Tan Tiow Seng

Tan Tiow Seng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on computational geometry, particularly geometric algorithms with applications to interactive graphics, visualization, and games. He leads a research group that has developed several GPU software tools for geometric computation, which are available for free download. Dr. Tan holds five US/Singapore patents and has received the NUS Teaching Excellence Award three times. He is also actively involved in the digital media industry, serving on expert panels and co-founding a graphics/visualization company.

TAN, Tiow Seng is a researcher at the National University of Singapore, specializing in Computational Geometry, GPU Computing, and Algorithms. His work focuses on developing efficient algorithms for geometric problems, particularly leveraging GPU computing for parallel processing. His research includes topics such as Voronoi diagrams, distance transforms, Delaunay triangulation, and mesh simplification. He has contributed to the development of GPU-accelerated algorithms for computing convex hulls, bounding volume hierarchies, and morphing sequences. His publications highlight the application of computational geometry in interactive visualization, real-time rendering, and image processing. His research emphasizes the intersection of algorithms and hardware acceleration to solve complex geometric problems efficiently.