Mike Bailey, PhD
Latest update: September 9, 2026
Mike Bailey is a Professor in
Computer Science
at
Oregon State University.
He specializes in
3D interactive computer graphics,
scientific visualization,
and
parallel programming (particularly GPU-based).
Mike also has a long-held interest in teaching, having exceeded the
14,000 students-taught-in-class mark, and having won numerous university and external awards.
Address
Oregon State University
Computer Science
2117 Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis, OR 97331-5501
541-737-2542
F: 541-737-1300
mjb@cs.oregonstate.edu
http://cs.oregonstate.edu/~mjb
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Education
| Ph.D. in Computer Graphics and Computer Aided Design
| Purdue University.
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| Master of Science in Computer Graphics and Computer Aided Design
| Purdue University.
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| Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (with Highest Honors)
| Purdue University
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Professional
| Professor, Computer Science
| Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
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| Professor, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering
| University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
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| Director of Visualization
| San Diego Supercomputer Center; San Diego, CA.
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| Director of Advanced Development
| Megatek Corporation; San Diego, CA.
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| Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
| Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN.
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| Computer Aided Design Technical Staff
| Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.
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Professional Activities
- OSU Faculty Senate Executive Committee: 2013-2016, 2022-2025.
- Faculty Member on the OSU Board of Trustees, 2016-2021.
- OSU Faculty Senate President, 2015.
- OSU Faculty Senate, 2008-2019, 2022-2025.
- Co-author (with Steve Cunningham): Computer Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice, Taylor and Francis, 2012.
- Chair, national Graphics Performance Characterization (GPC) group, 1993-1997.
- United States Patent 5,185,858: Image Priority Video Switch, 1991.
- Member, Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH), ACM's Special Interest Group on High Performance Computing (SIGHPC).
- SIGGRAPH Executive Committee, 1986-1990
- ACM SIGGRAPH Conference Co-Chair, 1991.
- ACM SIGGRAPH Conference Committee, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 2011.
- IEEE Visualization Conference Chair, 2001.
- Guest Editor, Computer Graphics and Applications special issue on Graphics in Education, September 2005.
- Technical Chair, VRML '95 Symposium, December 1995.
Honors and Awards
- OSU Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award, 2025.
- Inducted into SIGGRAPH Academy, 2024.
- ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award, 2024.
- OSU College of Engineering Alumni Award, 2023.
- OSU EECS Faculty of the Year Award, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2025.
- ACM SIGGRAPH Service Award, 2015.
- OSU EECS Innovative Professor Award, 2014, 2023.
- OSU Beaver Champion award, 2012.
- OSU College of Engineering Austin Paul teaching award, 2008.
- OSU EECS Most Enthusiastic Professor Award, 2005.
- UCSD Barbara and Paul Saltzman Distinguished Teaching Award, 2002.
- UCSD Computer Science Teacher of the Year award: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
- San Diego Girl Scouts Spirit Award, 2000.
- Connect Athena Pinnacle award for K-12 outreach activities, 1999.
- Purdue SAE Ralph Teetor Award, 1983, for excellence in teaching and student service.
Research Activities
Research areas of interest include a variety of topics in the general field
of scientific computer graphics,
with a specific interest in GPU-based techniques,
and solid freeform fabrication for visualization hardcopy.
Research Projects
University Education Classes and Notes
Other Notes
K-12 Outreach Projects and Notes
Current Students
Former Graduate Students and Where They Went
- Candace Rush (General Electric)
- Bill Charlesworth (International TechneGroup)
- Steve Van Frank (LynxSys)
- Dave Plunkett (BugSplat)
- Jim Freeman (Hughes Aircraft)
- Dave Nadeau (San Diego Supercomputer Center)
- Jack Middleton (Sun Microsystems)
- David Isacoff (NSA)
- Roger Spreen (Adobe)
- Rich Crawford (University of Texas)
- Dan Fagan (Ford)
- Cherilynn Michaels (Orincon)
- Timothy Wang
- Steve Lukas (Qualcomm)
- Wolfgang Bloem (IBM)
- Daniel New (SPAWAR)
- Kyle Bulloch (Hewlett-Packard)
- Dru Clark (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
- Matt Clothier (US Patent and Trademark Office)
- Nick Gebbie (Bunkspeed)
- John Datuin (General Atomics)
- Daniel Moffitt (Microsoft)
- Ankit Khare (Midway Games)
- Avneet Sandhu (Mentor Graphics)
- Vasu Lakshmanan (Expedia)
- Dwayne Robinson (Microsoft)
- Kyle Hatcher (Mygistics)
- Chris Janik (Intel)
- Adam Leibel (Intel)
- Chuck Evans (Intel)
- Chris Moore (University of Hawaii)
- Sudarshanram Shetty (Intel)
- Nick Schultz (Intel)
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- Matthew Reed
- Will Dillon (Racepoint Energy)
- Alex Wiggins (Racepoint Energy)
- David Burri
- Michael Tichenor (Cricut)
- Randy Rauwendaal (Apple)
- Justin Carr (OSU Business Systems Group)
- Ben Tribelhorn (University of Portland faculty)
- Viriya Ratanasangpunth (Amazon)
- Bryan Pawlowski (Timberline Studios)
- Chris Schultz (NVIDIA)
- Wojtek Rajski (Intel)
- Jim Schneidereit (Concur)
- William Leslie (Intel)
- Matt Viehdorfer (Oregon Health Sciences University)
- Hongyan Yin (Tableau)
- Basim Iskandarani (Royal Commission Yanbu Colleges and Institutes)
- David Stuve (Philips Neuro)
- Matt Clothier (US Patent and Trademark Office)
- Sean Moore
- Wenbo Hou (Amazon)
- Louis Panton (CoreAVI)
- Jian Tang
- Richard Cunard (Natural Point)
- Mohan Khoshzahan
- Rohan Borkar (Microsoft)
- Braxton Cuneo (Seattle University faculty)
- Nathan DeStafeno (Epic Games)
- Grace Todd
- Nirmit Patel
- Ali Al-Salehy (Jubail University, Saudi Arabia)
- Jian Tang
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Parting Thought
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
-- Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets