Regular biography
Alan Barr is a Professor of Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Biology and Biological Engineering department. He holds a B.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973, an M.S. in 1976, and a Ph.D. in 1983. His career at Caltech includes roles as Research Fellow (1984), Assistant Professor (1984-90), Associate Professor (1990-98), and Professor (1998-present). He also served as Executive Officer for Computer Science from 2000 to 2001. His research areas include Computation and Neural Systems.
Scholar-generated biography
Alan H Barr is a Professor of Computer Science and Computational Neuroscience at Caltech. His research focuses on computational geometry, computer graphics, and modeling systems. He has contributed significantly to the development of deformable models, implicit surfaces, and methods for surface editing. His work includes techniques for dynamic real-time deformations, constrained differential optimization, and energy constraints on parameterized models. Barr's research also extends to image processing, such as partial-volume Bayesian classification of material mixtures in MR volume data. His publications emphasize the integration of geometric modeling with real-time interactive systems.