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Atabet Parrott

Shaders | Procedural Effects | Immersive Development

Contact Information:

319 E. Waldburg St.
Apt A
Savannah GA 31401

(912) 655-1643

mparrott@vt.edu

Education:

M.F.A. Visual Effects, Expected November 2005.
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA.
Current GPA: 4.00

B.S. Computer Science, May 10 2003.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
In Major GPA: 4.00

Independent Research:

Tactile interfaces for immersive phobia applications
Real-time shading using Cg
Lightmaps for the Simple Virtual Environment Library (SVE)
Octree spatial optimization for ray-tracing techniques
Non-photorealistic rendering via particle systems

Computer Skills:

Programming: C, C++, Renderman Shading Language, Object Pascal, OpenGL, Cg, GLSL, Maya C++ API, MEL, Prolog, Lisp, TCL, VEX.

Applications: Renderman, RAT, Houdini, Maya, Shake.

Work Experience:

Pixar Animation Studios Shader Developer. Created shaders using slim and sl for the feature film "Cars." David Munier, supervisor. Summer 2005.

University of Arizona Toolkit Developer. Designed an extensible object oriented toolkit for display of contour reconstructions and isosurfaces using c++ and openGL. Dr. Robert Downs. Summer 2004 - Present.

Carnegie Institute Visualization Developer. Designed interaction techniques and database management tools for crystalographic research using Delphi. Dr. P. Dera. Fall 2003 - Summer 2004.

Virginia Tech Visualization Developer. Blacksburg, VA. Developed interaction techniques for the VASP Data Viewer using openGL. Dr. Gerald Gibbs. Summer 2003 - Winter 2003.

3D Interaction Group, Virginia Tech Virtual Environment Developer. Blacksburg, VA. Developed immersive environment to help phobic patients overcome their fear of snakes. Summer 2002 - Summer 2003.

Virtual Jamestown Team Coordinator. Created web-based virtual environments of James Fort. Summer 2002 - Fall 2002.

Christian Broadcasting Network 3D Animator. Created 3D animation for cable television broadcast. Summer 2002.

Publications:

The Plague of Frogs: Syncretism as Spiritual Outcry - Drain Journal Winter 2005
A Methodology for the Design of Virtual Stimuli - Cybertherapy Conference 2004
An Immersive Environment for the Treatment of Ophidiophobia - Cybertherapy Conference 2004
Lightmapping for the Simple Virtual Environment - VTURCS 2003

Selected Shows

Without Borders 2 - Bangor, Maine 2005.
Intervention - Lacoste, France 2005.
Synthetic|Organic - Savannah, Georgia 2005.
Union - Blacksburg, Virginia 2003.

Honors:

Academic Excellence Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design
Graduated, Summa Cum Laude, Virginia Tech
Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Member, Golden Key National Honor Society