Staff and Location

Faculty Director Prof. Noah Snavely, 307 Gates Hall (snavely@cs.cornell.edu)
Teaching
Assistants
Xanda Schofield, CS Ph.D. (aks249)
Amanda Steckel, MAE M.Eng. (avs55)
Paul Upchurch, CS Ph.D. (pru3)
Wayne Uy, CAM Ph.D. (wtu4)
Scott Wehrwein, CS Ph.D. (sw744)
Kyle Wilson, CAM Ph.D. (klw229)
Staff Email curie-2015-cv-l atsign cornell.edu
Computer Lab Space Upson B7
Lecture Room Upson B17 (used for short introductory lectures)

Faculty Director Bio

The director for the CURIE Academy in 2015 is Prof. Noah Snavely. Prof. Snavely is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University, working in the Cornell Graphics and Vision Group. His research interests are in computer vision and computer graphics, in particular in recovering 3D structure from large community photo collections for use in graphics and visualization. He is the recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award.

Preqrequisites

Scholars are expected to have a strong background in math and science, enjoy solving problems, and want to learn more about careers in engineering. Scholars area not expected to have any prior experience with computer science; we will teach scholars everything they needed to know to succeed in their design project!