Sujal Bista ( सुजल बिस्ट )
Extra Fluffy Studios
Rockville, MD 20851
www.extrafluffystudios.com
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1. 3D graphics rendering and visualization 2. Video game technology 3. Augmented reality 4. Machine learning 5. Depth perception and image saliency 6. Medical/MRI visualization 7. Distributed rendering and GPU based optimizations 8. Spatial databases 9. Geographic information systems 10. Multi-view rendering 11. 3D displays 12. Spatial audio |
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1. Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award, best dissertation in the CS department, 2014. 2. IEEE SciVis best paper award, 2014. 3. ASME CIE best paper award, 2012. 4. Charley V. Wootan best paper in the area of transportation policy and organization, 2007. 5. Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship, (2001-2002) (2003-2004). |
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1. Visualization of Brain Microstructure through Spherical Harmonics Illumination of Spatio- Angular Fields. Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney. Paper presented at IEEE TVCG Special Session on Visualization in ACM SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, CA, Aug 2015.
2. Visualization of Brain Microstructure through Spherical Harmonics Illumination of Spatio- Angular Fields. Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney. Paper presented at IEEE Scientific Visualization (SciVis) Conference, Paris, FR, Nov 2014.
3. Using GPUs for Realtime Prediction of Optical Forces on Microsphere Ensembles. Sujal Bista, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney. Paper presented at the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug 2012. |
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HoloCamera: Advanced Volumetric Capture for Cinematic-Quality VR Applications. Jonathan Heagerty, Sida Li, Eric Lee, Shuvra Bhattacharyya, Sujal Bista, Barbara Brawn, Brandon Y Feng, Susmija Jabbireddy, Joseph JaJa, Hernisa Kacorri, David Li, Derek Yarnell, Matthias Zwicker, Amitabh Varshney. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 30(5) pp. 2767-2775, 2024.
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Kinetic depth images: Flexible generation of depth perception. Sujal Bista, Ícaro Lins Leitão da Cunha, and Amitabh Varshney. The Visual Computer 33(10) pp.1357-1369, 2017.
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Tracking fluctuation hotspots on the yeast ribosome through the elongation cycle. Suna P. Gulay, Sujal Bista, Amitabh Varshney, Serdal Kirmizialtin, Karissa Y. Sanbonmatsu, and Jonathan D. Dinman. Nucleic acids research 45(8) pp. 4958-4971, 2017.
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Video fields: fusing multiple surveillance videos into a dynamic virtual environment. Ruofei Du, Sujal Bista, and Amitabh Varshney. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web3D Technology. 2016.
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Visual Knowledge Discovery for Diffusion Kurtosis Datasets of the Human Brain. Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney. Visualization and Processing of Higher Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data. Springer International Publishing, pp. 213-234, 2015.
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Visualization of Brain Microstructure through Spherical Harmonics Illumination of Spatio- Angular Fields. Sujal Bista, Jiachen Zhuo, Rao P. Gullapalli, and Amitabh Varshney. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Vol. 20, No. 12, pp. 2516-2525, 2014. [Best Paper Award].
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Using GPUs for realtime prediction of optical forces on microsphere ensembles, Sujal Bista, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra. K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney. ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 13(3), pp. 031002-031002, Apr. 2013.
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Using GPUs for Realtime Prediction of Optical Forces on Microsphere Ensembles, Sujal Bista, Sagar Chowdhury, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney. Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE, 2012. [Best Paper Award]
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Speeding up Particle Trajectory Simulations under Moving Force Fields using GPUs , Rob Patro, John P. Dickerson, Sujal Bista, Satyandra K. Gupta, and Amitabh Varshney, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2012.
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MDMap: A System for Data-Driven Layout and Exploration of Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Robert Patro, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Sujal Bista, Samuel Cho, Dave Thirumalai, Amitabh Varshney, IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization, 2011.
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Social Snapshot: A System for Temporally Coupled Social Photograph , Robert Patro, Cheuk Yiu Ip, Sujal Bista, and Amitabh Varshney, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 31(1), pp. 74-84, 2011.
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Global contours. Sujal Bista and Amitabh Varshney. UMIACS Technical Report, CS-TR-4957, 2010/05/05/ 2010.
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Wide-area, Four-Dimensional, Real-time, Interactive Transportation System Visualization , Michael L. Pack, Phillip Weisberg, and Sujal Bista, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 97-108, 2007. [Best Paper Award]
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Four-Dimensional Interactive Visualization System for Transportation Management and Traveler Information , Michael L. Pack, Phillip Weisberg, and Sujal Bista, Human Performance, Simulation and Visualization: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 152-158, 2005.
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ACTIVITIES |
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Weightlifting • Volunteer coach at Mach 10 weightlifting 2015 - present • 5 th in 56kg men US National Weightlifting Championships 2012 • 1st in 56kg men Maryland State Weightlifting Championships 2011
Wushu • 2nd in Int. Changquan in USAWKF National Championships 2005 • 2nd in Int. Staff in USAWKF National Championships 2005 • 2nd in Int. Changquan in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004 • 2nd in Int. Mantis in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004 • 2nd in Int. Staff in 8th International Wushu-Kungfu Festival & Championships 2004 • 3rd in Int. Changquan in 8th Annual Collegiate Wushu Championship 2004 • Terp Wushu Club § President, Spring 2004- Fall 2004: Lead Chinese martial arts club. § Vice -President, Fall 2003 • Programmed and managed Wushu Judging Software (2005-current) used in various tournaments including Wushu Collegiate, Annual Wushu Games, and Wushu National Team Trials. |