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Ulrich Neumann

Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

  • 1990, Master's Degree, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1979, Master's Degree, Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • 1976, Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Doctoral Degree, Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biography

Dr. Ulrich Neumann is a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California. He earned an MSEE from SUNY at Buffalo in 1980 and his computer science Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 where his focus was on parallel algorithms for interactive volume-visualization. His research relates to video visualization, interactive media, tracking for augmented reality, and human facial modeling, rendering, and animation.

Dr. Neumann is the former (2000-2004) Director of the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), an NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC), and he directs the Computer Graphics and Immersive Technologies (CGIT) Laboratory at USC. Prior to his academic career, he designed multiprocessor graphics and DSP systems, cofounded a video game corporation, and independently developed and licensed electronic products.

Prof. Neumann is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award (1995) and the USC Northrop Grumman Junior Faculty Research Award (1999). He is a member of the ACM, Siggraph, and the IEEE Computing Society.

Research Summary

Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Data Visualization, 3D Modeling, Tracking, Augmented Reality

Awards

  • 2002 USC Charles Lee Powell Chair in CS and EE
  • 1999 USC / Northrop Grumman Jr. Faculty Research Award
  • 1995 NSF Career Award
Appointments
  • Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
  • Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
  • PHE 402
  • Charles Lee Powell Hall
  • 3737 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089
  • USC Mail Code: 274
Contact Information
  • (213) 740-4489
  • uneumann@pollux.usc.edu
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