CS 3020-001 Fall 2026 Research Forum

#include <stdlib.h> // card > aek.ppm   
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
typedef int i;typedef float f;struct v{f x,y,z;v operator+(v r){return v(x+r.x,y+r.y,z+r.z);}v operator*(f r){return v(x*r,y*r,z*r);}f operator%(v r){return x*r.x+y*r.y+z*r.z;}v(){}v operator^(v r){return v(y*r.z-z*r.y,z*r.x-x*r.z,x*r.y-y*r.x);}v(f a,f b,f c){x=a;y=b;z=c;}v operator!(){return*this*(1/sqrt(*this%*this));}};i G[]={247570,280596,280600,249748,18578,18577,231184,16,16};f R(){return(f)rand()/RAND_MAX;}i T(v o,v d,f &t,v&n){t=1e9;i m=0;f p=-o.z/d.z;if(.01<p)t=p,n=v(0,0,1),m=1;for(i k=19;k--;)for(i j=9;j--;)if(G[j]&1<<k){v p=o+v(-k,0,-j-4);f b=p%d,c=p%p-1,q=b*b-c;if(q>0){f s=-b-sqrt(q);if(s<t&&s>.01)t=s,n=!(p+d*t),m=2;}}return m;}v S(v o,v d){f t;v n;i m=T(o,d,t,n);if(!m)return v(.7,.6,1)*pow(1-d.z,4);v h=o+d*t,l=!(v(9+R(),9+R(),16)+h*-1),r=d+n*(n%d*-2);f b=l%n;if(b<0||T(h,l,t,n))b=0;f p=pow(l%r*(b>0),99);if(m&1){h=h*.2;return((i)(ceil(h.x)+ceil(h.y))&1?v(3,1,1):v(3,3,3))*(b*.2+.1);}return v(p,p,p)+S(h,r)*.5;}i main(){printf("P6 512 512 255 ");v g=!v(-6,-16,0),a=!(v(0,0,1)^g)*.002,b=!(g^a)*.002,c=(a+b)*-256+g;for(i y=512;y--;)for(i x=512;x--;){v p(13,13,13);for(i r=64;r--;){v t=a*(R()-.5)*99+b*(R()-.5)*99;p=S(v(17,16,8)+t,!(t*-1+(a*(R()+x)+b*(y+R())+c)*16))*3.5+p;}printf("%c%c%c",(i)p.x,(i)p.y,(i)p.z);}}

Class time/location:

Mondays, 9:40-10:30 AM in WEB L126 (Note - this is a new location as of 8/17!) 

Instructor:

Prof. Erik Brunvand    Office: MEB 4154

Syllabus: 

Please read the course syllabus! It has all the details of grading, attendance policy, details of what you should be turning in for assignments, etc. 

Assignment templates:

Lecture summaries:

• Word: answer_template.docx
• Latex: answer_template.tex

Final report - research paper summary:

• Word: research_paper_summary_template.docx
• Latex: research_paper_summary_template.tex
  
  

Class Schedule:

Papers Recommended by our Speakers

1. Erik Brunvand (intro lecture)
   • Some web resources about considering graduate school from Northeastern University,  and US News and World Report
2. Jenny Lin
   1. A Compiler for 3D Machine Knitting
3. Daniel Brown
   1. Toward Robust, Interactive, and Human-Aligned AI Systems
4. Mark Gillespie
   1. Boundary First Flattening
5. Anna Fariha
   1. Data-Semantics-Aware Recommendation of Diverse Pivot tables
   2. Example-Driven Intent Synthesis for Constrained Data Bundle Retrieval: Focused Text Snippet Extraction and Beyond 
   3. QuWARTS: Query Workload Aware Relational Table Synthesis from Unstructured Text
   4. Causal Explanations for Disparate Trends: Where and Why? 
   5. ChARLES: Change-Aware Recovery of Latent Evolution Semantics in Relational Data
6. Yue Jiang
   1. SeekUI: Predicting Visual Search Behavior on Graphical User Interfaces with a Reward-Augmented Vision Language Model
7. Benjie Wang
   1. The RAIL Principles for Neurosymbolic AI: Reasoning, Assurances, Interfacing, and Learning
8. Blair Sullivan
9. John Regehr
10. Jason Wiese
11. Luis Garcia
12. Keneth Marino
13. Ganesh Gopalakrishnan
    1. Array Programming on GPUs: Challenges and Opportunities
14. Erik Brunvand
    1. Algorithmic Arts: Attracting a New Type of Student to Computing - The Algorithm is the Medium
    2. Making Noise: Using Sound-Art to Explore Technological Fluency
    3. Kinetic art and embedded systems: a natural collaboration