Here is collected a list of local companies in computer graphics and image analysis that are a place to start looking. This list is collected from UNC graphics and image faculty members, and from info given by local industry members themselves. If you know of another company, please send email to taylorr@cs.unc.edu and I will add it to the list. If a company has gone away or changed its contact information, please let me know this as well. Last checked on November 95, 2010.
Company Name | Phone Number | Electronic Address: | Contact at Company | Who told me | Other |
Kitware (Carrboro office) | aylward@cs.unc.edu | Stephen Aylward | Stephen Aylward | Web page | |
Biomachines, Inc. | 459-6393 | fwang@bio-machines.com | Frank Wang, President | James Coggins | http://www.bio-machines.com |
Raindrop Geomagic | 474-0112 | inquiry@geomagic.com | Dinesh Manocha | Web page | |
3rdTech | 929-1903 | nick@3rdtech.com | Nick England | Nick England | Web page |
Cortex | 806-4444 | robin.thompson@cortex.us | Mr. Robin Thompson | Seon Joo Kim | Web page |
RTI | 541-5960 | dwr@rti.org | Dale Rowe | Russ Taylor | Web page |
Alien Skin Software | 832-4124 | Jeff Butterworth | Nick England | Web page | |
CEI | 481-4301 | Tom Palmer | Nick England | Web page | |
Epic Games | jobs@epicgames.com | Tim Johnson | Dinesh Manocha | Web page | |
Nvidia | 544-4296 | dave@luebke.us | David Luebke | Anselmo Lastra | Web page |
ATI | argintern@ati.com | Dinesh Manocha | Web page | ||
Vicious Cycle Software, Inc | 370-3001 | Eric Peterson | Mark Kupper | Web page | |
National Capital Area Medical Simulation Center | aliu@simcen.usuhs.mil | Alan Liu | Russ Taylor | Web page | |
NxView Technologies | 657-3300 | jobs@NxView.com | Tiger Harris | Warren Robinett | Web page |
America's Army | Suzanne Vogel | Web page | |||
Insomniac Games | Jeremy Wendt | Web page | |||
carolynl+unc@google.com | Anselmo Lastra | Web page | |||
EPA (RTP) | 919-541-3521 | Streicher.John@epamail.epa.gov | John Streicher | Dinesh Manocha | Web page |
MxR Lab at USC Institude for Creative Technologies | suma@ict.usc.edu | Evan A. Suma | Russ Taylor | Web page | |
Microsoft Research | 425-703-3029 | zhang@microsoft.com | Zhengyou Zhang | Greg Welch | Web page Application page |
Suzanne Vogel also pointed me to IGDA's website at http://igdanctriangle.wordpress.com/, which lists other contacts.
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