About Me

Hi, I am Barney, a Master of Science in Computer Science student at Georgia Tech . I am supervised by Prof. Bo Zhu and Prof. Greg Turk . I am interested in all aspects of computer graphics, with a special focus on physics-based simulation, rendering, and machine learning techniques.

I am happy to share with you tidbits from my life and things I find interesting.
You can check out my …

• blog posts
• projects
• public code repositories: GitLab / GitSch / GitHub
• Instagram for drawings, doodles as well as some juggling and flipping from the past.

After trying out performing in theater plays, juggling, drawing, animating, making music and being part of (and eventually leading) a student-led vocational Design Studio at my university, I always found myself drawn right where the technology and the arts meet. Led by curiosity and interest in mathematics and engineering, I ended up pursuing a degree in Computer Science, where I got fascinated by current advancements in computer graphics research, and took special interest in the area during my undergraduate studies.

Background

I am an MS in Computer Science student at Georgia Tech , advised by Prof. Bo Zhu and Prof. Greg Turk . My current research focuses on machine learning methods for physical simulations.

I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (TU Budapest) in January 2023, where I was advised by Prof. László Szécsi in the Computer Graphics Group .

Inspired by an eventful exchange year at TUM, my undergraduate thesis focused on reduced-order fluid simulations, and using differentiable physics for teaching neural networks to control physical systems.

After graduation, I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the 6th semester BSc course “3D Graphics”. (As an undergraduate student, I was also a TA for the “Programming 1” and “System Modelling” courses.)

During my undergraduate studies, I spent two semesters in 2021–2022 at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as an Erasmus Exchange Student. I completed 50 credits; mostly revolving around topics in deep learning, computer graphics, and computer vision.

While studying at TUM, I also had a wonderful time doing a 6-months internship at the Rendering R&D team of Dassault Systèmes 3DEXCITE , building a web-based 3D material editor from the ground up for enhancing in-house artist workflows.

Outside academia, I also enjoy long-distance running, (making and listening to) music, playing cardboard games, cooking, watching movies and series, and simply having a great time with friends.