Barb Cutler

	Barb Cutler	Office: Lally 302 Phone: (518) 276-3274 Mailing Address: 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180-3590
	I'm an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department and an EMPAC Affiliated Faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My research interests include computer graphics, interactive visualization, computational geometry, and open source software for education. Previously I was a student and then Post-Doctoral Lecturer at MIT in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science doing research in the Computer Graphics Group which is part of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). I received an NSF Early CAREER Award in 2009, the Rensselaer School of Science Outstanding Teaching Award in 2017, and the Rensselaer Trustees' Outstanding Teacher Award in 2019. Pronouns: She/Her
Teaching CSCI-1200 Data Structures [formerly Computer Science II] (Fall 2009) (Fall 2010) (Fall 2011) (Fall 2012) (Spring 2013) (Fall 2013) (Spring 2014) (Fall 2014) (Spring 2015) (Fall 2015) (Fall 2016) (Fall 2017) (Fall 2018) (Fall 2019) (Fall 2020) (Fall 2021) (Fall 2022) (Fall 2024) CSCI-4550/6550 Interactive Visualization (Fall 2010) (Spring 2012) (Fall 2014) (Spring 2016) (Spring 2018) (Spring 2020) (Spring 2024) CSCI-4560/6560 Computational Geometry (Spring 2022) (Fall 2023) CSCI-4530/6530 Advanced Computer Graphics (Fall 2005) (Spring 2007) (Spring 2008) (Spring 2009) (Spring 2010) (Spring 2011) (Spring 2012) (Spring 2013) (Spring 2014) (Spring 2015) (Spring 2017) (Spring 2019) (Spring 2021) (Spring 2023) CSCI-1200 Computer Science II (Spring 2006) (Fall 2006) (Fall 2007) (Fall 2008) CSCI-4963 Architectural Daylighting Tools (Fall 2009) COMM-6965 Daylighting Design and Simulation (Spring 2006) (Fall 2006) [@MIT] 6.837 Computer Graphics (Fall 2003) (Fall 2004) [@MIT] 6.001 Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs (Spring 2004) (Spring 2005) [@MIT] 3D Equilibrium Tools for Architectural Design (Spring 2004) (Fall 2004)
Current Students Evan Maicus, PhD student, Computer Science Former Students Joshua Nasman, PhD Computer Science, June 2016, now at Mathworks Max Espinoza, MS Computer Science, June 2016, now at ViaSat Rebecca Nordhauser, MS Computer Science, June 2016, now at Microsoft Ian Ooi, MS Computer Science, June 2016, now at General Dynamics Missions Systems Eric Zhang, MS Computer Science, August 2016, now at Athena Health Sean Kim, MS Computer Science, August 2014, now at Amazon Ryan Baltazar, BS Computer Science, June 2014, now at Microsoft Steven Tianning Han, MS Computer Science, June 2014, now at Cisco Matthew McMullan, BS Computer Science, June 2014, now at Microsoft Tyler Sammann, MS student, Computer Science, August 2013, now at Yodle Chris Stuetzle, PhD Computer Science, June 2012, now at Merrimack College Andrew Dolce, MS Computer Science, June 2011, Gradient Studios, now at Intrepid Pursuits Yu Sheng, PhD Computer Science, January 2011, now at Robert Bosch Research Eric Li, MS Computer Science, December 2010, Gradient Studios, now at Harmonix Zhongxian (Jonathan) Chen, MS Computer Science, December 2010, now at Facebook (Robert) Allan Pendergrast, MS Computer Science, June 2010, now at Rhythmia Medical Ted Yapo, graduate student, Computer Science Christopher Young, BS Computer Science, June 2009 Steven Martin, BS Electrical Engineering, June 2007
Submitty: An Open-Source Homework Submission, Autograding, and TA Grading System Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry 2008
Publications
	Autograding Interactive Computer Graphics Applications Evan Maicus, Matthew Peveler, Andrew Aikens, and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '20), February 2020.
	Random Input and Automated Output Generation in Submitty Evan Maicus, Drumil Patel, Matthew Peveler, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), March 2020.
	Automated and Manual Grading of Web Assignments Matthew Peveler, Evan Maicus, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), March 2020.
	Autograding Distributed Algorithms in Networked Containers Evan Maicus, Matthew Peveler, Stacy Patterson, and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), February 2019.
	Comparing Jailed Sandboxes vs Containers Within an Autograding System Matthew Peveler, Evan Maicus, and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), February 2019.
	Facilitating Discussion-Based Grading and Private Channels via an Integrated Forum Andrew Aikens, Gagan Kumar, Shail Patel, Evan Maicus, Matthew Peveler, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2019.
	Lichen: Customizable, Open Source Plagiarism Detection in Submitty Matthew Peveler, Tushar Gurjar, Evan Maicus, Andrew Aikens, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2019.
	Supporting Team Submission and Peer Grading within Submitty Matthew Peveler, Samuel Breese, Evan Maicus, Andrew Aikens, Timothy Cyrus, Elizabeth Dinella, James Anderson, Joshua Barthelmess, Marisa Lee, Leon Montealegre, Jessica Wang, Jasmine Plum, Barbara Cutler, and Ana Milanova Demo Presentation at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2018.
	Correlation of a Flexible Late Day Policy with Student Stress and Programming Assignment Plagiarism Samuel Breese, Evan Maicus, Matthew Peveler, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2018.
	Program Analysis Tools in Automated Grading Elizabeth Dinella, Samuel Breese, Evan Maicus, Barbara Cutler, Jasmine Plum, and Ana Milanova Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2018.
	Analysis of Container Based vs. Jailed Sandbox Autograding Systems Matthew Peveler, Evan Maicus, Jasmine Plum, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2018.
	Identifying Inexpensive Off-the-Shelf Laser Pointers for Multi-User Interaction on Large Scale Displays Christopher Stuetzle, Barb Cutler, and Tyler Sammann, Presentation at The Tenth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, March 2017.
	Submitty: An Open Source, Highly-Configurable Platform for Grading of Programming Assignments Matthew Peveler, Jeramey Tyler, Samuel Breese, Barbara Cutler, and Ana Milanova Demo Presentation at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), February 2017,
	Using Static Analysis for Automated Assignment Grading in Introductory Programming Classes (poster) Samuel Breese, Ana Milanova, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), March 2017,
	A Flexible Late Day Policy Reduces Stress and Improves Learning (poster) Jeramey Tyler, Matthew Peveler, and Barb Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), March 2017,
	User Experience and Feedback on the RPI Homework Submission Server (poster) Andrea Wong, Eric Tran, Joe Jung, Ben Shaw, Marina Espinoza, Beverly Sihsobhon, Melissa Lindquist, Samuel Breese, Matthew Peveler, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), March 2016,
	Evaluation of User Interaction with Daylighting Simulation in a Tangible User Interface Joshua Nasman and Barbara Cutler Automation in Construction, December 2013.
	Physical Avatars in a Projector-Camera Tangible User Interface Enhance Quantitative Simulation Analysis and Engagement Joshua Nasman and Barbara Cutler IEEE International Workshop on Computational Cameras and Displays (formerly PROCAMS), June 2013.
	Evaluation of a tangible interface for architectural daylighting analysis (poster) Joshua Nasman and Barbara Cutler I3D '12 Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, 2012.
	Validation of erosion modeling: Physical and numerical Mehrad Kamalzare, Christopher Stuetzle, Zhongxian Chen, Thomas F. Zimmie, Barbara Cutler, and W. Randolph Franklin GeoCongress, March 2012.
	ARmy: A Study of Multi-User Interaction in Spatially Augmented Games Best Paper Award Andrew Dolce, Joshua Nasman, and Barbara Cutler IEEE International Workshop on Projector-Camera Systems, June 2012.
	Measuring Terrain Distances Through Extracted Channel Networks Christopher Stuetzle, Barbara Cutler, Zhongxian Chen, W. Randolph Franklin, Mehrad Kamalzare, and Thomas Zimmie, PhD Showcase at ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), November 2011.
	Perceptual Global Illumination Cancellation in Complex Projection Environments Yu Sheng, Barbara Cutler, Chao Chen, and Joshua Nasman Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR), June 2011. (video)
	Analyses, Simulations and Physical Modeling Validation of Levee and Embankment Erosion Zhongxian Chen, Christopher S. Stuetzle, Barbara Cutler, Jared A. Gross, W. Randolph Franklin, and Thomas F. Zimmie Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011 Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, March 2011.
	Quantitative Analysis of Simulated Erosion for Different Soils Zhongxian Chen, Christopher Stuetzle, Barbara Cutler, Jared Gross, W. Randolph Franklin, and Thomas Zimmie Proceedings of ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), November 2010.
	Interpreting Physical Sketches as Architectural Models Barbara Cutler and Joshua Nasman Advances in Architectural Geometry 2010, September 2010.
	Dynamic Projection Surfaces for Immersive Visualization Theodore C. Yapo, Yu Sheng, Joshua Nasman, Andrew Dolce, Eric Li, and Barbara Cutler PROCAMS 2010 IEEE International Workshop on Projector-Camera Systems, June 2010.
	Simulating Levee Erosion with Physical Modeling Validation Jared A. Gross, Christopher S. Stuetzle, Zhongxian Chen, Barbara Cutler, W. Randolph Franklin, and Thomas F. Zimmie The 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, November 7-10, 2010, San Francisco, CA.
	Computer Simulations and Physical Modelling of Erosion Christopher S. Stuetzle, Jared Gross, Zhongxian Chen, Katrina Perez, Barbara Cutler, W. Randolph Franklin, and Thomas Zimmie Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, June 2010.
	Global Illumination Compensation for Spatially Augmented Reality Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, and Barbara Cutler Computer Graphics Forum, Eurographics 2010, April 2010.
	Segmented Height Field and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics in Erosion Simulation Christopher S. Stuetzle, Zhongxian Chen, Katrina Perez, Jared Gross, Barbara Cutler, W. Randolph Franklin, and Thomas Zimmie Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry, November 2009.
	Efficient Viewshed Computation on Terrain in External Memory Marcus Andrade, Salles Magalhaes, Mirella Magalhaes, W. Randolph Franklin, and Barbara Cutler Geoinformatica, 2009. (preprint)
	A Spatially Augmented Reality Sketching Interface for Architectural Daylighting Design Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young, and Barbara Cutler IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, accepted October 2009.
	Rendering Lunar Eclipses Theodore C. Yapo and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2009, May 2009.
	Robust Adaptive 3-D Segmentation of Vessel Laminae from Fluorescence Confocal Microscope Images & Parallel GPU Implementation Arunachalam Narayanaswamy, Saritha Dwarakapuram, Christopher S. Bjornsson, Barbara M. Cutler, William Shain, Badrinath Roysam IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, accepted March 2009.
	Screen Space Ambient Occlusion for Non-Photorealistic Rendering Brett Lajzer, Daniel Nottingham, and Barbara Cutler Poster at ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D), February 2009.
	Inferring Architectural Designs from Physical Sketches: Application to Daylighting Analysis Barbara Cutler, Theodore C. Yapo, and Yu Sheng Proceedings of Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) Sketch Recognition Workshop, February 2009.
	Virtual Heliodon: Spatially Augmented Reality for Architectural Daylighting Design Yu Sheng, Theodore C. Yapo, Christopher Young, and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality 2009.
	Parallel ODETLAP for Terrain Compression and Reconstruction Jared Stookey, Zhongyi Xie, Barbara Cutler, W. Randolph Franklin, Dan Tracy, and Marcus V. A. Andrade Proceedings of ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), November 2008.
	Evaluating Hydrology Preservation of Simplified Terrain Representations Christopher Stuetzle, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Jonathan Muckell, Marcus Andrade, Jared Stookey, Metin Inanc, and Zhongyi Xie PhD Showcase at ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), November 2008.
	Path Planning on a Compressed Terrain Daniel M. Tracy, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Franklin T. Luk, Marcus Andrade, Metin Inanc, Zhongyi Xie, and Jake Stookey Poster Paper at ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), November 2008.
	An Intuitive Daylighting Performance Analysis and Optimization Approach Marilyne Andersen, Sian Kleindienst, Lu Yi, Jaime Lee, Magali Bodart, and Barbara Cutler Building Research & Information, November 2008.
	Slope Accuracy and Path Planning on Compressed Terrain W. Randolph Franklin, Daniel M Tracy, Marcus A Andrade, Jonathan Muckell, Metin Inanc, Zhongyi Xie, and Barbara M Cutler 13th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, June 2008.
	Interactive Selection of Optimal Fenestration Materials for Schematic Architectural Daylighting Design Barbara Cutler, Yu Sheng, Steven Martin, Daniel Glaser, and Marilyne Andersen Elsevier Automation in Construction, vol 17/7, pages 809-823, September 2008.
	Drainage Network and Watershed Reconstruction on Simplified Terrain Jonathan Muckell, Marcus A. Andrade, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Metin Inanc, Zhongyi Xie, and Daniel M. Tracy Poster at 17th Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry, November 2007.
	Approximating Terrain with Over-Determined Laplacian PDEs Zhongyi Xie, Marcus A. Andrade, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Metin Inanc, Daniel M. Tracy, and Jonathan Muckell Poster at 17th Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry, November 2007.
	Smugglers and Border Guards - The GeoStar Project at RPI W. Randolph Franklin, Metin Inanc, Zhongyi Xie, Daniel M. Tracy, Barbara Cutler, and Marcus V. A. Andrade 15th ACM International Symposium on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS 2007), Nov 2007.
	Surface Compression using Over-determined Laplacian Approximation Zhongyi Xie, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Marcus A. Andrade, Metin Inanc, and Daniel M. Tracy Proceedings of SPIE 2007, Aug 2007.
	Multiple Observer Siting and Path Planning on a Compressed Terrain Daniel M. Tracy, W. Randolph Franklin, Barbara Cutler, Marcus Andrade, Franklin T. Luk, Metin Inanc, and Zhongyi Xie Proceedings of SPIE 2007, Aug 2007.
	Interactive Rendering of Fenestration Materials for Architectural Design Yu Sheng, Steve Martin, and Barbara Cutler Poster at SIGGRAPH 2007, Aug 2007.
	Interactive Selection of Optimal Fenestration Materials for Architectural Design Steve Martin, Yu Sheng, Barbara Cutler, and Daniel C. Glaser Poster at Graphics Interface 2007, May 2007.
	Constrained Planar Remeshing for Architecture Barbara Cutler and Emily Whiting Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2007, May 2007.
	Constrained Planar Remeshing for Architecture Barbara Cutler and Emily Whiting Poster Presentation at Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2006, June 2006.
	Using Video for Analyzing Daylighting Simulation Tools Dan C. Glaser, F. Whitney Smith, and Barbara Cutler SimBuild 2006: Building Sustainability and Performance through Simulation, August 2006.
	Simplification and Improvement of Tetrahedral Models for Simulation Barbara Cutler, Julie Dorsey, and Leonard McMillan Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2004, July 2004.
	Procedural Authoring of Solid Models PhD Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, August 2003.
	A Procedural Approach to Authoring Solid Models Barbara Cutler, Julie Dorsey, Leonard McMillan, Matthias Mueller, Robert Jagnow Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2002, July 2002.
	Stable Real-Time Deformations Matthias Müller, Julie Dorsey, Leonard McMillan, Robert Jagnow, and Barbara Cutler Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Computer Animation 2002, July 2002.
	Aggregating Building Fragments Generated from Geo-Referenced Imagery into Urban Models MEng Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, June 1999.
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