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TIJU THOMAS VARGHESE

OBJECTIVE

To work as a summer intern for a company, in the field of graphics and specializing in Effects, where I can apply my knowledge and experience towards their growth and success.
EXPERIENCE

02/2008 09/2011 Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA Software Development Engineer in Test II Software: C++, C# Developed automated tests to handle testing of various features of Windows Live Movie Maker. Was responsible for complete testing of the Storyboard and Video editing modules of the product. Researched and implemented efficient methods to automate testing procedures used across the Windows Live Suite. 08/2007 12/2007 Leica Geosystems and Geospatial Imaging LLC, GA Graduate Internship Software: C, C++ Implemented new modules and fixed bugs in the Leica Photogrammetry Suite (a product for geospatial imaging). 09/2004 07/2006 Infosys Technologies Limited, Pune, India Software Engineer Software: BankPro Added new functionalities like Keep the Change and maintained software used by Bank of America. Handled configuration control of all code and documents and was responsible for new employee training.
EDUCATION

09/2011 Current (Expected 12/2012) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia MSE in Computer Graphics and Game Technology. (Current GPA: 3.9/4.0). 08/2006 12/2007 State University of New York at Buffalo MS in Computer Science and Engineering (GPA: 3.7/4.0). 07/2000 06/2004 K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai University India Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Information Technology with First Class.
PROJECTS

Paper Submission for Review SIGGRAPH 2012 Team Size: 4 Software: C#, Unity Contributed to the paper Efficient Motion Retrieval in Large Motion Databases submitted to SIGGRAPH 2012. Implemented the section of the paper where keys are used for data retrieval from the trie motion database. Computer Graphics Projects Software: C++, OpenGL, Maya Created a Maya plugin for tree generation using L-System grammar Implemented a ray tracer with Environment map and implemented transparent objects using Fresnel reflection. Implemented volumetric renderer to create clouds using a voxel buffer. Computer Animation Projects Hardware/Software: Vicon, C++, Maya, SWIG, Python Currently working on a smoke simulator. Simulated a jello cube (mass spring damper particle system) using various integration methods and ported it to Maya using SWIG and Python Implemented particle system dynamics and Behavioral Animation for agents using Steering Behaviors. Captured motions using the Vicon system and used Motion Builder to associate it with a character. Research on Image Spam Team Size: 2 Software: Matlab 7 Explored current methods and developed a new idea for detection of Image Spam using different Image Processing. Classifier Design Team Size: 3 Software: Matlab 7, LaTeX2e Designed a high performance classifier by exploring different Machine Learning techniques.
COURSES

Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, 3D Modeling (Maya), Image Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Advanced Computer Graphics, Physically based animation.
COMPUTER SKILLS

C, C++, C#, Matlab, HTML, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, SQL, JavaScript, Unity, Maya, Photoshop, OpenGL, Python.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACT IVITIES/ HOBBIES

Member of the SIGGRAPH student chapter at University of Pennsylvania. Nature and people photography (www.tijuthomasclicks.com), hiking, playing squash.