Education
Bio
Dr. Yang is a senior member of the IEEE and serves as Associate Editor for the journal Pattern Recognition. He has published over 80 technical papers in international journals and conference proceedings. In addition, he has served as referee to numerous international journals and conferences. He was co-chair of Vision Interface 98.
Areas
Computer Graphics
Computer Vision and Multimedia Communications
Summary
Dr. Yang's research interest covers various areas in computer graphics and computer vision. Topics include 2D and 3D shape analysis, edge detection, segmentation, motion analysis, ultrasound image processing, colour image processing, physics-based modelling and animation, rendering of realistic imagery, and image-based rendering.
Social, ethical, professional, economic, and legal issues in the development and deployment of computer technology in society. Prerequisites: Any introductory-level Computing Science course or SCI 100, and any 200-level course.
Fall Term 2021 Winter Term 20222D and 3D transformation; 3D modeling and viewing; illumination models and shading methods; texture mapping; ray tracing. Prerequisites: CMPUT 204 or 275, 301; one of CMPUT 340, 418 or equivalent knowledge, and MATH 214.
Fall Term 2021A major essay on an agreed topic.
Fall Term 2021 Winter Term 2022