Ronald N. Perry

MERL Research / Technical Staff
Distinguished Member Research Staff
B.Sc., Bucknell University

Phone: (617) 621 7584
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Ron's fundamental research in computer graphics has resulted in numerous publications, a comprehensive patent portfolio, and the development of several meticulously crafted software and hardware products. Ron is best known for the Saffron Type System. The other highlight of his research is the development of 3D ADFs for CAD related products, including an NC simulation system demonstrating unprecedented precision and compactness.

Research Areas:

   Algorithms

Publications:

                

	Sullivan, A.; Erdim, H.; Perry, R.N.; Frisken, S.F., “High Accuracy NC Milling Simulation Using Composite Adaptively Sampled Distance Fields”, Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 44, Issue 6, pp. 522-536, June 2012 (ACM Digital Library, TR2012-025)
	Jakubiak, E.J.; Perry, R.N.; Frisken, S.F., “An Improved Representation for Stroke-based Fonts”, ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-59593-364-6, Article 137, July 2006 (ACM Press, TR2006-119)
	Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., “Designing with Distance Fields”, ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-59593-364-6, pp. 60-66, July 2006 (ACM Press, TR2006-054)
	Frisken, S.; Perry, R., “Simple and Efficient Traversal Methods for Quadtrees and Octrees”, Journal of Graphics Tools, Vol. 7, Issue 3, May 2003 (ACM Press, TR2002-041)
	Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., “Efficient Estimation of 3D Euclidean Distance Fields from 2D Range Images”, Volume Visualization Symposia (VolVis), ISBN: 0-7803-7641-2, pp. 81-88, October 2002 (IEEE Press, TR2002-034)
	Jones, T.R.; Perry, R.N.; Callahan, M., “Shadermaps: A Method for Accelerating Procedural Shading”, ACM SIGGRAPH, August 2001 (Sketches & applications, TR2000-025)
	Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., “A Computationally Efficient Framework for Modeling Soft Body Impact”, ACM SIGGRAPH, August 2001 (Sketches & Applications, TR2001-011)
	Perry, R.N.; Frisken, S.F., “Kizamu: A System for Sculpting Digital Characters”, ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-58113-374-X, pp. 47-56, August 2001 (ACM Press, TR2001-008)
	Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., “Computing 3D Geometry Directly from Range Images”, ACM SIGGRAPH, August 2001 (Sketches and Applications, TR2001-010)
	Perry, R.N., “A New Method for Numerical Constrained Optimization”, ACM SIGGRAPH, August 2001 (Sketches & Applications, TR2001-014)
	Pope, J.; Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N., “Dynamic Meshing Using Adaptively Sampled Distance Fields”, ACM SIGGRAPH, August 2001 (Sketches & Applications, TR2001-013)
	Frisken, S.F.; Perry, R.N.; Rockwood, A.P.; Jones, T.R., “Adaptively Sampled Distance Fields: A General Representation of Shape for Computer Graphics”, ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 1-58113-208-5, pps 249-254, July 2000 (Proc ACM Press, TR2000-015)
	Jones, T.R.; Perry, R.N., “Antialiasing with Line Samples”, Eurographics Workshop on Rendering (EGRW), June 2000 (Eurographics Rendering Workshop 2000, TR2000-021)
	McCormack, J.; Perry, R.N.; Farkas, K.I.; Jouppi, N.P., “Feline: Fast Elliptical Lines for Anisotropic Texture Mapping”, ACM SIGGRAPH, ISBN: 0-201-48560-5, pps 243-250, August 1999 (Proc ACM Press, TR2000-022)