Latest update: December 16, 2024

Mike Bailey is a Professor in Computer Science at Oregon State University. He specializes in scientific visualization, 3D interactive computer graphics, stereographics, and parallel programming (particularly GPU-based).

Mike also has a long-held interest in teaching, having exceeded the 13,000 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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If you want further directions, the "unofficial" address of the Kelley Engineering Center is "2500 SW Monroe Street, Corvallis, OR". GPS units and Google Maps seem to know what to do with this.

 Education

Ph.D. in Computer Graphics and Computer Aided Design	Purdue University.
Master of Science in Computer Graphics and Computer Aided Design	Purdue University.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (with Highest Honors)	Purdue University

 Professional

Professor, Computer Science	Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
Professor, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering	University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Director of Visualization	San Diego Supercomputer Center; San Diego, CA.
Director of Advanced Development	Megatek Corporation; San Diego, CA.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering	Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN.
Computer Aided Design Technical Staff	Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.

 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

• 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.
• 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, solid freeform fabrication for visualization hardcopy, stereographics, and augmented reality.

 Research Projects

• Stereographics, and Beyond
• Center for 3D Hardcopy (C3H)
• Using ChromaDepth for 3D Visualization
• OSU Volume Explorer program (vx)
• GPU Programming for Dome Projection
• GPU Programming for Realtime 3D Line Integral Convolution
• Augmented Reality in the Field
• 3D Hydrologic Visualization
• Tsunami Visualization
• "Flocking" for Modeling Driving Behaviors

 University Education Classes and Notes

• Computer Graphics Education Lab (CGEL)
• CS 450/550: Introduction to Computer Graphics class
• CS 419v/519v: Vulkan class
• CS 453/553: Scientific Visualization class
• CS 457/557: Shaders class
• CS 475/575: Parallel Computing class
• CS 491: CS Skills for Simulation and Game Development class

 Other Notes

• ParaView notes
• Vulkan notes
• SIGGRAPH Conference notes: A Whirlwind Introduction to Computer Graphics

 K-12 Outreach Projects and Notes

• Blender class and notes
• Processing class and notes
• SketchUp class and notes
• Scratch class and notes
• TinkerCad class and notes

 Selected Papers

 Current Students

Current Grad Students: Ali Alsalehy Ninad Anklesaria Nirmit Patel Hojun Shin Grace Todd Jian Tang

Current Honors Students: Nuha Faaizah Shengdong (Andy) Li

 Former Graduate Students and Where They Went

 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