Professor
Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Department of Computer Science
College of Computing and Informatics
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office : 3675 Market Street, Room 1177
I am affiliated with the
Metadata Research Center
and the Center for Biological Discovery from Big Data.
I collaborate with four research teams:
I am the Program Co-Chair for the
2023 8th International Conference on Biomedical Signal and Image Processing.
Geometry is the technical thread that runs through most of my research.
This may include geometric computation, geometric modeling,
and geometric analysis.
Since I am fascinated by living systems and how they develop, I have worked
extensively with biologists, biomedical engineers and physicians.
This interest has led to my research efforts in
geometric
biomedical computing. This is a research area that lies at the intersection
of biology, medicine, engineering and computer science, and one that
develops algorithms
and software to solve geometry-related computing problems for a
variety of biomedical applications.
I am intrigued by the dynamic processes that aggregate small-scale, local
interactions to produce large-scale, self-organizing macroscopic behavior
and structures.
I have also returned to my technical roots (cloth modeling)
by getting involved with the research at the
Center for Functional Fabrics.
I am currently involved in seven research projects:
Here is an overview of
my research activities/expertise.
My research is funded by
the National Science Foundation.
Office # :
Dept. # :
FAX # : (215) 895-0545
david AT cs.drexel.edu
News
My PhD student Levi Kapplani Maharaj and others have published a paper on
generating yarn topology graphs for knitted fabrics.
My PhD student Joel Pepper has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research
Fellowship and
received the best student
paper award at the 2021 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries!
I am guest co-editing (along with
Jim McCann of CMU and
Mariana Popescu
of ETH) a special issue of the journal
Computer
Aided Design
on
Computational
Modeling, Design and Fabrication for Textiles.
My former MS student Rafael Campos has
been profiled on the CCI web site.
I was part of the Drexel team that was awarded one of the
National
Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation!
Called AFFOA, the institute focuses on advanced fibers and textiles and is
led by MIT.
Go here
for more information.
AFFOA and the State of Pennsylvania have established a Fabric Discovery
Center at Drexel.
Here
is a story that describes the research being conducted at the
Center for Functional
Fabrics.
Check out
"Level
Set Morphing Goes to Hollywood!"
Enjoy some
"math humor"!
I am currently on the Program Committee of
the
2023
Asia Symposium on Image Processing and
the
2023 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine.
Teaching
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Research Interests
Having studied physics as an undergraduate, physics-based modeling
also is a frequent theme in my research, which can be seen in my
energy-based optimization and simulation work.
I am helping to develop computational technologies
needed for the design of advanced textiles.
Current Research
Geometric Biomedical Computing
Cloth Modeling and Design
Deformable Models and Segmentation
Geometric Modeling
Completed Research
Large Data Visualization
Augmented Reality
Computer Animation
Publications List
Selected Ray-Traced Images
My book,
Cloth Modeling and Animation,
(co-edited with
Donald House) is
available from CRC Press!
Current Students
Former Drexel Students
Conference Information
Personal Links
Last modified on May 15, 2023.