Marc Olano Associate Professor - Computer Science & Electrical Engineering University of Maryland Baltimore County ECS 218 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 phone: (410) 455-3094 email: olano@cs.umbc.edu

Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of North Carolina, 1998
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, 1990

Experience:

• 2002 - Present, Assistant Professor, UMBC, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
• 1998 - 2002, Technical Lead, SGI, Mountain View, CA
• 1990 - 1998, Research Assistant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
• 1998 - 1991, Research Programmer, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
• 1990, Animation Programmer, National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL
• 1988, Research Programmer, National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL
• 1987 - 1988, Research Programmer, Rhino Robotics, Inc., Champaign/Urbana, IL

Research Areas:

Dr. Olano's research focuses on interactive procedural shading. The goal is to increase the amount of control one has over the appearance of objects in interactive computer graphics.