Dimitris Samaras Assistant Professor Address Department of Computer Science 2429 Computer Science Stony Brook University  Stony Brook, NY 11794-4400 Phone: (631) 632-8464           Fax: (631) 623-8434 E-mail: samaras@cs.sunysb.edu Education Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2001 M.S. in Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1994 Diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece, 1992 Past and Present Research Interests Deformable Models for Computer Vision and Graphics and Biomedical Applications Illumination and Reflectance Modeling Motion Tracking Face Modeling and Recognition Support by Funding Agencies and Industry  Department of Energy Courses Taught CSE 390: Introduction to Visual Computing CSE 527: Introduction to Computer Vision CSE 627: Advanced Computer Vision CSE 666: Seminar in Computer Vision Honors and Awards 1995 Bodosakis Foundation Scholarship 1994 Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship Publications/Patents 2 Journal articles 9 Conference papers Research Facilities Laboratory for Structural Studies Laboratory for Electrochemical Science