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Developing methods for
processing massive data sets, mesh and geometric data processing,
scientific and information visualization, and parallel
computation.
Education
1999 -
2005
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Ph.D. in
Computer Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Professor Michael Garland
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| 1994
-1996 |
M.S. in
Computer Science
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis (September
1996)
Advisor: Professor Ravi Janardan
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| 1988
-1992 |
B.S. in
Mathematics and Computer Science, Minor: English Literature
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (May 1992) |
Experience
2007 - present
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Research Scientist,
Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Research and implementation efforts focus on topics such as generalized
constraints for propagating meshes, scalable mesh optimization, mesh
coarsening, and quadrangulation. Technical lead of a project
providing meshing solutions to The Boeing Company for use in
computational fluid dynamics simulations. Also the lead of a
project to improve the parallel
performance of a combustion simulation code from Caterpillar Inc.
Responsibilities include overseeing the budget, supervising a
professional programmer and student, and supplying technical guidance.
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2005 - 2006
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Postdoctoral
Research Associate,
Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets at the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Provided meshing solutions necessary for accurate and efficient
simulation of solid-propellant rockets. Research efforts focused on the
design and implementation of a localized surface mesh smoothing
methods and generalized boundary constraints for propagating meshes.
Developed a grant proposal and received funding to improve the parallel
performance of a combustion simulation code from Caterpillar Inc.
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2002
- 2005
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Research Assistant,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Worked with Professor Michael Garland, developing
algorithms and data structures that operate on massive geometric data
sets. Duties included algorithm design, software coding and testing,
preparing publications, and giving presentations.
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| 2002 - 2003 |
Web Programmer,
Argonne National Laboratory
Developed the MetCast web service,
created installation distribution, and wrote documentation. Written in
VB .NET and running under IIS, this service allows secure access to the
real-time meteorological data gathered by a separate remote sensing
application. MetCast is currently running at several Army
chemical weapon depots.
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| 1996 - 2002 |
Research
Programmer, Pablo Research Group (UIUC)
One
of the principal designers and developers of Virtue, a virtual reality
performance visualization environment for parallel and distributed
computations. Worked on a team that built and maintained a
high-performance, Myrinet-connected 18 node Linux cluster. Developed
Java-based device control software as part of the Pablo Smart Spaces
initiative. Wrote quarterly reports for funding agencies, and assisted
in writing grant proposals.
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| 1994 - 1996 |
Teaching Assistant,
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
Taught recitation sections for the Department of
Computer Science, specifically Introduction to Discrete Mathematics,
and Introduction to Computer Organization. Duties included lecturing,
holding question and answer sessions, and grading. Also designed
homework
assignments, programming projects and exams. Received Best Computer
Science TA Award, Winter Quarter 1995.
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| 1992 - 1994 |
Programmer, IBM
(Rochester, MN)
Worked on operating system development team,
providing and maintaining internal licensed code supporting the
Save/Restore function of OS/400 (the operating system of the AS/400).
Duties included design, development, unit testing, component testing,
and customer support.
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Grants
Caterpillar Inc.: Meshing
and Visualization for Cut-Cell
Methods 2007 – 2009 Eric Shaffer (PI) [$250,000]
Caterpillar Inc.: Massive
Parallelization of a Combustion Code, 2006 – 2008. Michael Heath
(PI) and Eric Shaffer (Co-PI) [$190,000]
Refereed Publications
Parallel Mesh
Adaptation for Highly Evolving Geometries with Application to Solid
Propellant Rockets. D.Guoy, T. Wilmarth,
P. Alexander, X. Jiao, M. Campbell,
E. Shaffer, R. Fiedler, W. Cochran and
P. Suriyamongkol. Proceedings of the 16th International
Meshing Roundtable, October 2007.
A Multiresolution
Representation for Massive Meshes.
E. Shaffer and M. Garland. IEEE Transactions on Visualization
and Computer Graphics, March-April 2005
A Multiphase
Approach to Efficient Surface
Simplification. M. Garland and E. Shaffer. Proceedings
of IEEE
Visualization 2002, October 2002.
Efficient Adaptive
Simplification of Massive Meshes.
E. Shaffer and M. Garland. Proceedings of IEEE
Visualization 2001,
October 2001.
An Approach to
Immersive Performance Visualization
of Parallel & Wide-Area Distributed Applications. Luiz
DeRose,
Mario Pantano, Ruth Aydt, Eric Shaffer, Benjamin Schaeffer, Shannon
Whitmore, and Daniel A. Reed. Proceedings of the
International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing
(HPDC'99) 1999.
Other Publications
Real-Time Immersive
Performance Visualization and
Steering. Eric Shaffer,
Daniel A. Reed. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer
Graphics Newsletter, May 2000.
Virtue: Immersive
Performance Visualization of
Parallel and Distributed Applications. Eric Shaffer,
Shannon
Whitmore, Benjamin Schaeffer, and Daniel A. Reed. IEEE Computer,
December 1999.
Performance Analysis
of Parallel Systems:
Approaches and Open Problems. Daniel A. Reed, Ruth A.
Aydt, Luiz
DeRose, Celso L. Mendes, Randy L. Ribler, Eric Shaffer, Huseyin
Simitci, Jeffrey S.Vetter, Daniel R. Wells, Shannon Whitmore, and Ying
Zhang. Joint Symposium on Parallel Processing
(JSPP),
June 1998.
Presentations
Boeing-UIUC Meshing
Collaboration. Presented at:
- Boeing Project Review, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, August 2006
- CSAR Noon Seminar, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, December 2006
Smoothing Large Meshes.
Presented at:
- CSAR Noon Seminar,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2005
- Department of
Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University, May 2005
Efficient Adaptive
Simplification of Massive Meshes. Presented
at:
- IEEE Conference on Visualization, October 2001
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, June 2001
Demonstrations of the Virtue
visualization environment at:
- SC'97, a conference on high-performance computing and
networking
- various DARPA site visits and reviews, 1997 through
1999
Awards
Best Computer Science TA Award, University of
Minnesota, Winter Quarter 1995
Dean's List, University of Illinois: Fall 1988m FAll 1990
Professional Activities
Reviewer for ACM SIGGRAPH
Reviewer for IEEE Visualization
Reviewer for InfoVis
Reviewer for Elsevier journal Parallel Computing
Reviewer for IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Member of the IEEE Computer Society
Areas of Expertise
Programming Languages: C, C++, Visual
C++, VB .NET, Fortran, Java, ML
Web Development: HTML,
ASP .NET, PHP,
web service development
Graphics Packages: OpenGL, VRML, X
toolkit, FLTK toolkit
Operating Systems: Linux/UNIX, Windows,
OS/400
Machines : SGI, SUN, 80x86machines, IBM
AS/400 and RS/6000
Other Software: MPI, POSIX threads,
Mathematica, MATLAB, sockets
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