Rajinder Sodhi

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL
Master of Science in Computer Science

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Honors

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Cultural Computing Group
Working on novel interaction techniques and gestural interfaces with everyday surfaces as it applies to performance art, theater, and new media installations. Deployed a new projector-camera system for use in live dance performances and demonstrations.

Walt Disney Imagineering
Research Associate
Prototyped a multi-projector camera system that takes camera images and creates an image as if it were seen by a projector. The system is currently being productized for use in theme parks and we are still actively involved in its development.

Walt Disney Imagineering
Research Associate
Prototyped a projection mapping system focusing on real-time tracking for use in the theme park indsutry.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
ORCHID Research Group
Research Assistant
Researching computational tools that foster individual and collaborative creativity in the early conceptual stages of design.

Office of Technology Management
System Administrator
Helped develop programming tools used to improve the workflow for identifying and licensing intellectual property generated by research activities at the University of Illinois.

CS 101: Introduction to Computing for Engineers & Scientists
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Thomas Gambill. Taught three lab sections to supplement lecture material. Ranked as top University instructor by students.

B. Jones, R. Sodhi, R. Campbell, G. Garnett, B. Bailey. Build Your World and Play in It: Interacting with Surface Particles on Complex Objects. To appear in ISMAR: Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2010.

Venkataswamy, A., R. Sodhi, Y. Abdildin, and B.P. Bailey. Groupware for Design: an Interactive System to Facilitate Creative Processes in Team Design Work. Accepted to Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), 2009.

Siebel Scholar Fellowship
UIUC CS Grad Student Expo - Best Research Presentation
Millennium Scholarship
Barringere Cello Music Scholarship

Programming: C, C++, JavaScript, Flex/Flash, PHP, Python, OpenGL, VTK, CUDA, Assembly
Applications: Matlab, Eclipse, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, Visual Studio, MS Office
Sample Coursework: Computer Vision, Pervasive Computing, User Interface Design, Programming Massively Parallel Architectures, Scientific Visualizations, Algorithms, Numerical Analysis
Languages: Punjabi, Spanish

Member
Association for Computing Machinery
ACM Student Chapter President (2004)

Volunteer
ACM SIGCHI 2009 (student volunteer)