RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Computer Graphics, Biomedical and Information Visualization,
Medical Image Analysis, Computer Science Education
PUBLICATIONS

DOCTORAL WORK

  1. [DISSERTATION] Kalpathi Subramanian, “Adapting Search Structures to Scene Characteristics for Ray Tracing", Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1990. Advisor: Donald S. Fussell [Full Dissertation[PDF]]
  2. [MS Thesis] K.R. Subramanian, “Fast Ray Tracing Using K-D Trees", Master’s thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1987.
  3. [Graphics Interface ’91]K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Automatic Termination Criteria for Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Proceedings of Graphics Interface ’91, Calgary, Alberta, June 3-7, 1991.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  4. [IEEE Visualization 1990] K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Applying Space Subdivision Techniques to Volume Rendering", Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization ’90, San Francisco, CA, October 23-26, 1990.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  5. Technical Report] K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Factors Affecting Performance of Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Technical Report, The University of Texas at Austin, TR-90-21, August 1990.
    [Full Report[pdf]
  6. Technical Report] K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “A Cost Model for Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Technical Report, The University of Texas at Austin, TR-90-04, March 1990.
    [Full Report[pdf]

PhD STUDENT DISSERTATIONS

  1. David Burlinson, “"The Role Of Symbol Closure in Visual Encoding: From Perception to Visual Analysis of Synthetic AND Real-World Data", The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019, Advisors: Kalpathi Subramanian, Paula Goolkasian.
    [Full Dissertation[PDF]]
  2. Jianfei Liu, “From Pixel To Region To Temporal Volume: A Robust Motion Processing Framework For Visually-Guided Navigation", The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2011, Advisors: Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo.
    [Full Dissertation[PDF]]

JOURNALS

  1. David Burlinson, Matthew Mcquaigue, Alec Goncharow, Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, Paula Goolkasian, “BRIDGES: Real World Data, Assignments and Visualizations To Engage and Motivate CS Majors", Education and Information Technologies, Springer, Oct. 2023.
  2. Alec Goncharow, Matthew Mcquaigue, Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, Paula Goolkasian, and Jamie Payton, “CS-materials: A system for classifying and analyzing pedagogical materials to improve adoption of parallel and distributed computing topics in early cs courses", Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2021.
  3. David Burlinson, Kalpathi Subramanian, Paula Goolkasian, “Open vs. Closed Shapes: New Perceptual Categories?", IEEE Transactions of Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(1), January 2018.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  4. Jack Guest, Todd Eaglin, Kalpathi Subramanian, William Ribarsky “Interactive analysis and Visualization of Situationally Aware Building Evacuations ", Information Visualization, 14(3), July 2015.
    [FullPaper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  5. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “A Robust Method to Track Colonoscopy Videos with Non-Informative Images", International Journal of Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 8(3), July 2013.
    [FullPaper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  6. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “An Optical Flow Approach to Tracking Colonoscopy Video", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Vol. 37(3), pp. 207-223, March 2013.
    [FullPaper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  7. K.R. Subramanian, D.P. Bashor, P. Okey, M.T. Miller, "NVIZ: An Integrated Environment for Simulation, Visualization and Analysis of Spinal Neuronal Dynamics", Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Volume 49(5), September/October 2005.
    [FullPaper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  8. K.R. Subramanian, J.P. Brockway, W.Carruthers, "Interactive Detection and Visualization of Breast Lesions Using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced(DCE) MRI Volumes", Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Volume 28, Issue 8, 2004, Elsevier.
    [FullPaper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  9. T.A. Dahlberg, K.R. Subramanian, “Visualization of Mobile Network Simulations", Simulation, The Society for Computer Simulation and Modeling, Vol 77(3-4), pp. 128-140,Sept/Oct. 2001.
    [Full Paper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  10. K.R. Subramanian, M.J. Thubrikar, M.T. Mostafavi, M.W. Funk, “Accurate 3D Reconstruction of Complex Blood Vessel Geometries from Intravascular Ultrasound Images: In Vitro Study", Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology. 24(4), July, 2000. Taylor and Frances, Ltd. 131-140.
    [Full Paper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  11. K.R. Subramanian, B.F. Naylor, “Converting Discrete Images to Partitioning Trees", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 3(3), September 1997.
    [Full Paper(PDF)] [BibTeX]
  12. K.R. Subramanian, D.P. Bashor, W.V. Hasty, S.M. Merkel, “Multi-Level Visualization of Spinal Reflex Circuit Simulations", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Vol. 17(3), May/June 1997.
    [Full Paper(PDF)] [BibTeX]

CONFERENCES

  1. Matthew Mcquaigue, Jay Strahler, Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, “Location Based Assignments in Early CS Courses Using BRIDGES Engages Students", Proceedings of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, Nov 2022, 38(5), pp 107-116.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  2. Alec Goncharow, Matthew Mcquaigue, Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, Paula Goolkasian, “Mapping Materials to Curriculum Standards for Design, Alignment, Audit, and Search", Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (ACM SIGCSE 2021), 2021, 295–301,
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  3. Kalpathi Subramanian, Kiran Budhrani, “Influence of Course Design on Student Engagement and Motivation in an Online Course", Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (ACM SIGCSE 2020), Portland, OR, 2020, 303–308.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  4. Alec Goncharow, Anna Boekelheide, Matthew Mcquaigue, David Burlinson, Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian and Jamie Payton, “Classifying Pedagogical Material to Improve Adoption of Parallel and Distributed Computing Topics", 9th NSF/TCPP Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing Education (EduPar-19), May 20-24, 2019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  5. Matthew Mcquaigue, David Burlinson, Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, “Visualization, Assessment and Analytics in Data Structures Learning Modules", Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2018), Feb 21-24, Baltimore, MD.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  6. Cory Bart, Kalpathi Subramanian, Ruth Andersen, Nadeem Abdul Hamid, “Preparing, Visualizing, and Using Real-world Data in Introductory Courses" (SIGCSE Panel), Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2018), Baltimore, MD, Feb. 21-24, 2018.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  7. Amab Kundu, Asis Nasipuri, Badrul Chowdhury, Darshan Prabhu, Krupa Mahesh, Chistopher Grafer, Divya Ravi, Kalpathi Subramanian, “Low cost wireless sensors for distribution grid intelligence and resiliency", Proceedings of the IEEE SoutheastCon 2017, Charlotte, NC, March 30-April 2, 2017.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  8. David Burlinson, Kara Koehrn, Kalpathi Subramanian, Aidong Lu, “Are Environmental Regulations Working? A Visual Analytic Approach To Answering Their Impact on Toxic Emissions", Workshop on Visualization in Environmental Sciences(EnvirVis) 2016, (Part of EuroVis 2016), June 6-10, 2016, Groningen, the Netherlands.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  9. David Burlinson, Mihai Mehedint, Chris Grafer, Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, Paula Goolkasian, Michael Youngblood, Robert Kosara, “BRIDGES: A System to Enable Creation of Engaging Data Structures Assignments with Real-World Data and Visualizations", Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2016), pages 18-23, Memphis, TN, Feb. 2016.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  10. David Burlinson, Kalpathi Subramanian, Aidong Lu, “TRI-DIRECT: Interactive visual analysis of TRI data", Proceedings of Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA) 2016 (Partof IS&T Electronic Imaging 2016, Feb 16-18, 2016, San Francisco, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  11. Todd Eaglin, Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, “3D Modeling by the Masses: A Mobile App for Modeling Buildings", Pervasive Computing, (PERCOM) 2013 (Demo Track), March 18-22, 2013.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  12. [Best Student Paper] Jack Guest, Todd Eaglin, Kalpathi Subramanian, William Ribarsky, “Visual Analysis of Situationally Aware Building Evacuations", SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis 2013(VDA 2013), IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging, Feb. 4-6, 2013, San Francisco, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  13. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi R. Subramanian, Terry S. Yoo, “Towards Designing An Optical-flow Based Colonoscopy Tracking Algorithm: A Comparative Study", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2013, Feb. 9-14, Orlando, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  14. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “A Phantom Design for Validating Colonoscopy Tracking", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2012, Feb. 4-9, 2012, San Diego, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  15. Alex Midgett, Jack Guest, Kalpathi Subramanian, “VAST 2011 MiniChallenge: UNCC Viral Tracker", Proceedings of IEEE VAST 2011, Oct 16-21, 2011, Providence, RI.
    [Full Paper[pdf]
  16. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “Temporal Volume Flow: An Approach to Tracking Failure Recovery", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2011, Feb. 12-17, 2011, Orlando, FL.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  17. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “Region Flow: A Multi-Stage Method for Colonoscopy Tracking", Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) 2010, Sept. 20-24, 2010, Beijing, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(LNCS) 6362, Springer.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  18. Jianfei Liu, Kyle Lyons, Kalpathi Subramanian, William Ribarsky, “Semi-Automated Processing and Routing Within Indoor Structures For Emergency Response Applications", Proceedings of SPIE Defense, Security+Sensing, 5-9 April, 2010, Orlando, FL.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  19. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, “Accurate Motion Parameter Estimation for Colonoscopy Tracking Using a Regression Method", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging 2010, Vol. 7624, 13-18 February, 2010, San Diego, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  20. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, Robert Van Uitert, “A Stable Optic-Flow Based Method for Tracking Colonoscopy Images", Proceedings of Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis (MMBIA) 2008, June 27-28, Anchorage, Alaska.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  21. Kalpathi Subramanian, Tom Cassen, “A Cross-Domain Visual Learning Engine for Interactive Generation of Instructional Materials", Proceedings of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education 2008(SIGCSE 2008), March 12-15, 2008, Portland, Oregon, USA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  22. Bryan S. Morse, Weiming Liu, Terry S. Yoo, Kalpathi Subramanian, “Active Contours Using a Constraint-Based Implicit Representation", Proceedings of Internation Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 20-25, San Diego, CA., IEEE Computer Society Press, June 2005.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  23. Joshua Foster, Kalpathi Subramanian, Gail-Joon Ahn, “Interactive Exploration of Large Filesystems", SPIE Proceedings of Visualization and Data Analysis, Volume 5669, 2005 (Poster), Feb. 17-22, 2005, San Jose, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  24. Y. Ye, X. Wu, K.R. Subramanian, L. Zhang. “GenExplore: Interactive Exploration of Gene Interactions from Microarray Data", International Conference on Data Engineering(ICDE) 2004, March 30-April 2, 2004, Boston, MA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  25. K.R. Subramanian, D.P. Bashor, M.T. Miller, J.A. Foster, “Visualizing the Spinal Neuronal Dynamics of Locomotion", SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis, Jan. 18-22, 2004, San Jose, CA.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  26. X. Wu, J. Fan, K. Subramanian, “B-EM: A Classifier Incorporating Bootstrap with EM Approach for Data Mining", Proceedings of ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (SIGKDD02), Edmonton, Canada, July 2002, pp.670-675.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  27. B. Muralikrishnan, J. Raja, K.R. Subramanian, “A 3D Visualization Tool for surface metrology", Proceedings of the Second National Conference in Precision Engineering, COPEN 2002, Jan. 11-13, 2002, Coimbatore, India.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  28. T.S. Yoo, K.R. Subramanian, “Implicit Snakes: Active Constrained Implicit Surfaces", Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI2001), October 14-17, 2001, Utrecht, Netherlands.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  29. B.S. Morse, T.S. Yoo, P. Rheingans, D.T. Chen, K.R. Subramanian, “Interpolating Implicit Surfaces From Scattered Surface Data Using Compactly Supported Radial Basis Functions", Proceedings of Shape Modeling International (SMI) 2001, , May 7-11, 2001, Genova, Italy.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  30. T.S. Yoo, B. Morse, K.R. Subramanian, P. Rheingans, M.J. Ackerman, “Anatomic Modeling from Unstructured Samples Using Variational Implicit Surfaces", Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 2001), Jan 24-27, 2001, Newport Beach, CA.,
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  31. K.R. Subramanian, T. Dahlberg, “Congestion Control in Mobile Networks", Proceedings of Information Visualization 2000 (INFOVIS 2000) Late Breaking Hot Topics, Oct 9-10, 2000, Salt Lake City, UT, IEEE Computer Society.
    [Full Paper[pdf]
  32. T.Dahlberg, K.R. Subramanian, “Visualization of Real-Time Survivability Metrics for Mobile Networks", ACM SWIM 2000, Third ACM International Workshop on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Boston, MA., August 2000.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  33. S.H.Bui, V.Gopalan, J.Raja, K.R.Subramanian, “An Internet Based Surface Texture Analysis System", ASPE 14th Annual Meeting, Oct. 31-Nov 1, Monterey, Ca., 1999.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  34. K.R. Subramanian, D.M. Lawrence, M.T. Mostafavi, “Interactive Segmentation and Analysis of Fetal Ultrasound Images", 8’th Eurographics Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing, Boulogne sur Mer, France, April 28-30, 1997.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  35. T. Cassen, K.R. Subramanian, Z. Michalewicz, “Near-Optimal Construction of Partitioning Trees Using Evolutionary Techniques", Proceedings of Graphics Interface ’95, Quebec City, May 16-19, 1995.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  36. K.R. Subramanian, Bruce F. Naylor, “Representing Medical Images with Partitioning Trees", Proceedings of IEEE Visualization ’92, Boston, MA., October 19-23, 1992.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  37. K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Automatic Termination Criteria for Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Proceedings of Graphics Interface ’91, Calgary, Alberta, June 3-7, 1991.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  38. K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Applying Space Subdivision Techniques to Volume Rendering", Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization ’90, San Francisco, CA, October 23-26, 1990.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]

BOOK CHAPTERS

  1. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, "Accurate and Robust Centerline Extraction from Tubular Structures in Medical Images", Studies in Computational Intelligence, Advances in Information and Intelligent Systems, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, Vol. 259, pp. 139-162, 2009.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]
  2. K.R. Subramanian, D.M. Lawrence, M.T. Mostafavi, "Interactive Segmentation and Analysis of Fetal Ultrasound Images", Springer Computer Science, Springer Verlag, New York, 1997.
    [Full Paper[pdf] [BibTeX]

MASTERS THESES

  1. Jack Guest, “Visual Analysis of Situationally Aware Evacuations". Department of Computer Science, May 2012. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, William Ribarsky.
    Thesis[PDF]
  2. Sonali Barua, “A Generic Framework for the Application of Graph Theory to Image Processing". Department of Computer Science, July 2007. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Thesis[PDF]
  3. Craig Tyler, “GPU Enhanced Global Terrain Rendering". Department of Computer Science, May 2007, Advisors: Drs. Kalpathi Subramanian, Zach Wartell.
    Thesis[PDF]
  4. Michael Funk, “Image Registration in Airborne Remote Sensing". Department of Computer Science, May 2006. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian. Thesis[PDF]
  5. Heba Saba (Joint with T. Mostafavi), “Automatic Catheter Detection in Intravascular Ultrasound Images", Spring 2001.
  6. Matthew Harrow, “An Interactive Computer Graphics Tool for Visualization of Three-Dimensional Photoelastic Stress Frozen Models: A Study of Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Glenoid Components”, Department of Computer Science, December 1999. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Thesis[PDF]
  7. William V. Hasty, “Interactive Segmentation of the Hippocampus from Magnetic Resonance Images Using Deformable Shape Templates”, Department of Computer Science, May 1998. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Thesis[PDF]
  8. Dina M. Lawrence, “Segmentation and feature extraction of ultrasound images”, Department of Computer Science, 1997. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Thesis[PDF]
  9. Xinshi S. Zhou, “Intravascular Ultrasound Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction”, Department of Computer Science, 1995. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. M.T. Mostafavi.

SENIOR THESES

  1. Jason Hardman, “GPU-Based Objects with Collision and Physics", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2005. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  2. Christopher Tart, “Skeletonization and Centerline Extraction and Bioinformatics Lab Notebook", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2005. Advisors: Drs. Kalpathi Subramanian, A. Fodor
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  3. Jeff Alexander, Drew Linderman, “Visual Learning Tools", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2005. Advisors: Drs. Kalpathi Subramanian, Tom Cassen, Asis Nasipuri.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  4. John Filippi, “Sensor Network Visualization", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2005. Advisors: Drs. Kalpathi Subramanian, Asis Nasipuri.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  5. Priyesh Dixit, “Visualization Assisted Hardware Configuration For Bioinformatics Algorithms", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2005. Advisors: Drs. Kalpathi Subramanian, Arindam Mukherjee, Arun Ravindran.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  6. Jason Gaulin, “GPU Computation with Cg", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2004. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  7. Paul Okey, “NVIZ: An Integrated Simulation, Visualization and Analysis Environment for Spinal Neuronal Dynamics", Dept. of Computer Science, 2004. Advisor: Dr. K.R.Subramanian.
  8. Matthew Miller , “Interactive Visualization of DNA Microarray Data", Dept. of Computer Science, December 2003. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. Xintao Wu.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  9. William Carruthers , “Interactive Direct Volume Rendering in Breast Cancer Detection", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2003. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  10. Haiping Pan, “Improvements to NVIZ", Dept. of Computer Science, May 2003. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, David Bashor.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  11. William J. Proctor, “3D Segmentation and Quantification of Brain Tumors", Dept. of Computer Science, May, 2002. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. T.A. Dahlberg.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  12. Joshua Foster, “A Visualization Tool for SYN Flooding Attack Detection", Dept. of Computer Science, May, 2002. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. Gail Ahn.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  13. Chris Driggers, “Visualization Tools", Dept. of Computer Science, May, 2001. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  14. Michal W. Funk, "Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Intravascular Ultrasound Data", Department of Computer Science, December 1998. Advisor: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  15. Scott Warren, “A Virtual Tour of China", Department of Computer Science, December 1997. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Mr. Aukram Burton.
    Senior Thesis[HTML]
  16. James A. Harrison, “SPSIM: An Integrated Visual Simulation Environment for Analyzing Spinal Reflex Circuits", Department of Computer Science, December 1997. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. David Bashor.
    Senior Thesis[PDF]
  17. William V. Hasty, “An Integrated Graphical Environment for the Simulation and Analysis of Spinal Motor Circuits", Department of Computer Science, 1996. Advisors: Dr. Kalpathi Subramanian, Dr. David Bashor.
    Senior Thesis[HTML]

DEMONSTRATIONS

  1. David Burlinson, Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, “Building Simple Games With BRIDGES", SIGCSE Demo, 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2019), Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 2019.
    BRIDGES Games Demo
  2. Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, “Bringing Real-World Data And Visualizations Into Data Structures Courses Using BRIDGES", SIGCSE Demo, 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2016), Memphis, TN, Feb. 2016.
    BRIDGES Demo

ABSTRACTS/POSTERS

  1. Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, “Retaining and Engaging CS Majors Using BRIDGES", (NSF Showcase Poster), 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2019), Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 2019.
    NSF Showcase Poster
  2. Kalpathi Subramanian, Kiran Budhrani, “Applying Project-Based Learning for An Online Object-Oriented Systems Course", (SIGCSE Poster) 50th ACM Tech- nical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2019), Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 2019.
    SIGCSE Poster (OOP Course)
  3. Kiran Budhrani, Kalpathi Subramanian, “Student Reflections on Online Project-Based Learning Design for a Computer Science Course", North Carolina Association for Research In Education (NCARE) Annual Meeting, Feb. 28- March 1, Charlotte, NC.
    Abstract
  4. Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, Paula Goolkasian, David Burlinson, Mihai Mehedint, Chris Grafer, G. Michael Youngblood, Robert Kosara, “Building BRIDGES in Computer Science", NSF Showcase(Poster), 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2016) Memphis, TN, Feb. 2016.
    SIGCSE 2016 Poster
  5. Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, Paula Goolkasian, David Burlinson, Mihai Mehedint, Chris Grafer, G. Michael Youngblood, Robert Kosara, “Building BRIDGES in Computer Science", Poster, Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education (EnFUSE): Research and Practice Washington, DC, April 27-29, 2016.
    Enfuse 2016 Poster
  6. William Ribarsky, Kalpathi R. Subramanian, Jianfei Liu, Onyewuchi Obirieze, Jack Guest, “Mobile application for first response and emergency evacuation in Urban settings", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application, COM.Geo 2010, Washington, DC, USA, June 21-23, 2010.
    Geo 2010 Poster
  7. T.Cassen, K.R. Subramanian, Jeffrey Alexander, Drew Linderman, Asis Nasipuri, “A Visual Learning Engine for Interactive Generation of Instructional Materials", 12th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITICSE 2007) June 25-27, 2007, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
    ITICSE 2010 Poster
  8. Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, “Robust Centerline Extraction from Tubular Structures in Medical Images", Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2006 (Poster) Oct. 29-Nov. 3, San Diego, CA., IEEE Computer Society Press, June 2005.
  9. Joshua Foster, Kalpathi Subramanian, Robert Herring, Gail-Joon Ahn, “Interactive Exploration of the AFS File System", (INFOVIS 2004 Poster), IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization, Oct 10-12, 2004, Austin, Tx.
  10. B. Carruthers, K.R. Subramanian, J.P. Brockway, “Interactive Detection, Evaluation and Classification of Breast Lesions from 4D MRI Using Direct Volume Visualization", 2003 Southern Biomedical Engineering (SBME) Conference September 26-28, 2003, Charlotte, NC.
    SBME 2003
  11. K.R. Subramanian, J.P. Brockway, “Interactive Exploration of fMRI Images within anatomical MRI Volume Reconstruction", HBM 2000, 6th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, June 12-16, 2000 San Antonio, Texas, USA.
    HBM 2000
  12. K.R. Subramanian, M.J.Thubrikar, M.T.Mostafavi, B. Fowler, “Evaluating the Accuracy of 3D IVUS Reconstructions", Biomedical Engineering Society 1999 Annual Fall Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct 13-16, 1999.
  13. K.R. Subramanian, M.J.Thubrikar, M.W. Funk, B. Fowler, “3D Reconstruction of Arteries from Intravascular Ultrasound Images", Biomedical Engineering Society 1998 Annual Fall Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, 1998.
  14. D.P. Bashor, K.R. Subramanian, “Renshaw cells as synchronizers and desynchronizers: results from a model", Alberta Motor Control XX, Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research, Alberta, Canada, 1997.
  15. H. Deshmuk, R. Splinter, Y. Raja, M. Hadzikadic, K.R. Subramanian, “Dynamic Unconstrained 3D Simulation Model for Estimation of Light Distribution in Turbid Media", 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 1997
  16. D.P.Bashor K.R. Subramanian, “Visualizing Neuronal Activity in Spinal Motor Circuit Models", Alberta Motor Control XIX: The Matthews Symposium, Kananaskis Centre for Environmental Research, Alberta, Canada, 1996.

WORKSHOPS

  1. Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, “Building Engaging Assignments for Your Class", SIGCSE 2023 Workshop, Proceedings of the 54nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2023), Toronto, CA, March 2023.
  2. Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Matthew Mcquaigue, Jamie Payton, “Improving the structure and content of early CS courses with well aligned, engaging materials", Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE Workshop, 53nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2022), Providence, RI, March 2022.
  3. Erik Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, “CS Materials, A System to Assess and Align your Courses to National Standards", CCSC Central Plains (Workshop), Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges, 2022.
  4. Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, Matthew Mcquaigue, “Real-World Data, Interactive Games and Data Structure Visualizations in Early CS Courses Using BRIDGES", ACM SIGCSE Workshop (Remote), Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2021).
  5. Erik, Saule, Kalpathi Subramanian, Matthew Mcquaigue, “Using CS Materials, A System to Align your Courses with National Standards", ACM SIGCSE Workshop (Remote), Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2021) March 2021.
  6. Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, “Bringing Real-World Data, Interactive Games and Visualizations into Early CS Courses", (ACM SIGCSE Workshop), Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2020), Portland, OR, March. 2020.
  7. Kalpathi Subramanian, Erik Saule, Jamie Payton, “Bringing Real-World Data and Visualizations of Student-Implemented Data Structures into Sophomore CS Courses Using BRIDGES". ACM SIGCSE Workshop, Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2019), Minneapolis, MN, Feb. 2019.
    [Full Paper[pdf]
  8. Kalpathi Subramanian, Jamie Payton, “Increasing Student Interest in Data Structures Courses with Real-World Data and Visualizations Using BRIDGES", (ACM SIGCSE Workshop, Proceedings of the 48th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2017), Seattle, WA, March 2017.
    [Full Paper[pdf]

INDEPENDENT PROJECTS

  1. Matthew Mcquaigue, "A Python Interface to BRIDGES", Department of Computer Science, December 2017. Advisor: Kalpathi Subramanian.
  2. Matt Miller, “An Anatomical Model of the Cat Spinal Cord”, Department of Computer Science, May 2003. Advisor: Kalpathi Subramanian.
    Project Report[PDF]
  3. Scott Warren, “Volume Feature Extraction”, Department of Computer Science, Dec. 2001.
    Project Report[html]
  4. William V. Hasty, “Fast Isosurface Extraction with Smoothly Changing Isovalues”, Department of Computer Science, May 1998. Advisor: Kalpathi Subramanian.
  5. James A. Harrison, “Visualization of Metrology Data”, Department of Computer Science, December 1997. Advisor: Kalpathi Subramanian.

MAJOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

  1. BRIDGES, Building Bridges in Sophomore and Senior Undergraduate Education.Educational software used by over 2500 students across 20+ US institutions in freshmen and sophomore CS courses. Available in C++, Java and Python.
  2. CS Materials an interactive software toolkit for classifying CS courses based on nationally accepted curriculum guidelines such ACM 2013 guidelines, IEEE/ACM Parallel and Distributed Guidelines. The software has resulted in nearly 25 courses being classified by CS instructors.
  3. TRI-DIRECT: An interactive visualization system for TRI Data Analysis.(2016)
  4. Visual Analytics System for Situationally Aware Evacuations.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  1. B. Chowdhury, A. Nasipuri, C. Lim, K.R. Subramanian, E. Makram, H. Abdel-Salam, K. Mahesh, D. Prabhu, M.S. Hossan, M. Arora and C. Grafer, “Critical Infrastructure of the Distribution Grid", Technical Report, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Jan 11, 2016.
    [Full Report[pdf]
  2. X. Wu, Y. Ye, K.R. Subramanian, “Interactive Gene Interaction Analysis Using Graphical Gaussian Models", Technical Report, UNC Charlotte, 2003.
  3. K.R. Subramanian, “Adapting Search Structures to Scene Characteristics for Ray Tracing", Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1990.
    [Phd Dissertation[PDF]]
  4. K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “Factors Affecting Performance of Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Technical Report, The University of Texas at Austin, TR-90-21, August 1990.
    [Full Report[pdf]
  5. K.R. Subramanian, Donald S. Fussell, “A Cost Model for Ray Tracing Hierarchies", Technical Report, The University of Texas at Austin, TR-90-04, March 1990.
    [Full Report[pdf]
  6. K.R. Subramanian, “Fast Ray Tracing Using K-D Trees", Master’s thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1987.
  7. CVC-UNCC-11-17. “VAST 2011 MiniChallenge: UNCC Viral Tracker", Alex Midgett, Jack Guest, Kalpathi Subramanian, 2011.
  8. CVC-UNCC-11-18. "Temporal Volume Flow: An Approach to Tracking Failure Recovery", Jianfei Liu, Kalpathi Subramanian, Terry Yoo, 2011.

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