Graphics & User Interfaces
Eitan Grinspun is part of team democratizing robots. Interactive Robogami, an MIT CSAIL project, lets anyone design a robot in minutes, and 3D-print and assemble it in as little as four hours.
FontCode imperceptibly changes, or perturbs, the shapes of fonts in ordinary text to embed hidden information, without the existence of the secret information being perceived.
Discrete elastic rods, used for hair simulation here, are also being used to predict the coiling of undersea communication cables.
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Computation is fundamentally changing the way people see and interact with the world. Many parts of society have been transformed by graphics and user interfaces.
The group has played instrumental roles in developing groundbreaking graphics for Hollywood movies, life-saving augmented and virtual reality applications in the medical field, camera phone technology used by billions of people, 3D printing technologies for consumers and industry uses, and AI tools that aid the computational design process. Additionally, they have a strong commitment to enabling computers to be used by all people regardless of ability.
The classes involve hands-on learning and help students develop a portfolio of projects that demonstrate their unique abilities and interests.
Computer-Enabled Abilities Laboratory 
Computer Vision and Graphics Center 
Columbia Computer Graphics Group 
Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Laboratory 
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