UFRGS PhD candidate visiting MIT Media Lab. Vitor has interest in sight (anatomy, physiology and pathology of the eye and human perception),   light-matter simulation (light transport models, photo-realistic rendering, biophysical predictive animations) and imaging (sensors, optics, computer vision)

Contact

1. e-mail / msn: vitor@vitorpamplona.com
   
2. skype: vfpamp

Education

1. 2008 - Today - Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at UFRGS with one year at MIT Media Lab.
   Group: Computer Graphics [Videos]
   Advisor: Manuel M. Oliveira and Ramesh Raskar (MIT Media Lab)
   Average Grade: A.
   
   
2. 2006 – 2008 - M. Sc. in Computer Science at UFRGS.
   Dissertation: Photorealistic models for pupil light reflex and iridal pattern deformation
   Group: Computer Graphics [Videos]
   Advisors: Manuel M. Oliveira and Gladimir V. G. Baranoski (Univ. Waterloo - Canada)
   Average Grade: A [History].
   
   
3. 2001 – 2005 - B.Sc. in Computer Science at FURB.
   Monograph: M3GE: A 3D java-based game engine for mobile devices using M3G API.
   Group: Computer Graphics and Software Engineering
   Advisor: Paulo C. Rodacki Gomes
   Average Grade: 9,05 in a range of 0-10 [History].
   

Fellowships

1. 2010 - Lemelson-MIT Program award on the MIT Ideas Competition 2010.
2. 2009 - Recipient of fellowship from CNPq-Brazil for spending one year overseas as a visiting PhD student
3. 2008 - Recipient of fellowship from CNPq-Brazil for pursuing a PhD at UFRGS
4. 2007 - Microsoft fellowship from the Innovation Centers Project

Academic Distinctions

1. 2010 - Second place by popular vote on the MIT Global Challenge.
2. 2010 - Business model finalist on the development track of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition 2010.
3. 2009 - Second Prize on the 2009 Brazilian Computer Society Masters Thesis Contest. Selected among all areas of Computer Science, involving about 51 graduate programs in Brazil.
4. 2005 - Baba XP Manager won the Great Idea by Java Tools Community
5. 2004 - Honorable Mention at ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest South America
   

Journal Papers

1. 2009 - Vitor F. Pamplona, Manuel M. Oliveira, Gladimir V. G. Baranoski. Photorealistic Models for Pupil Light Reflex and Iridal Pattern Deformation. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). 28 (4), 2009. p. 106:1 - 106:12.
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2. 2008 - Leandro Fernandes, Vitor F. Pamplona, João Prauchner, Luciana Nedel, Manuel M. Oliveira. A conceptual image-based data glove for computer-human interaction. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada (RITA). v.15, n.3, 2008. p. 75-94.
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Conference Papers

1. 2010 - Vitor F. Pamplona, Ankit Mohan, Manuel M. Oliveira, Ramesh Raskar. NETRA: Interactive Display for Estimating Refractive Errors and Focal Range. SIGGRAPH 2010 (ACM Transactions on Graphics), 2010.
   
   
2. 2009 - Luís F. M. S. Silva, Vitor F. Pamplona, João L.D. Comba. Legolizer: A Real-Time System for Modeling and Rendering LEGO Representations of Boundary Models. Proc. of XXIIth Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing. Rio de Janeiro: SBC, 2009.
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3. 2009 - Vitor F. Pamplona, Manuel M. Oliveira, Gladimir V. G. Baranoski. Modelos Foto-realistas para o Reflexo Pupilar à Luz e Deformação dos Padrões da Íris. Proc. of XXIX Brazilian Computer Society Congress (BCSC 2009). Porto Alegre: SBC, 2009.
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4. 2008 - Vitor F. Pamplona, Leandro Fernandes, João Prauchner, Luciana Nedel, Manuel M. Oliveira. The Image-Based Data Glove. Proc. of X Symposium on Virtual Reality (SVR'2008). Porto Alegre: SBC, 2008. p. 204-211. (Top five full paper)  
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5. 2007 - Paulo C. R. Gomes, Cláudio Estácio, Vitor F. Pamplona. Implementação de Suporte a Modelos de Personagem Não Jogador em Dispositivos Móveis na Mobile 3D Game Engine. Proc. of VI Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment. Porto Alegre: SBC, 2007. p. 54-61.  
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6. 2005 - Paulo C. R. Gomes, Vitor F. Pamplona. M3GE: um motor de jogos 3D para dispositivos móveis com suporte a M3G API. Proc. of IV Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment. Porto Alegre: SBC, 2005. p. 55-65.  
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Short Papers

1. 2005 - Giovane R. Kuhn, Vitor F. Pamplona. SnailDB: banco de dados orientado a objetos utilizando Prevayler. Anais do XIV Seminco (Mostra Software), 2005, pp. 175-176.
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2. 2004 - Giovane R. Kuhn, Vitor F. Pamplona. Baba XP: encante seus clientes com extreme programming. Anais do XIII Seminco (Mostra Software), 2004, pp. 185-186.
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Book Chapters

1. 2008 - Vitor F. Pamplona, Manuel M. Oliveira, Luciana P. Nedel. Animating Relief Impostors Using Radial Basis Functions Textures. In: Scott Jacobs (ed.) Game Programming Gems 7. Charles River Media, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts, 2008, pp. 401-412.
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Master Thesis

1. 2008 - Vitor F. Pamplona. Photorealistic Models for Pupil Light Reflex and Iridal Pattern Deformation. Master's thesis. Porto Alegre: CPGCC-UFRGS, Apr. 2008. (Grade: A unanimous)
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Undergraduate Thesis

1. 2005 - Vitor F. Pamplona. Um protótipo de motor de jogos 3D para dispositivos móveis com suporte a especificação Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME. Monografia. Blumenau: FURB, Jun. 2005. (Grade: 97%)
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Technical Reports

1. 2007 - Vitor F. Pamplona. Estudo sobre a íris humana para síntese de imagens foto-realísticas. Tech Report n. 1284. Porto Alegre: PPGC-UFRGS, Ago. 2007.
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Previous Experience

1. Aug 2003 – Feb 2006: Software Architect at Progressiva Acessoria e Sistemas LTDA.
   
2. Apr 2001 – Aug 2003: Software Engineer at Totall.com S.A.
   
3. Jul 1999 – Apr 2001: Network Administrator at Binho Informática and Independent Software Developer .

Sites and Servers

1. Nov 2007 - Today, administrator: VitorPamplona.com : My blog
2. Mar 2003 - Dec 2008, administrator: JavaFree.org : Java and free software virtual community
   
3. Feb 2007 - Sep 2008, administrator: Infoblogs.com.br : TI Brazilian feeds aggregator
4. Jul 2006 - Sep 2006, founder: RubyOnBr.org : Ruby and rails virtual community
   
5. Oct 2004 - Nov 2007, administrator: jroller/vfpamp : My old blog

Free Software Projects  

1. Feb 2009 - Feb 2010, project leader: WeblessDoc : an unified off-line documentation browser.
2. May 2006 - Today, project leader: Priki : wiki wiki web with an object oriented database.  
3. Feb 2005 - Feb 2007, project leader: Mobile 3D Game Engine (M3GE)  
   
4. Nov 2004 - Dez 2008, project leader: RSS Notifier : RSS and e-mail notifier, like GMail notifier.  
   
5. Sep 2007 - Apr 2008, project leader: HL2GLSL : HLSL to GLSL translator [Video]
6. Aug 2004 - Sep 2008, project leader: JavaFreeCMS : Wiki-based content management system (discontinued)
7. Nov 2004 - Nov 2007, project leader: SnailDB : JDBC Driver for Prevayler
8. Apr 2004 - Nov 2007, project leader: Baba XP : XP Project management
   
9. Feb 2007 - Apr 2007, developer: Sneer : Sovereign P2P software