Jarek Rossignac: Recognition

International Professional Society Recognition
  • Fellow of the Eurographics association, elected in August 2000.

    Research Recognition at Georgia Tech
  • Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award from the College of Computing in 2002.
  • Sigma Xi Best Paper Award for the Best Paper published by a Georgia Tech Faculty in 1999: "Edgebreaker: Compression and Decompression of 3D Triangulations", March 2000.

    External Best Paper Awards
  • Best paper published by Computers&Graphics in 1990: "Issues on Feature-based Editing and Interrogation of Solid Models", J. Rossignac
  • Gunter Erlande's Best Paper award (First prize) at Eurographics'91: "Solid-Interpolating Deformations: Constructions and Animation of PIPs", A. Kaul and J. Rossignac, 1991.
  • Best paper published by the IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications in 1993: "Solid Modeling and Beyond", A. Requicha and J. Rossignac.
  • Best Paper (second prize) award at Eurographics'94: "Triangulating multiply-connected polygons: A simple, yet efficient algorithm", R. Ronfard and J. Rossignac, 1994.
  • IBM Award for the Best Paperin Computer Science, "Solid-Interpolating Deformations: Construction and Animation of PIPs", . Kaul and J. Rossignac, Computers&Graphics, 1992.
  • IBM Award for the Best Paper in ComputerScience for "Geometric Compression through Topological Surgery", G. Taubin and J. Rossignac. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 1998.
  • Best Paper Award (Second Prize) for the best paper published in Computers & Graphics in 1999. "Tribox-based simplification of three-dimensional objects", Andre Crosnier and Jarek Rossignac.
  • Best Paper Award (1st place) for "Optimal Iso-Surfaces", C. Andujar, P. Brunet, A. Chica, I. Navazo, J. Rossignac, A. Vinacua. CAD Conference, Thailand, 2004.

    Corporate Research Recognition Awards
  • IBM External Recognition award 1989
  • IBM External Recognition award 1990
  • IBM External Recognition award 1991
  • IBM First Invention Plateau 1991
  • IBM External Recognition award 1992
  • IBM External Recognition award 1993
  • IBM Second Invention Plateau 1993<
  • IBM Research Division Award, January 1994
  • IBM External Recognition award 1994
  • IBM External Recognition award 1995
  • IBM Corporate Outstanding Invention Award (the highest level corporate award) 1995
  • IBM Third Invention Plateau 1996

    Chaired Conferences, Workshops, Program Committees, and Courses
  • Creator, organizer and Technical Program Chair of the first bi-annual ACM/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Solid Modeling Foundations and CAD/CAM Applications, Austin, 1991.
  • Organizer and Technical Chair of the First International Symposium on Computers in Mechanical Design and Visualization, Lyon, France, October 1992.
  • Organizer and General Co-chair of the second bi-annual ACM/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Solid Modeling Foundations and Applications, Montreal, 1993.
  • Co-chair of the Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware, Oslo, Norway, 1994.
  • Organizer and General Co-chair of the ACM/Siggraph Symposium on Solid Modeling Foundations and Applications, Salt Lake City, 1995.
  • Co-chair of program committee for CAD/Graphics'95, Wuhan, China, October 22-25, 1995.
  • Co-chair of the CAD tools for products, Dagstuhl, Germany, September 4-9, 1995.
  • Co-chair of CSGí96, Set-theoretic Solid Modelling: Techniques and Applications, Winchester, UK, April 17-19, 1996.
  • Co-chair of Eurographics'96 International Program Committee, Poitiers, France, August 26-30, 1996.
  • Chair and organizer of the GVU/NIST TeamCAD workshop on Collaborative Design, Atlanta, 1997.
  • Chair of the Eurographics Best Technical Paper Award Jury. 1997.
  • Program Committee Chair of the Applied Track for the 14th ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, 1998.
  • Co-chair of the ACM/SIGGRAPH Course on "3D Geometric Compression", 1998
  • Co-chair, NSF workshop on "Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Management for Scientific and Engineering Environments",  Virginia, 1998.
  • Program co-chair for the IFIP's ICVC (International Conference on Visual Computing), 1999, Goa, India
  • Conference co-chair, Shape Modeling International, University of Aizu, Japan, 1-4 March 1999.
  • General Chair of the ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, Atlanta, April 1999.
  • Co-chair of the ACM/SIGGRAPH Course on "3D Geometric Compression", 1999.
  • Co-chair of the State of The Art Reports for Eurographics, September 1999.
  • Co-organizer of the ACM/SIGGRAPH Course on "3D Geometric Compression", 2000.
  • Co-chair of the International Conference on Shape Modelling, Genova, Italy, May 7-12, 2001.
  • Co-chair of the International Conference on Shape Modelling, Genova, Italy, June 7-9, 2004.
  • Chair of the Eurographics Best Technical Paper Award Jury. August 2004
  • Co-chair of Shape Modeling International, June 2004. Genova, Italy.
  • Co-Chair of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, Boston, June 2005.
  • Honorary Chair of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, Cardiff, UK, June 6-8, 2006.
  • Co-Chair of Shape Modeling International, Lyon France, June 13-15, 2007.
  • Co-Chair of Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Pilsen, Jan. 29-Feb 2, 2007.
  • Co-Chair of Symposium on 3D Data Processing, Visualization and Transmission, Atlanta, 2008.

    Keynote Lectures and Invited Presentations
  • "Hardware support for Solid Modeling", Invited Presentation, IEEE Computer Society, Workshop on VLSI, Orlando, February 1991.
  • "Geometric Complexity in 3D Graphics", Invited Opening Lecture at the Workshop on Computational Geometry, Raleigh, NC, October 1993.
  • "Virtual reality as a productivity tool", J. Rossignac, Keynote Speaker at the Workshop on Simulation and Interaction in Virtual Environments, The University of Iowa, July 13-15, 1995
  • "CSG formulations for identifying and for trimming faces of CSG models", J. Rossignac. CSG'96: Set-theoretic solid modeling techniques and applications, 1996.
  • "Compression and Scalability of Shared 3D models", Invited Speaker at the Workshop on Geometric Computing at the ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, France, June 4-6, 1997.
  • Invited Key-note speaker at the Eurographics Conference 1997.
  • "3D for everyone", Invited speaker at the International Symposium "Computer Graphics in the next 50 years of computing", Fraunhofer Center, Darmstadt, Germany, October 1997.
  • "The 3D revolution: CAD access for all", Invited talk at the. International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, March 1997.
  • "3D server for Interacting with Complex Remote Models", Invited Speaker at the Computer Graphics International Congress (CGI '98 congress), Hanover, pp. 324-335, June 24-26, 1998.
  • "Compression and progressive refinement of 3D models", invited speaker at the Shape Modeling International, Aizu, Japan, 1-4 March, 1999.
  • Invited speaker at the GM-hosted Seminar on Interoperability and Process, Milford, Michigan, July 22, 1999.
  • "Collaborative Design and Visualization", invited presentation at the NSF workshop on Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Management for Scientific and Engineering Environments (DICPM), May 1999.
  • "Comparing progressive refinement techniques for accessing 3D triangle meshes", Keynote speech, ICVC'99 (IFIP's International Conference on Visual Computing, Interaction, Modeling, Rendering, Animation, and 3D environments), Goa, India, February 23 - 26, 1999.
  • "Compression, simplification, progressive transmission and 3D navigation for the instantaneous and natural access to highly complex 3D databases over the Internet", Key-note speaker, Spanish Computer Graphics Conference, Castellon, Spain, June 26, 2000.
  • "3D compression made simple: Edgebreaker on a Corner Table", Shape Modeling International Conference, Genoa, Italy May 2001.
  • "CSG-BRep Duality and Compression", J. Rossignac, ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling, Saarbrücken, Germany, June 17 - 21, 2002
  • Evans and Sutherland Distinguished Lecture, University of Utah, 2001
  • Distinguished Lecture at John Hopkins University, November 2001
  • "Finger Sculpting with Digital Clay: 3D Shape Input and Output through a Computer-Controlled Real Surface. Shape Modeling International Conference, Korea, Seoul, May 12-16, 2003 (cancelled due to epidemic).
  • Distinguished Lecture at the Ohio State University, October 2004
  • "Generation and compression of 3D Meshes for Solid Modeling and Graphics", International Meshing Roundtable, Williamsburg, VA, September 19-22, 2004.
  • Distinguished Lecture at USC, December 2004
  • Distinguished Lecture at Texas A&M, February 2005
  • "Shape Comparison, Simplification, and Compression", WSCG'07, The 15-th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Plzen, Czech Republic, January 29, 2007.
  • Distinguished Lecture at University of Alberta, Canada, March 2007

    Special Issue Editor for Professional Journals
  • "Solid Modeling", Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 23, No. 1, January/February 1991. J. Rossignac.
  • "Solid Modeling", International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 3, September 1991. Edts. C. Hoffmann J. Rossignac and J. Turner.
  • "Solid Modeling", IEEE Computer Graphics&Applications, Vol 14, No. March 1994. With J. Turner. Selections from the 1993 Symposium in Montreal.
  • "Solid modeling", Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 26, No. 6, June, Guest Editors; J. Rossignac and J. Turner.
  • "Interactive Sculpting", ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 13, no. April 1994. J. Rossignac.
  • "Solid Modeling" IEEE Transactions On Visualization And Computer Graphics, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1996. Guest Editors: C. Hoffmann and Jarek Rossignac.
  • "Solid modeling", Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 20, No. 2, February 1997. Guest Editors: C. Hoffmann and J. Rossignac.
  • "Applications and challenges", Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications, Elsevier Science (North Holland), Guest Editor: Jarek Rossignac, Vol. 13, No. 1, May 1999.

  • Responsibilities in Professional Societies
  • Program Director for SIAM, Activity Group on Geometric Design, 1993-1995.
  • Elected Member of the EUROGRAPHICS Executive Board, 1993-1999.
  • Chair of the Executive Committee of the Solid Modeling Association, 2000-2005.

  • Editorial Board Member for Professional Journals
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics. 1991 - 1995
  • Computer-Aided Design. 1990 - 2005
  • The Visual Computer. 1992 -
  • Computer Graphics Forum. 1995 -
  • Fundamentals and Applications of CAD/CAM and Modelling. 1997 -
  • International Journal of Shape Modeling (IJSM), 1999 -
  • Advisory Board Member for Computers&Graphics, since October 2000 -
  • Editorial Board of the Journal of WSCG, 2007 -

    Member of International Program Committees
  • Eurographics Workshop on Graphics Hardware, Nice, France, September 1988.
  • Theory and Practice of Geometric Computing, Umiv. Tuebingen, Germany, October 1988.
  • Eurographics Workshops on Graphics Hardware, Hamburg, Germany, September 1989
  • Member of the Guenter Enderle Award Committee at the Eurographics Conference, 1989.
  • IFIP WG 5.2 Workshop on Geometric Modeling for Product Engineering, Rensselaerville NY, 1990
  • Eurographics Workshops on Graphics Hardware, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1990
  • Eurographics Conference 1991
  • Eurographics Workshops on Graphics Hardware, 1991
  • Eurographics Workshops on Graphics Hardware, 1992
  • IFIP Workshop TC 5/WG 5.10 II Working conference on Geometric Modeling in Computer Graphics, 1993
  • Eurographics Conference 1993
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Conference1993
  • Eurographics Workshops on Graphics Hardware, 1993
  • CSGí94, Set-theoretic Solid Modeling, techniques and applications, 1994
  • Eurographics Conference 1994
  • International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Computer Graphics & Visualization, Swanesa, UK, July 1995.
  • Eurographics Conference 1995
  • Graphicon'95, St. Petersburg, July 3-7, 1995.
  • Computer Graphics International, Pohang, Korea, 1996
  • International Conference on "Theory and practice of geometric modeling", Blaubeuren, Germany, October 1996.
  • Eurographics Conference 1997
  • Bi-annual ACM/Siggraph Symposium On Solid Modeling Foundations And Applications, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1997.
  • ACM Symposium Solid Modeling, Atlanta, May 1997.
  • Shape Modeling International, Aizu, Japan, March 1997.
  • ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, June 4-6, 1997
  • Pacific Graphics, Korea, October 1997
  • International Workshop on Computer Aided Geometric Design: New trends and applications, Crete, Greece, June 16-20, 1997
  • Graphicon, Leicester, UK, September 98.
  • WSCG98, 6th International Conf. in Central Europe on Computer Graphics and Visualization'98, February, 1998, Czech Republic.
  • Eurographics Conference, Portugal, September 1998
  • CSGí98, Set-theoretic Solid Modeling, techniques and applications, Winchester UK, 1 - 3 April 1998.
  • CGI (Computer Graphics International), Hannover, June 24-28, 1998.
  • IMDSP workshop on "Signal Processing for 3D Image Analysis and Synthesis", Alpbach, Austria, July 12-16, 1998
  • NSF workshop on "Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Mgt. for Sci. & Eng. Environments", May 15-16, 1998.
  • ASME Design for Manufacturing Conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, September 13-16, 1998.
  • International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics and Visualization, February 1999
  • CGI'99, Computer Graphics International, Canmore, Canada , June 7-11, 1999.
  • Eurographics Conference, Milano, Italy. September 1999.
  • Pacific Graphics '99, Seoul, Korea, October 5--7, 1999.
  • CGIí2000, Computer Graphics International, Geneva Switzerland, June 19-23, 2000.
  • IEEE Visualization, Salt Lake City, October 8-13, 2000.
  • ACM SIGGRAPH, Orlando, July 24-28, 2000.
  • Eurographics Conference, Geneva, August 20-25, 2000.
  • Sixth ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 4-8, 2001
  • ACM Interactive 3D Graphics, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 19-21, 2001.
  • Eurographics Conference, Manchester, UK, September 3-7, 2001.
  • Eurographics Conference, Saarbruecken, Germany, September 2-6, 2002.
  • GEO-8 Marseille, France, June 2002.
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, January 2002
  • ACM SIGGRAPH, San Antonio, July 2002.
  • Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), Aachen, Germany, 23-25 June 2003
  • CGS conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents 2003 (CASA 2003), Rutgers University, May 7-9, 2003.
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, January 2003.
  • Conference Advisory Board Member for CAD'04 in May 24-28, 2004, Pattaya, Thailand
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, January-February 2004.
  • ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling 2004.
  • Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, July 8-10, 2004, Nice.
  • Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, Vienna, July 4-6, 2005.
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, January 31-February 04, 2005.
  • ACM Interactive 3D Graphics, 2005.
  • ACM SIGGRAPH July-August 2005.
  • Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), Caligary, Sardinia June 26-28, 2006
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, March 14-17, 2006
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, January 30-February 03, 2006.
  • Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), Barcelona, Spain, July 2007
  • Shape Modeling International, StonyBrook, June 2008
  • WSCG, Plzen, Czech Republic, Feb 2008

    External member of PhD Committees
  • Raja Banerjee, Univ. of Central Florida
  • Anil Kaul, Columbia University
  • Suresh Lodha, Rice University
  • Laurent Alt, Telecom France
  • Pascal Lienhardt, Univ. Strasbourg, France
  • Philippe Decaudin, INRIA, France, 1996
  • Michael Garland, CMU, 1999
  • Bruno Levy, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France, 1999
  • Carlos Saona, UPC Barcelona Spain, 2001.
  • Pierre-Marie Gandouin, INRIA, France, 2001.
  • Li Xuetao, National University of Singapore, 2002.
  • Thomas Lewiner: Simplification, INRIA, France, 2006
  • Maneli Noorkami: Watermarking Video, ECE, 2007
  • Nigel Stewart: CSG Rendering, RMIT, Australia, 2007

    Leadership positions at Georgia Tech
  • Director GVU Center, 1996-2000
  • Chair of the CoC Honors and Awards committee, 2000
  • Chair of the CoC Honors and Awards committee, 2002
  • Chair of the Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee of the College of Computing, 2004-2005
  • Vice-Chair of the Georgia Tech Executive Board, 2007