dicksonsp, Urbana Champaign, IL, Software Developer, Web Programmer, Game Development, Technology Expert

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Urbana Champaign, IL | United States

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dicksonsp (ID: 494897)

Computer graphics and visualization research and development

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	Programming & Databases
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Member Since:

October 08, 2004 | 0 quotes in last 30 days | Last Signed in: June 07, 2010

Location:

Champaign, Illinois | United States

Would work on site:

Yes

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Programming & Databases	$0
Game Development	$0
Other - Technology Projects	$0
Programming	$0
Web Programming	$0

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Min. Rate: $60.00 | Min. Budget: $0.00

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Education, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Technology & Internet, Telecommunications

Highlights

I have been a computer graphics programmer in the video and film industry since 1984. I worked in Hollywood for 14 years. I am currently a Visualization Researcher at the National Leadership Computational Facility. I am also pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Most recently, I headed up the software R&D and production effort for the location-based "Mickey's Philharmagic" for the Theme Park Productions division of Walt Disney Imagineering. I worked at the Feature Animation Division for a total of six years.

Skills

Years of Experience:	25 year(s)
Highest degree:	Bachelor's Degree
Software Skills:	C, C++, Perl/Tk, Perl/Sybase, Tcl/Tk, Python/Tk, FlTk, HTML, HTTPD, XML/DOM API, C-SOAP (MySql), Linux, MacOS-X, Csh, Alias/Autodesk Maya, C++ API, MEL, Open Inventor/Coin3D, ImageMagick C++ API, Visualization Toolkit (Vtk) Tcl/C++ API, AVS/Express, Utah/SCIRun C++ API, the Mathematica system for doing mathematics by computer.
Additional Skills:	OpenGL, Silicon Graphics IRIX, Builder Xcessory/ViewKit/X11/Motif, Iris GL, SunOS/Solaris, Pixar Image Computer (CHAPTools, CHAP-IP, CHAP-Volumes, CHAP-C, CHAP-Assembler), IBM-PC Compatible (DOS, Mark Williams C, Novelle, WinXP, Cygwin, MinGW.MSys), Apple Macintosh (MacOS 9, MacOS-X, Darwin); Peripherals: Abekas A60 (Ethernet and SCSI Interfaces), Solitaire Image Recorder, Quantel Mirage, Sony System G, Cyberware Laboratory 3-D Digitizer, Computer-Aided Rapid Mechanical Prototyping (Automated Fabrication, e.g.: Stereolithography, etc.) Systems. Wavefront Technologies Advanced Visualizer and custom enhancements to the Advanced Visualizer capability, custom electronic film printer applications, Pixar Image Computer image processing suite, including volume visualization, custom tools and interfaces for Automated Fabrication.
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