| Hany Farid | Bio | Computer Science | Image Processing, Computer Vision |
| Lorie Loeb* | Bio | Computer Science | Animation, Cartoon Capture, Film |
| Fabio Pellacini* | Bio | Computer Science | Computer Graphics |
Hany Farid received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of Rochester in 1989. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. Following a two year post-doctoral position in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, he joined the Dartmouth faculty in 1999. Hany's primary appointment is in the Computer Science Department where he is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair. He also holds a joint appointment in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. Hany is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, a Sloan Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship. From working with federal law enforcement agencies on digital forensics, to the digital reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian tombs, Hany works and plays with digital media at the crossroads of computer science, engineering, mathematics, optics, and psychology.
Lorie Loeb* has over 20 years experience teaching on the university level, working as an animator/filmmaker and using the computer as one of the tools of her trade. The films she has worked on have won numerous awards and been screened internationally. ScreENings include the Museum of Modern Art NY, the Sundance Film Festival, the NY Film Festival, the London Film Festival and the Whitney Biennial. Awards for projects she has directed or animated include two Emmy awards (one National and one Local) and the Cine Golden Eagle Award. Lorie was a faculty member at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design. Although trained in the arts, Lorie has focused on computer animation research over the last 7 years. Her research resulted in a patent and two Siggraph papers. Before coming to Dartmouth, Lorie was Senior Research Scientist in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. She worked for three years at Interval Research (a think tank in Palo Alto, California) that brought top computer scientists, artists and business people together to research, design and invent. Lorie's work has been funded by Sony, Intel, Electronic Arts, Microsoft Research, NY Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lorie did undergraduate work at NYU in the Film and Television Department and graduate work at Hunter College in the Fine Arts Department.
Fabio Pellacini* is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Dartmouth. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell in 2002, specializing in computer graphics, after completing an MS in computer science there, and a Laurea Degree in Physics from the University of Parma, Italy. His primary research interest concerns the development of computational tools for digital artists. Prior to joining the Dartmouth faculty, he spent two years at Pixar Animation Studios, followed by a year at Cornell as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Pellacini's work is well published in the computer graphics literature, including several papers at SIGGRAPH and book chapters on cinematic lighting. Pellacini has received screen credits for "Finding Nemo", "The Incredibles" and "Cars" to reflect his research and development contributions at Pixar.
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