Vita - Kirk L. Duffin

Education

Degree	Date	Institution	Location
Ph.D., Computer Science	Aug. 1999	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah
B.S., Mathematics	Aug. 1990	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah

Employment

Northern Illinois University	DeKalb, IL	Asst. Prof.	1999-
Brigham Young University	Provo, UT	Instructor/Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant	1991-1997

Journal Articles

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Chemistry Examinations with Visible Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Imaging . Ling Bei, Kirk L. Duffin and Jon W. Carnahan. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy. (accepted Apr. 2004, refereed).
• A Web-based Interactive Landform Simulation Model (WILSIM) . Wei Luo, Kirk L. Duffin, Edit Peronja, Jay Stravers and George Henry. Computers and Geosciences. (accepted Nov. 2003, refereed).

Proceedings

• Fast Focal Length Solution in Partial Panoramic Image Stitching" , Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition . Dec. 8-14, 2001, Kauai, Hawaii, volume II, pp. 690-695 (refereed).
• Image Origami. Eric Sokolowsky, Parris Egbert, William A. Barrett and Kirk L. Duffin. Proceedings of 5^th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia . Sep. 1-3, 1999, Dundee, Scotland, pp. 14-23 (refereed).
• Globally Optimal Image Mosaics. Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '98. June 18-20, 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia, pp. 217-222 (refereed).
• Spiders: A New User Interface for Rotation and Visualization of N-dimensional Point Sets . Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett. Proceedings of Visualization '94, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics , Oct. 17-21, 1994, Washington D.C., pp. 205-211 (refereed).

Magazine Articles

• High-Tech Videography (sidebar). Gene Ware and Kirk Duffin, in Imaging Maya Art, Mary Miller, Archaeology, May/June1997 p. 37.

Abstracts

• Extraction of Area-Based Place Name Encodings from U.S. Census Data, Kirk L. Duffin, Proceedings of 3^rd Annual Family History and Technology Workshop, April 3, 2003, Provo, Utah, pp. 31-34 (refereed).
• Web-Based Interactive Simulation of Landform Evolution, Wei Luo, Kirk L. Duffin, Edit Peronja, Jay Stravers, and George Henry, 34^th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Geological Society of America, Oct. 27-30, 2002, Denver, Colorado, http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/
• An Area Based Encoding Scheme for Place Names, Kirk L. Duffin, Proceedings of 2^nd Annual Family History and Technology Workshop, April 4, 2002, Provo, Utah, pp. 28-31 (refereed).
• Imaging in the UV and Vis Regions Using Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters, Jon W. Carnahan, Kirk Duffin, Ling Bei, and Thomas Spaine, Book of Abstracts, 28^th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Oct. 7-12, 2001, Detroit, Michigan, p. 165.
• Visible Hyperspectral Imaging with Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters, Ling Bei, Jon W. Carnahan, and Kirk Duffin, Book of Abstracts, 28^th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Oct. 7-12, 2001, Detroit, Michigan, p. 166.

Dissertation

• Image Based Modeling Techniques for Virtual Environments, Kirk L. Duffin, Brigham Young University, August 1999.

Presentations

• Web-Based Interactive Landform Simulation Model (WILSIM), Wei Luo, Kirk Duffin, Edit Peronja, Jay Stravers, George Henry, Association of American Geographers Centennial Meeting, March 14-19, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Web-Based Interactive Landform Simulation Model (WILSIM), Wei Luo,, Kirk Duffin, Edit Peronja, Jay Stravers, George Henry, Association of American Geographers East/West Lakes Regional Meeting, October 16-18, 2003, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• Extraction of Area-Based Place Name Encodings from U.S. Census Data, Kirk L. Duffin, 3^rd Annual Family History and Technology Workshop, April 3, 2003, Provo, Utah.
• Implementing WILSIM, a Web-Based Geomorphology Simulator, Edit Peronja, Kirk L. Duffin, Wei Luo, Jay Stravers, and George Henry, 2003 Midwest Computing Conference, March 28, 2003, DeKalb, Illinois.
• Implementing a Custom 3-D Rendering Engine for Java 1.1 - A Case Study, Kirk L. Duffin, Edit Peronja, Wei Luo, Jay Stravers, and George Henry, 2003 Midwest Computing Conference, March 28, 2003, DeKalb, Illinois.
• An Area Based Encoding Scheme for Place Names, Kirk L. Duffin, 2^nd Annual Family History and Technology Workshop, April 4, 2002, Provo, Utah.
• Mathematical Syntax in Computer Graphics Education - Some Observations, Kirk L. Duffin, 2001 Midwest Computing Conference, 2001, DeKalb, Illinois.
• Globally Optimal Image Mosaics. Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett. Graphics Interface '98. June 18-20, 1998, Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Spiders: A New User Interface for Rotation and Visualization of N-dimensional Point Sets . Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett. Visualization '94, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Computer Graphics , Oct. 17-21, 1994, Washington D.C..

Posters

• Hyperspectral Imaging System Based on Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter (AOTF), Ling Bei, Jon W. Carnahan, Kirk L. Duffin, 54^th Annual Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, March 9-14, 2003, Orlando, Florida.
• Hyperspectral Imaging wih a Visible Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter, Ling Bei, Kirk L. Duffin, Jon W. Carnahan, 53^rd Annual Pittsburgh Conference and Exposition on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, March 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, Lousiana.
• Fast Focal Length Solution in Partial Panoramic Image Stitching" , Kirk L. Duffin and William A. Barrett 2001 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition . Dec. 8-14, 2001, Kauai, Hawaii.
• Imaging in the UV and Vis Regions Using Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters, Jon W. Carnahan, Kirk Duffin, Ling Bei, and Thomas Spaine, 28^th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Oct. 7-12, 2001, Detroit, Michigan.
• Visible Hyperspectral Imaging with Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters, Ling Bei, Jon W. Carnahan, Kirk R. Duffin, 28^th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Oct. 7-12, 2001, Detroit, Michigan.
• Fundamental Characterizations of Hyperspectral Imaging with Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters, Ling Bei, Jon W. Carnahan, Kirk Duffin, 27^th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy Societies, Sep. 24-28, 2000, Nashville, Tennessee.

Courses

* - coordinator

• Graduate Readings - CSCI 597 - Shadow Generation Techniques
  Spring 2003
• Graduate Readings - CSCI 597 - Open GL Rendering
  Fall 2002
• Graduate Readings - CSCI 597 - Terrain Rendering
  Spring 2001
• Graduate Readings - CSCI 597 - Graphical User Interface Design
  Fall 2001
• Graduate Readings - CSCI 597 - Image Processing
  Fall 2001
• Introductory Algorithms in Computer Graphics - CSCI 490B / CSCI 580B
  Fall 2000^*, Fall 2001^*, Fall 2002^*, Fall 2003^*
• Computer Graphics - Modeling - CSCI 490B / CSCI 580B
  Spring 2002^*
• Computer Systems Organization - CSCI 463
  Fall 1999
• Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis - CSCI 440
  Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2003
• Directed Study - CSCI 297 - Bezier Curves and Surfaces
  Fall 2003
• Directed Study - CSCI 297 - Honors CSCI 241
  Spring 2003
• Intermediate Programming in C++ - CSCI 241
  Spring 2001^*, Fall 2001^*, Spring 2002^*, Spring 2003^*, Fall 2003, Spring 2004^*
• Computer Programming in C - CSCI 240
  Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2002^*
• Elementary Programming - CSCI 210
  Spring 2004^*

Other

External Reviewer

• ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 98), 19-24 July, 1998, Orlando, Florida.

Committees

• Program Committee Chair - 4^th Annual Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research, September 2003-April 2004.
• Program Committee - 3^rd Annual Workshop on Technology for Family History and Genealogical Research, September 2002-April 2003.