Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wabash College
CURRICULUM VITAE
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Ph.D. in Computer ScienceUniversity of Houston · GPA 4.0
M.S. in Electrical & Computer EngineeringPurdue University · GPA 3.7
B.S. in Electronics Information EngineeringZhengzhou University · GPA 3.8
Appointments & Experience
- Teach introductory and advanced computer science courses in a liberal arts setting.
- Lead undergraduate research projects and mentor a diverse student body.
- Contribute to departmental and college-wide programs and service.
Research & Development Intern
SEED Lab, Electronic Arts · Austin, Texas
- Developed a web application and containerized backend for single-image 3D face reconstruction.
- Built model selection, image upload, result rendering, download, and deletion workflows.
- Developed a Wrap3D pipeline for alignment and non-rigid registration with face rigs.
Teaching Experience
FRC 101 — Enduring Questions
CSC 111 — Intro to Computer Programming
CSC 211 — Intro to Data Structures
CSC 241 — Intro to Computer Organization
CSC 242 — Theory of Programming Languages
CSC 271 — Intro to Computer Graphics
CSC 361 — Database System Design
CSC 362 — Operating Systems
CSC 388 — Independent Study
CSC 400 — Senior Capstone
COSC 4370 — Interactive Computer Graphics
COSC 6372 — Computer Graphics
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Houston
Ph.D. Showcase — People’s Choice Runner-Up
Ph.D. Showcase — Judge’s Choice Honorable Mention
Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, University of Houston
Presidential Fellowship, University of Houston
Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Henan Province
National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China
Publications
- MemeMatch: A Large-Scale Dual-Context Multimodal Dataset and Retrieval System for Internet Memes. ICWSM, 2026.
- Structure-Informed Hex-dominant Mesh Simplification. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2026.
- Scalable Graph-Based Detection of Fraud Rings in Large-Scale Networks. IEEE ICAIC, 2026.
- Lanyard Policy Tracker: A Secure, Privacy-Aware Student Compliance System for K–12 Environments. IEEE ICAIC, 2026.
- Robust Differentiable Sketch Rendering for Single-View 3D Reconstruction. Computer Graphics Forum, 2025.
- Low Field MRI Image Synthesis. IEEE ICAIC, 2025.
- Advanced Facial Emotion Classification with 135 Classes for Enhanced Cybersecurity Applications. IEEE ICAIC, 2025.
- Dense Crowd Motion Prediction through Density and Trend Maps. Pacific Graphics, 2024.
- End to End 3D Face Reconstruction with Expressions and Specular Albedos from Single In-the-Wild Images. ACM Multimedia, 2022.
- Plausible 3D Face Wrinkle Generation Using Variational Autoencoders. IEEE TVCG, 2021.
- S2M-Net: Speech Driven Three-party Conversational Motion Synthesis Networks. ACM MIG, 2022.
- A Live Speech Driven Avatar-mediated Three-party Telepresence System: Design and Evaluation. PRESENCE, 2022.
- A Deep Learning-Based Model for Head and Eye Motion Generation in Three-party Conversations. ACM PACMCGIT / SCA, 2019.
- Analysis and Improvement in Color-Based Target Recognition Algorithm of Robot. Advanced Materials Research, 2013.
Internal & External Funding
Community Partnership Grant · Wabash College$1,500
Community Engagement Using High Impact Practices Grant · Community-Engaged Alliance$4,000
Restoring Hope, Restoring Trust Pedagogy Fellow · Wabash College$7,000
Anne Korb Shane and David N. Shane Professorship · Wabash College$15,000
Professional Service
Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Pacific Graphics, Eurographics, Computer Graphics International, ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, and Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds.