Faculty
Peter Schroeder
Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics; EAS Division Deputy Chair
Degrees and Appointments
B.S., Technical University of Berlin, 1987; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990; M.A., Princeton University, 1992; Ph.D., 1994. Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Caltech, 1995-98; Associate Professor, 1998-2000; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics, 2000-01; Professor, 2001-; Division Deputy Chair, 2012-.
Email: ps
cs.caltech.edu
Tel: 626-395-4269
306 Annenberg IST Center MC 305-16 Pasadena, CA 91125Research Group Website »
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Research Overview
Prof. Schröder is interested in the design of efficient and reliable algorithms for problems in computer graphics. These range from geometric modeling (effective methods to model the shape of objects) to animation (simulation of physical phenomena such as the deformation of cloth). His emphasis is on an area known as "Discrete Differential Geometry." Its goals are to rebuild the foundations of classical differential geometry in a discrete setting which makes it immediately useful for computation.
List of Research Areas
Numerical algorithms for computer graphics, geometric modeling, physical modeling for computation, Discrete Differential Geometry
Research Centers
Center for the Mathematics of Information
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