Jonathan Brandt

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Davis, December 1991. Research topic: document image analysis and compression. Advisor: Dr. V. R. Algazi.
• M.S., Computer Science, University of California, Davis, June 1988. Research topic: document compression. Advisor: Dr. A. K. Jain.
• B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, December, 1983. High Honors. Emphasis: signals and systems, artificial intelligence

Employment History

• Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa Japan, 2/94-present. Independent research in image sequence analysis. Graduate-level instruction and guidance in computer vision and computer graphics.
• Independent Consultant, Advanced Graphics Division, Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA, 10/92-12/93. Developed general-purpose object-oriented image processing library in C++ for Silicon Graphics computers.
• Research Assistant/Post-graduate Researcher/Research Associate, Computer Vision Research Lab, CIPIC, UC Davis, 1/87-present. Pursued independent research in computer-based document processing, three-dimensional computer graphics, and scientific visualization. Developed specialized software applications and libraries to support this research.
• Lab Manager, Computer Vision Research Lab, Computer Vision Research Lab, CIPIC, UC Davis, 1/87-9/92. Specified, integrated, and maintained lab computer equipment. Maintained, ported, and extended custom image processing software library. Provided consulting services to lab visitors. Supervised under-graduate researchers.
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science, UC Davis, 9/86-12/86, 1/91-3/91. Led discussion sections and lab sessions for introductory programming classes.
• Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, 7/84-9/86. Performed software development and system integration for flight data systems and ground support equipment for Galileo and Mars Observer space projects. Both of these were multi-processor systems.

Honors and Awards

• Anil K. Jain Memorial Prize, for best dissertation, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Davis, 12/92.
• Earle C. Anthony Fellowship in Computer Science, Graduate Division, UC Davis, 9/90-6/91.
• UC Regents Fellowship in Computer Science, Graduate Division, UC Davis, 9/89-6/90.
• TOPS Research Award, for exceptional doctoral research, College of Engineering, UC Davis, 2/89-6/89.
• Earle C. Anthony Fellowship in Computer Science, Graduate Division, UC Davis, 9/87-6/88.
• Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation, 4/84, 4/86.
• Bronze Tablet, for outstanding undergraduate scholarship, University of Illinois, 12/83.
• Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor society, 4/82.
• National Merit Scholar, 4/80.

Professional Activities

• IEEE Member, 1989-present
• ACM Member, 1992-present

References

• Professor V. Ralph Algazi Dept. of ECE 3026 Bainer Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616 916-752-8066 algazi@eecs.ucdavis.edu
• Professor Ken Joy Department of Computer Science 4455 Chem Annex University of California Davis, CA 95616 916-752-1077 joy@cs.ucdavis.edu
• Professor Gary Ford Dept. of ECE 3026 Bainer Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616 916-752-0180 ford@eecs.ucdavis.edu
• Professor Todd Reed Dept. of ECE 3026 Bainer Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616 916-752-4720 reed@eecs.ucdavis.edu