{"id":23981,"date":"2025-01-23T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?page_id=23981"},"modified":"2025-01-24T13:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:20:18","slug":"ph-d-in-visual-computing-and-interactive-media-core-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/ph-d-in-visual-computing-and-interactive-media\/ph-d-in-visual-computing-and-interactive-media-core-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. in Visual Computing and Interactive Media Core Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-core-faculty\">Core Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ergun-akleman-nbsp\">Ergun Akleman&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgia Institute of Technology&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research Area: Modeling; rendering; storytelling&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.tamu.edu\/~ergun\/\">Webpage<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-donald-house-nbsp\"><strong>Donald House<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior Professor, Interim Program Director&nbsp;for Ph.D. in Visual Computing and Interactive Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D., Computer Science&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Massachusetts, Amherst&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research Area: Physically based animation; 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