Dr. Ulrich Neumann is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Southern California.  He earned an MSEE from SUNY at Buffalo in 1980 and his computer science Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 where his focus was on parallel algorithms for interactive volume-visualization.   His research relates to video visualization, interactive media, tracking for augmented reality, and human facial modeling, rendering, and animation.
Dr. Neumann is the former (2000-2004) Director of the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), an NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC), and he directs the Computer Graphics and Immersive Technologies (CGIT) Laboratory at USC.  Prior to his academic career, he designed multiprocessor graphics and DSP systems, cofounded a video game corporation, and independently developed and licensed electronic products. Prof. Neumann is a recipient of an NSF CAREER Award (1995) and the USC Northrop Grumman Junior Faculty Research Award (1999). He is a member of the ACM, Siggraph, and the IEEE Computing Society. [list of publications] Contact information: Ulrich Neumann Integrated Media Systems Center 3740 McClintock Avenue, Suite 131 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2561 213-740-4489 (v) 213-740-5807 (f) uneumann at usc dot edu