--Mario Costa Sousa


PROFILE

Dr. Mario Costa Sousa is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada. He leads the Illustrare/SISV (Scalable and Illustrative Visualization) research group, as part of his research program in Scalable Reservoir Visualization at the University of Calgary, primarily funded by the Computer Modeling Group Reservoir Simulation Foundation (Foundation CMG). His research interests focus on illustrative visualization, non-photorealistic rendering, sketch-based interfaces and modeling, perceptual models in illustration and visualization, interactive simulations and real-time volume graphics. Dr. Costa Sousa has been very active in the graphics community, organizing and teaching courses, publishing and presenting papers, serving on and co-chairing many conference program committees. Dr. Costa Sousa has ongoing R&D collaborations with illustrative visualization research groups, medical centers, oil industries and illustrators/studios affiliated with the Association of Medical Illustrators and the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.