Yotam Gingold

Contact

gingold (strudel) cs.nyu.edu
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/~gingold/

phone: 212-998-3473
office: room 1207

NYU Media Research Lab
719 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10003

Interests

geometric modeling, interaction, creative tools, topology for computation, game design, operating systems

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Computer Science Department (2003 - present).
M.Sc. equivalency, Computer Science Department (2005). Qualifying exam topic: Topology for Computation
Advisor: Denis Zorin
New York University

B.Sc. Computer Science & Mathematics (joint degree), December 2002.
Brown University

Publications

• Yotam Gingold and Denis Zorin. "Shading-Based Surface Editing." In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2008, Los Angeles, USA.
• Elif Tosun, Yotam I. Gingold, Jason Reisman, Denis Zorin. "Shape Optimization Using Reflection Lines." In Proceedings of SGP 2007, Barcelona, Spain.
• Yotam I. Gingold, Denis Zorin. "Controlled-Topology Filtering." Computer-Aided Design, Volume 39, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 676-684.
• Yotam I. Gingold, Harry Gingold. "Geometrical Properties of a Family of Compactifications." Balkan Journal of Geometry and Its Applications (BJGA), Volume 12, Number 1, Pages 44-55 (2007).
• Yotam I. Gingold, Philip L. Davidson, Jefferson Y. Han, Denis Zorin. "A Direct Texture Placement and Editing Interface." In Proceedings of UIST 2006, Montreux, Switzerland.
• Eitan Grinspun, Yotam Gingold, Jason Reisman, Denis Zorin. "Computing Discrete Shape Operators on General Meshes." In Proceedings of Eurographics 2006, Vienna, Austria. (3rd-Best Paper Award)
• Yotam I. Gingold. "From Rock, Paper, Scissors to Street Fighter II: Proof By Construction." In Proceedings of Sandbox 2006, Boston, MA. (Best Paper Award)
• Yotam I. Gingold, Denis Zorin. "Controlled-Topology Filtering." In Proceedings of SPM 2006, Cardiff, Wales. (2nd-Best Paper Award)
• Yotam Gingold, Adrian Secord, Jefferson Y. Han, Eitan Grinspun, Denis Zorin. "A Discrete Model for Inelastic Deformation of Thin Shells." Poster presented at SCA 2004; also NYU Computer Science Tech Report.

Experience

• Visiting Researcher, JST ERATO Design UI Project. Mentor: Takeo Igarashi. Summer 2008.
• Research Intern, Adobe Systems. Mentor: David Salesin. Summer 2006.
• Software Engineer & Game Design Intern, gameLab. Summer 2005.
• Teaching Assistant, New York University. Fall 2004, Fall 2007, Spring 2008.
• Researcher, Brown University Computer Graphics Group. Spring 2003.
• Student Researcher, University of Tokyo. Mentor: Takeo Igarashi. Summer 2002.
• Student Researcher, Brown University. Mentor: John F. Hughes. Summer 2002.
• Teaching Assistant, Brown University. Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002.
• Summer Intern, Apple Computer. Summer 2001.

Professional Activities

• Paper Reviewing: ACM SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, ACM Sandbox

Awards

• Harold Grad Memorial Prize 2007-2008
• NYU Dean's Dissertation Fellowship 2008-2009
• Best Paper: Yotam I. Gingold. "From Rock, Paper, Scissors to Street Fighter II: Proof By Construction." In Proceedings of Sandbox 2006, Boston, MA.
• 2nd-Best Paper: Yotam I. Gingold, Denis Zorin. "Controlled-Topology Filtering." In Proceedings of SPM 2006, Cardiff, Wales.
• 3rd-Best Paper: Eitan Grinspun, Yotam Gingold, Jason Reisman, Denis Zorin. "Computing Discrete Shape Operators on General Meshes." In Proceedings of Eurographics 2006, Vienna, Austria.

Last updated October 13th, 2008.