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Ilya Eckstein   Curriculum Vitae

Phone: 213-210-3187 Email: ilyaeck@gmail.com URL:    www.cs.caltech.edu/~ilyaeck/proff.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Keywords: computer graphics, geometry processing, computational geometry, image/video processing, medical imaging, computational anatomy, computer vision, navigation / localization, 3D, 4D, multimedia compression, optimization, graph problems, GIS, GPS, OCR, MPEG/H.264, C++/C, Java, J2ME, Matlab, STL, UML, OpenGL, OpenCV, VRML, VTK, XML, XSL, Perl, Ajax, MFC, Eclipse, …

Education: 

PhD Computer Science	University of Southern California Dissertation: Correspondence-Based Analysis of 3D Deformable Shapes: Methods and Applications Advisors: Mathieu Desbrun, C.-C. Jay Kuo	September  2007
MSc Computer Science	Technion, Israel Dissertation: Constrained Parametrization of Triangle Meshes Advisor: Craig Gotsman	May 2001
BA Computer Science	Technion, Israel Graduated cum laude	October 1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experience:

Industry

Academia

2002 - 2003: Telmap Ltd. (start up) Senior software engineer Spearheaded research, design and development (full cycle) of real time car navigation solutions, such as scalable routing in worldwide road networks (server-side, C++) and on-board localization / navigation (mobile devices, Java).   2001: Estimotion Ltd. (start up) Algorithm developer Real-time graph algorithms and GIS data mining. Research, algorithm design and software development (C++).     1997: Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd. (start up) C programmer Image processing (OCR) algorithms for real time embedded systems.

2007 – present: Lab. of Neuro-Imaging, UCLA Postdoctoral researcher Brain Mapping, medical image analysis. 2003 - 2007: Integrated Media Systems Center, USC & Applied Geometry Group, Caltech Research assistant Multimedia compression (space/time), geometric optimization, 3D shape matching (non-rigid registration), medical image analysis, virtual surgery, deformable models simulation, robotic navigation, …    2004 - 2007: CS Department, USC 1998 - 2000: CS Department, Technion Teaching assistant Computer Graphics, Compilation Theory, Graph Algorithms, Operating Systems, …   1998 - 2001: CS Department, Technion Research assistant - Parametrization and texture mapping. - Virtual Reality

 

Professional Skills:

q       Total experience: 10 years.

q       Programming Languages:

o        C++/C, Java /J2ME, Matlab, Perl, Javascript, HTML, SQL, Ajax, LISP, …

• Libraries and APIs: STL, OPENGL, GLUT, VTK, OPENCV, Boost, etc.

 

q       Major Independent R&D Projects:       

• Multiresolution Framework for Discrete Surface Evolution.
• Shape matching, non-linear optimization.
• Fiber tract reconstruction from brain images.
• Diffusion tensor imaging, geometric template matching.
• Compression Pipeline for Time-Varying Isosurfaces.
• Adapted the MPEG/H.264 approach from video to dynamic 3D content.
• Interactive Texture Mapping (in collaboration).
• Provably robust constrained mesh parametrization and image warping.
• Mapless Robot Localization in Virtual Environments (in collaboration).
• Vision-based localization, SIFT, Bayes (Kalman) filtering.
• ANIMORPH – Controls for Combined Shape / Motion Editing (in collaboration).
• Character animation, signal processing for motion capture.

Selected Publications (see web page for the full list):

q       I. Eckstein, D. Shattuck, J. Stein, P.M. Thompson, A.W. Toga et al. Active Fibers: Matching Deformable Tract Templates to Diffusion Tensor Images. NeuroImage, to appear.

q       I. Eckstein, J. P. Pons, Y. Tong, C.-C. Jay Kuo and M. Desbrun. Generalized Surface Flows for Mesh Processing. Symposium on Geometry Processing 2007.

q       I. Eckstein, A. A. Joshi, C.-C. Jay Kuo, R. Leahy, M. Desbrun. Generalized Surface Flows for Deformable Registration and Cortical Matching. MICCAI 2007 (oral presentation).

q       I. Eckstein, Y. Tong, C.-C. Jay Kuo and M. Desbrun. Volume-Controlled Surface Fairing. In ACM SIGGRAPH Technical Sketches, 2007.

q       I. Eckstein, M. Desbrun and C.-C. Jay Kuo. Compression of Time-Varying Isosurfaces. In Graphics Interface 2006.

q       J. Peng, I. Eckstein, C.-C. Jay Kuo, A novel and efficient progressive lossless mesh coder, In ACM SIGGRAPH Technical Sketches, 2006.

q       I. Eckstein, V. Surazhsky and C. Gotsman. Texture Mapping with Hard Constraints. Computer Graphics Forum, September 2001.

Patents (co-inventor):

q       Dynamic Navigation System (US 7,089,110, August 8, 2006)

q       Navigation System Using Corridor Maps (US 6,898,516, May 24, 2005)

q       Template-Based Map Distribution System (US 6,904,360, June 7, 2005)

Professional Interests include, but not limited to:

q       Computational Anatomy, Medical Image Analysis and Virtual Surgery.

q       Geometry Processing, Object Reconstruction/Recognition and Computer Vision.

q       Geometric Information Integration and Data Mining, Image-based Localization, Modeling and Retrieval.

q       Other exciting and/or useful problems.

Personal Strengths/Weaknesses:

q       Ability to work under pressure (adrenaline junkie).

q       Leadership skills and teamwork enthusiasm (it’s not just about the technology).

q       Ability to work independently (self-starter).

Miscellanea:

Languages: English, Russian, Hebrew, French, Italian (partial).

Extracurricular: acting, dance, sports, writing.

 

References:

q       Prof. Mathieu Desbrun

Department of Computer Science

California Institute of Technology

(626) 395-6230

mathieu@cs.caltech.edu

q       Prof. C.-C. Jay Kuo

Signal and Image Processing institute

University of Southern California

(213) 740-4658

cckuo@sipi.usc.edu

q       Babak Kateb, MD

Founder and Executive Director

International Brain Mapping & Intraoperative Surgical Planning Society

bkateb@ibmisps.org

q       Prof. Richard Leahy

Signal and Image Processing institute

University of Southern California

(213) 740 4659

leahy@sipi.usc.edu