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Personal Details
Name: Žiga Kovačič
Major: Computer Science and Mathematics
Year in Cornell & Expected graduation date: Freshman, 2026
Relevant classes: CS 2112 (A), ECE 2300 (A+), MATH 2210 (A+), Taking: CS 3420, CS 6682, CS 2802, MATH 4710
Interested in continuing research during the summer? Maybe!
Expertise (languages/frameworks/etc.): Familiarity with: Java, Python, C++.
Research
When do you want to do research? I am interested in getting started as soon as possible in the next semester, so spring 2023.
What is exciting to you about research? I've always been excited about new technological developments and during my research positions in high school I decided advancing technology, specifically software, is something I want to try out. The specific aspect of research that draws me in the most is the fact that you get to explore new ways of tacking problems that you personally are interested in and the fact that your solutions can be later applied to real products in the industry (e.g. graphics software in smartphones).
What kind of research do you want to do? While I am not completely set on what I like, I am looking to explore the fields of computer graphics (domain specific languages etc.), but also computer vision, and machine learning.
Background
Was there a paper that particularly excited you? There are two papers that stand out to me the most:
https://xbpeng.github.io/projects/ASE/index.html (SIGGRAPH 2022)
and
https://vision.cornell.edu/se3/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/08075.pdf
Both papers are working on topics in the intersection of graphics and machine learning. These were some of the papers that made me realize what area of CS I would like to explore.
Which of the current research projects would you be interested in working on and why?
I would be interested in working on either any of the graphics programming projects (Gator, Braid), vision (JPEG Compression, vision mode), but I would more than happy to hear about any new projects that the group has started working on!
Anything else you want to tell us about yourself? LinkedIn? https://www.linkedin.com/in/zigakovacic/
Attach a CV/Resumé https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zCTQpVK4hWrPH5sTu5wMhLzlT0pdWQrb/view?usp=sharing