti Punak, Minho Kim, Ashish Myles, Juan Cendan, Sergei Kurenov, Jörg Peters. Fatty Tissue in a Haptic Illustration Environment, 16th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, pages 384-386, Long Beach, California, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2008.
WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Intern, ATI, Orlando May 2005 - Aug 2005
- Formulated and implemented techniques to support real-time morphing subdivision surfaces on the X-Box 360 GPU.
Administrator and Software Engineer, DigiScribe Services, Gainesville Jan 2005 - present
- Implemented software catalog of transcription in a searchable database with a multi-user web-based interface.
Teaching Assistant, University of Florida Aug 02 - Dec 03, Aug 04 - Dec 05, Jan 08 - May 08
- Taught Graphics, Data Structures and Algorithms, and AutoCAD for architecture majors.
Lab Consultant, University of Florida Aug 2003 - May 2005
- Provided user support in Windows NT, Solaris, and Linux environments; troubleshot various software issues.
Part-Time Faculty, National Technological University Aug 03 - Sep 03, Mar 04 - Jul 04, Oct 06 - Dec 06, May 07 - Jul 07
- Reorganized course material; taught Advanced Data Structures; and Formal Methods in Software Engineering.
Software Developer Intern, International Carbon Bank Exchange Aug 00 - Nov 00
- Created user-friendly software implementing pollution trends, and pollution reduction planning, and other issues.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming: C/C++, Java, Ruby, PHP, SQL, HTML, Javascript, CGI, Python, Perl, Lisp, Shell scripts, Matlab, Maple
API and Application Software: Ruby on Rails, Java/Swing, C++ Standard Template Library, TCP Sockets, OpenGL, Oracle, MySQL
Low-Level/Hardware-Related: VHDL, PSpice, Maxplus II, HC11 Assembly, MIPS Assembly
Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/XP, MS-DOS, Unix, Solaris, Linux (SuSE, Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian), Minix, MacOS X
AWARDS AND HONORS
2007 Student Travel Grant from CISE, University of Florida
2003 and 2004 NSF Fellowship Scholarship Honorable Mention
2002 University Four-Year Scholar at the University of Florida
2002 Computer Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Award Honorable Mention
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND POSITIONS HELD
Tau Beta Pi
- K-12 Initiative Coordinator, Fall 2007
- Webmaster, Spring 2006 (most active officer), Fall 2006, Spring 2007
- Active member since Spring 2005 (most active member, Fall 2005)
Engineering Bowl (University of Florida Engineering Week) Technical Lead, Spring 2006, 2007, 2008
SECME Elementary/Middle School Coordinator, Spring 2006, 2007