Research Interests:

Computer Graphics, Geometric Modeling, Subdivision Surface Techniques,  Image Based Modeling, Multiresolution Representations.

 Education:

• Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Washington. 1992. Dissertation: "Generalized B-spline Surfaces of Arbitrary Topological Type".

• M.S. Mathematics, University of Utah. 1987. Thesis: "Smooth Subdivision Surfaces Based on Triangles".

 Recent Publications:

• C. Loop and Z. Zhang. "Computing Rectifying Homographies for Stereo Vision". IEEE Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'99), Vol.I, pages 125-131, Colorado, June 1999.

• Charles Loop. "Managing Adjacency in Triangular Meshes". Microsoft Research Technical Report, MSR-TR-2000-24. 2000

• Z. Zhang, Y. Shan and C. Loop. "Object Modeling from a Casual Collection of Images". In the Fourth Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), pages 905-910, Taipei, Taiwan, January 2000.

• Z. Zhang and C. Loop. "Estimating the Fundamental Matrix by Transforming Image Points in Projective Space". Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 82(2):174-180, 2001.

• Charles Loop. "Bounded Curvature Triangle Mesh Subdivision with the Convex Hull Property". The Visual Computer, (2002) 18:316-325. Synopsis.

• Charles Loop. "Smooth Ternary Subdivision of Triangle Meshes". Curve and Surface Fitting: St. Malo 2002

• Jos Stam and Charles Loop. "Quad/Triangle Subdivision". Computer Graphics Forum. Volumn 22, Number 1, 2003, pages 1-7

• Charles Loop. "Second Order Smoothness over Extraordinary Vertices". Proceedings of the Symposium on Geometry Processing, pages 169-178, Nice, France, 2004

• Charles Loop and Jim Blinn. "Resolution Independent Curve Rendering using Programmable Graphics Hardware". Siggraph Proceedings, pages 1000-1010, Los Angeles, 2005

• Charles Loop and Jim Blinn. "Real-Time GPU Rendering of Piecewise Algebraic Surfaces". Siggraph Proceedings, Boston, 2006

• Charles Loop and Scott Schaefer. "Approximating Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces with Bicubic Patches". Microsoft Research Technical Report, MSR-TR-2007-44. 2007