Faramarz Samavati

Faramarz Samavati

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-9454

Location

Office: MS630

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Mathematics and Computer Science, Sharif University of Tech, 1999

M.S. Mathematics, Sharif University of Tech, 1991

B.S. Mathematics and Computer Science, Sharif University of Tech, 1987

Research

Areas of Research

Computer graphics, Interactive games and graphics, 3D imaging and modeling, Scientific computations

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
CPSC 453 Introduction to Computer Graphics Fall
CPSC 589 Modelling for Computer Graphics Winter
CPSC 615 Computational Techniques for Graphics and Visualization Winter
CPSC 689 Modelling for Computer Graphics Winter

Awards

  • Best Paper Award, ACM/Eurographics Expressive Conference. 2017
  • Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology, ASTech Foundation.
  • Best Paper Award of IEEE International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2014
  • Great Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary, 2014
  • Honoured by the president of the University of Calgary for contribution to the development of new ventures, technologies and innovations, 2014
  • Most Cited Paper, 2014
  • Nomination for the Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentoring Award, 2014
  • Digital Alberta Awards 2013, 2013
  • Michael A. J. Sweeney Award from Canadian Human Computer Communications Society for the best student paper in graphics track, 2013
  • Graduate Supervision Excellence Award, 2011
  • IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 2011 Best Paper Award., 2011
  • Nomination for the Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentoring Award, 2011
  • The Killam Graduate Supervision and Mentoring Award, 2011
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Recognition of Service Award, 2009
  • Research Achievement Award, 2003

Publications

  • LifeBrush: Painting Interactive Agent-Based Simulations. F. Samavati; T. Davison; C. Jacob. IEEE International Conference on CYBERWORLDS. 17-24. (2018)
  • Real-time Panorama Maps. Faramarz Samavati; Alex Brown. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Non-Photo-realistic Animation and Rendering ACM. (2017)
  • Energy Loss and Kinetic Energy of the Left Ventricle in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Bobby Heydari; Faramarz Famil Samavati; Stephen Wilton; Pablo Nery; Mohammed S.M Elbaz; James White; Andrew G Howarth; Carmen Lydell; Allan Skanes; Michael S. Bristow; Frank S Prato; Julio Garcia; Rebecca Thornhill; Maria Drangova. Conference of the Society for cardiovascular MR (SCMR). (2018)
  • Energetic and Vortex Size Alterations of Left Atrial Hemodynamics Using 4D Flow MRI: A Study in Patients with History of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. . Faramarz Famil Samavati; Maria Drangova; Allan Skanes; Andrew G Howarth; Mohammed S.M. Elbaz; James White; Michael S Bristow; Rebecca Thornhill; Carmen Lydell; Stephen Wilton; Pablo Nery; Bobby Heydari; Julio Garcia,; Frank S Prato. Conference of the Society for cardiovascular MR (SCMR),. (2018)
  • Applying discrete global grid systems to sensor networks and the Internet of Things.. Faramarz Famil Samavati; Steve Liang; Jin Ben; Matthew BJ Purss; Perry peterson; Robbert Gibb; Clinton Dow; Sara Saeidi. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS),. 5581 - 5583. (2017)
  • Sketch-based Registration of 3D Cine MRI to 4D Flow MRI. Faramarz Famil Samavati; Samin Sabokrohiyeh; Kathleen Ang; Mohammed Elbaz. ACM 11th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical. 14-21. (2019)
  • Single Image Summary of Time-varying Earth-Features. Guarav Tripathy; Faramarz Famil Samavati; Katayoon Etemad. WSCG International Conferences in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. (2018)
  • Data-spatialized Pavilion: Introducing a Data-driven Design Method based on Principles of Catoptric Anamorphosis. Vahab Hosseini; Hessam Djavaherpour; Usman Alim; Faramarz Famil Samavati; Jashua Taron. Hyperseeding. 39 - 51. (2019)
  • Area Preserving Dynamic Geospatial Visualization on Physical Globe. Shima Dadkhahfard; Faramarz Samavati.; Katayoon Etemad.; John Brosz.. Springer IVAPP International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications. 309 - 318. (2018)

More Information

Journal articles - peer reviewed

Other

Technical papers / research reports