Kelvin Sung Professor Computing and Software Systems University of Washington Bothell

Projects: ... work in progress ...

	Kinect-Math: Uses the XBOX 360 Kinect to help junior high students learn algebra kinesthetically. Students: Jack Chang and Jebediah Pavleas. People talk about this project: KinectMath Teaching Tool, Classrooms of Tomorrow, Channel-9, UW Daily News, UW Today, GeekWire   Competitions: Winner of “ What will you create” contest held by KinectEducation.com. Selection to the US Imagine Cup 2012 Final Round: software design.
	Dream Coder: 2D RPG Game for teaching and learning introductory programming courses. Faculty and students do not need to have any background in either computer graphics or games; and students have the option to compile their code in either game mode or console mode without any modifications. Students: Jack Chang, Long Dang, Howard Lee, Vince Ly, Antonio Martinez, Jebediah Pavleas, Stephen Jonany. Collaborator: Jason Bay, Griptonite Games.
	Experiment with teaching CS AP: Principles course using video games, and animations. Here is the course web-site (BCUSP 110) People blog about this course: CS AP at UWB.

Games: ... work in progress ...

	Web-game: Conquer The Campus: Tell us what you think: Survey (V1 Release: March 2011).   Mini-game: UWB Match’em : Tell us what you think: UWB Match’em Survey   Mini-game: Crow Defense: Tell us what you think: Crow Defense Survey   Mini-game: Crow Whisperer: Tell us what you think: Crow Whisperer Survey
Sammy UWB: Campus tour games. Same character, across multiple platforms (Web, Zune, Mobile Phone).
	Web-game: Sammy goes to UWB. (V1 Release: May 2010). Please share your experience playing this game: Web-game Survey
	Zune-game: Come to campus, UW1-Reception Desk, you can check out a Zune and play an augmented reality game on the Zune while you explore our library solving a “who did it” mystery! (V1 Release: May 2010). Please share your experience playing this game: Zune-game Survey
	Android phone game: On your Android Phone, serve to Market Place and search for UWB. Download the game, come to our campus and help Sammy register/explore campus for the first day of class! (V1 Release: Oct 2010).Please share your experience playing this game: Android-game Survey
Some games developed by students from CSS385:
	Immun: Defend yourselves against virus! Team Credit/NoCredit: Evan Harris, Craig Nishina, and Peter Luangrath. (Selection to the US Imagine Cup 2011 Final Round: Game Design Windows and Xbox).
	Arcanians: Similar to Gunbound and Worms, but in real time. Team Inovades: Jack Chang, Long Dang, Howard Lee, and Jeb Pavleas.

Books:

	Essentials of Interactive Computer Graphics: Concepts and Implementation (8/2008). Link to Publisher’s Web-site.	Link to source codes of examples in the book (including more than 80 examples in C++/C# in D3D, OpenGL, XNA Framework). Here is the book’s main website.
	Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Third Edition. (2009). Link to Publisher’s Web-site.	Here is the Source Code for Chap 19. Here is the link to the book website.
	Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Second Edition. (2005).	Here is the Source Code for Chap 18. Here is the link to Shirley’s book website.

Workshop Source Code and Notes:

What	Links
2-Day Workshop at FCFM, UANL Monterrey, Mexico: Develop Simple Video Games with no background in graphics or games. (10/2010)	Link to the Zipped Notes of the workshop.
SIGCSE 2010 Conference Workshop: Develop game-themed CS1/2 Materials without graphics/games. (3/2010)	Link to the notes of the workshop.
3-Day workshop at Serious Game Winter School (SGWS), Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Developing Game-Themed Applications with XNA (2/2010).	Link to the notes of the workshop.
2-Day Workshop in Beijing: On developing game-themed applications with XNA GS. (7/2009)	Link to the notes of the workshop.

Office: UW1-339 Tel: 425-352-5420 Fax: 425-352-5216 email: ksung at uw dot edu URL: faculty.washington.edu/ksung US Mail:    Computing and Software Systems    University of Washington, Bothell    18115 Campus Way NE    BOX 358534    Bothell WA 98011-8246 PhD in Computer Science, 1992 MS in Computer Science, 1990     University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign BS in Electrical Engineering, 1986     University of Wisconsin--Madison This is my vita.

Research Interest: My recent work is related to teaching and learning of computer graphics and foundational concepts in programming based on computer games. In general, I enjoy learning about the role technology plays in facilitating human communication of ideas and how to distribute communication workload to a loosely coupled network of computers. I am also interested in Computer Graphics, all aspects of image generation, especially in visibility determination, and algorithms concerning temporal anti-aliasing; Computer Hardware and Architecture; Information Visualization; and Virtual Reality. Current Projects: Games-Themed Introductory Programming Project: funded by Microsoft Research, we study approaches to attract and motivate students with games-based teaching materials. Computer graphics (CSS450 and CSS451): funded by the National Science Foundation, we study approaches to teaching and learning fundamental concepts in building interactive computer graphics applications. The results of this work include more than 100 concept demonstration examples, and a textbook. Teaching and Graphics Stuff: CSS Courses: I am interested in teaching senior level algorithm and graphics classes. Graphics/Games Links: Here are some links to popular graphics/games companies/discussion sites, etc. Graphics/Games Resources: Here are some links to popular public domain resources suitable for developing graphics/games applications. Personal Stuff:       Past Experience. This is what I did before joining CSS.       Family Stuff. I have a great family with two great kids.       Personal Stuff. I kind of wandered around a little ...

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