Me with the Statue of Liberty on Lake Mendota (January 1996)

Current Employer:

Avid Technology, Inc.
1925 Andover St.
Tewksbury, MA 01876

Former Employer:

Space Science and Engineering Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Education:

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, 1990
Master's Degree, Computer Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994

Current Email Address:

brian_paul@avid.com

Software I've written:

• Mesa - a free OpenGL work-alike library
• Togl - an OpenGL widget for Tcl/Tk, with Ben Bederson
• Vis5D - visualization system, with Bill Hibbard
• TR - tile rendering library for OpenGL
• V-Blocks - virtual building blocks (requires IRIS GL)

Other stuff I've done:

• Course notes for "OpenGL and Window System Integration" course at SIGGRAPH '97

Interests:

• Computer graphics, especially real-time graphics and OpenGL
• Computer programming (of course)
  • Recommended C Style and Coding Standards
  • GNU coding standards
  • Kenton Lee's X Programming Articles
  • My tips on portable C programming
  • My GL/OpenGL programming tips
  • My X programming tips
• Computer architecture
• Bicycling - I'm down to two bikes now: a Fisher MTN bike and a Lemond road bike. I've been in many mountain bike races and time trials and have done two centuries (so far).
• Biathlons - I've done the Mount Horeb, WI biathlon twice. 2-mile run, 14-mile bike, 2-mile run in 1:24 (both times!)
• Musical favorites:
  • Garbage (from Madison, WI!)
  • Paula Cole
  • U2
  • Sting / The Police
  • The Smiths / Morrissey
  • The Cranberries
  • R.E.M.
• Movie favorites:
  • Blade Runner
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Contact
  • Eating Raoul
  • Fargo
  • The Fifth Element
  • Forrest Gump
  • Star Wars
  • Sling Blade
  • Something About Mary
• Audio/Video (Laserdiscs, DVD, etc)

Finally:

Thanks to the SSEC for letting me keep my account for this web page.