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Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center
4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alyn Rockwood

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center

Ph.D. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1986

M.S. Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, 1973

B.S., Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, 1971

Research Interests

  • Computer aided geometric design
  • Geometric algebra
  • Industrial design
  • Numerical algorithms

Selected Publications

  • Rockwood, Alyn, "The Design of Implicit Functions for Computer Graphics, Handbook of Geometric Computing Applications in Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Neuralcomputing, and Robotics" (Ed.) Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2005.
  • Norton, Alan and, A. Rockwood, "Using wavelet compression to enable view-dependent progressive volume visualization on the grid", IEEE Computer Graphics and Its Applications, Special issue on the Grid, March 2003.
  • Mann S. and Rockwood A., "Computing the Index of a 3D Singularity with Geometric Algebra", IEEE Visualization 2002 Conference. IEEE Computer Society, Oct 2002.
  • T. Varady, P. BenkO, G. Kos and A. Rockwood, "Implicit surfaces revisited - I-patches", Computing, 14, pp 323-335, 2001.
  • Rockwood A. and Binderwala S., "A toy vector field based on geometric algebra", Proc. Appl. Geo. Alg. in Comp. Sci. and Eng. AGACSE2001, Cambridge, U.K., July 2001.