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a:hover{text-decoration:underline}\n\n\/* ---------- responsive ---------- *\/\n@media (max-width:640px){\n .gsc-group .wrap{padding:40px 18px 60px}\n}\n@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){\n .gsc-group .mcard{transition:none}\n}\n.gsc-group a.eml{color:var(--link);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dashed #c9dbe7}\n.gsc-group a.eml:hover{border-bottom-style:solid}\n.gsc-group a:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--accent);outline-offset:2px;border-radius:4px}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"gsc-group\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n\n<p class=\"lede\">\n The <strong>Graphics & Spatial Computing Lab<\/strong> at Saint Mary’s University works at the\n intersection of computer graphics, 3D vision, geometric deep learning, and spatial computing \u2014\n building scalable, learning-based algorithms for sensing and modelling the world in three dimensions.\n We’re always looking for curious, motivated students; see <a href=\"#open\" style=\"color:var(--accent);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #e6b8cc\">open positions<\/a> below.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"members\">Current members<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Faculty, affiliates, and the students driving the lab’s research.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"mgrid\">\n\n <article class=\"mcard lead\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/circle-cropped-min.png\" alt=\"Dr. Jiju Poovvancheri\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/\">Dr. Jiju Poovvancheri<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">Associate Professor \u00b7 Lab Director<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> 3D computer vision, computer graphics, remote sensing, geometric deep learning<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: MN130, McNally North<br><a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a><\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/yasushi-modified.png\" alt=\"Dr. Yasushi Akiyama\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Dr. Yasushi Akiyama<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">Associate Professor \u00b7 Affiliate<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Information visualization, HCI, digital creative tools, multimodal interaction<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: MN132, McNally North<br><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~y_akiyama\/#home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homepage \u2197<\/a><\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <div class=\"rowbreak\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/circle-prachi.png\" alt=\"Prachi Kudeshia\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Prachi Kudeshia<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Applied Science (CS)<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Topological deep learning, shape analysis, point cloud processing<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH435<br>prachi.kudeshia@gmail.com<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped_circle_image.png\" alt=\"Mahdi Pahlavani\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Mahdi Pahlavani<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Applied Science (CS)<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Diffusion models, point cloud generation, topological deep learning<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH435<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20260730095319_4_65-modified-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Tao Pu\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Tao Pu<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Incoming Visiting Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> LiDAR processing, tree segmentation, skeletonization & reconstruction, ML<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>taopu980215@njfu.edu.cn<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/muse-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Abdiaziz Aden Muse\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Abdiaziz Aden Muse<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">BSc (CS) \u00b7 Honours Thesis<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Topological deep learning, 3D computer vision<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>abdiaziz.muse@smu.ca<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000061214-modified.png\" alt=\"Tooba Javed\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Tooba Javed<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">BSc (CS) \u00b7 Research Assistant<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> 3D computer vision<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>tooba.javed@smu.ca<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"alumni\">Alumni <small>Past thesis supervisions<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Graduates of the lab and where their work took them next.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"agrid\">\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sumesh-circle.png\" alt=\"Sumesh Thakur\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sumeshthakr.github.io\/\">Sumesh Thakur<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2019\u20132021<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Graph Attention Networks for Point Cloud Processing<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Now: <b>Perception Engineer<\/b>, Trajekt Sports, Toronto<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/vivek.png\" alt=\"Vivek Kamra\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Vivek Kamra<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2020\u20132022<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Feature Preserving Decimation of Urban Meshes<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Field: <b>Intellectual property & patent analysis<\/b> (3D vision)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/circle-mehfuz.png\" alt=\"Mehfuz Rahman\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Mehfuz Rahman<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2021\u20132023<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">HyperInvoFusion: Depth Aware & Parameter Efficient Involution for Object Detection from RGB-D Images<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>ML Engineer<\/b>, ReelData AI, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amr.png\" alt=\"Amr Ghoneim\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amrtsg.github.io\/\">Amr Ghoneim<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2022\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Occlusion Aware Image Composition: Leveraging Depth Maps<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Systems Engineer<\/b>, Lockheed Martin, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bivash.png\" alt=\"Bivash Pandey\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Bivash Pandey<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2021\u20132022<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Exploring Local Delaunay Graphs based Neural Networks for 3D Object Detection<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Software Developer<\/b>, Arolytics, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nik-circle.png\" alt=\"Nikolaus Kollo\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Nikolaus Kollo<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2021\u20132023 \u00b7 co-supervised<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Enhancing Satellite Trail Detection in Night Sky Imagery with Automatic Salience Thresholding<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Now: <b>Aeronautical Engineering Officer<\/b>, RCAF, Shearwater<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Susrita_-Chatterjee_Image-modified-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Susrita Chatterjee\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Susrita Chatterjee<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2023\u20132025<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Deep Learning Approaches for Linear Feature Segmentation in Remote Sensing and Astronomical Imagery<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Senior Data Engineer<\/b>, RBC, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ayumu_circle.png\" alt=\"Ayumu Saito\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Ayumu Saito<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2023\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Point-JEPA: A Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture for Self-Supervised Learning on Point Clouds<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>ML Engineer<\/b>, ReelData AI, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/altaf-min-1.png\" alt=\"Muhammad Altaf Agowun\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Muhammad Altaf Agowun<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2023\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Learning Disentangled Representations of Point Clouds via Alpha Complexes for 3D Shape Classification<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Full-stack Developer<\/b>, Deloitte<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/baxter-modified.png\" alt=\"Baxter Madore\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Baxter Madore<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2024\u20132025<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">A Graph Machine Learning Approach to Estimating Scoring Probabilities and Drive Outcomes in Gridiron Football<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>MSc (CS)<\/b>, University of Alberta<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jack_circle-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Jack Greenlaw\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Jack Greenlaw<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2025\u20132026<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Apollonian Domain Warping for Procedural Noise Generation<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Utility Data Analyst<\/b>, Detect Technologies, Dartmouth<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"collaborators\">Collaborators <small>Present & past<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Researchers and partners we work with across institutions and industry.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"collab\">\n <div><b>Dr. Dong Chen<\/b> \u00b7 Professor<span>Nanjing Forestry University, China<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Amal Dev Parakkat<\/b> \u00b7 Assistant Professor<span>T\u00e9l\u00e9com Paris, IP Paris, France<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Stefan Ohrhallinger<\/b> \u00b7 Scientist<span>TU Wien, Austria<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Somayeh Arabinaree<\/b> \u00b7 Data Science Manager<span>Unilever, Canada<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Mr. David Colter<\/b><span>Immersive Cinema Inc., Canada<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Khushal Das<\/b><span>University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"funding\">Funding & partnerships<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Grants, fellowships, and industry projects that support the lab’s work.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"split\">\n\n <div>\n <h3 class=\"sub\">Grants & fellowships<\/h3>\n <div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>NSERC Discovery Development Grant<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2026\u20132028<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>NSERC Discovery Grant<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2019\u20132026<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), CFI<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u20132028<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>NSBI Productivity Innovation Vouchers<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u201323, 2024\u201325<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Research Opportunities Fund, Research Nova Scotia<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MITACS Accelerate Cluster<\/b> \u00b7 with Modest Tree <span class=\"yr\">2020\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>SMUWorks Grant, SMU<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2018\u20132022<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MITACS Elevate Fellowship<\/b> \u00b7 with Dreamcraft Attractions <span class=\"yr\">2018<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Eyes High Fellowship, University of Calgary<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2015\u20132017<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MHRD PhD Scholarship, India<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2011\u20132014<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div>\n <h3 class=\"sub\">Industry & consulting projects<\/h3>\n <div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>Real-time Marine Assets Recognition from RGB Video<\/b> \u00b7 Modest Tree Media <span class=\"yr\">2024\u2013<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Real-time Object Recognition & Tracking for Immersive Training<\/b> \u00b7 Modest Tree Media <span class=\"yr\">2021\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Spheremesh Body Tracker for VR Darkrides<\/b> \u00b7 Dreamcraft Attractions, Victoria <span class=\"yr\">2017\u20132018<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Cab Lamp Location Optimization for Hydraulic Excavators<\/b> \u00b7 Caterpillar India <span class=\"yr\">2014\u20132015<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"funders\" aria-label=\"Funders and supporters\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nserc.png\" alt=\"NSERC\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cfi-1.png\" alt=\"Canada Foundation for Innovation\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/researchNS-black-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Research Nova Scotia\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mitacs_colour.jpg\" alt=\"MITACS\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nvidia.png\" alt=\"NVIDIA\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smu_logo.png\" alt=\"Saint Mary's University\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/smuscience.png\" alt=\"SMU Faculty of Science\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nsbi.jpg\" alt=\"Nova Scotia Business Inc.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dreamcraft-1.png\" alt=\"Dreamcraft Attractions\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mtree-2.png\" alt=\"Modest Tree Media\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cc.png\" alt=\"Digital Research Alliance of Canada\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"thanks\">\n We gratefully acknowledge NSERC, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Research Nova Scotia, and\n Saint Mary’s University for funding, and NVIDIA for GPU hardware support. Earlier work was funded by\n MITACS, Dreamcraft Attractions, and the University of Calgary (Eyes High). Thanks also to Modest Tree\n Media, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, ACENET, and NSBI.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"open\">Join the lab <small>Open positions<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">We look for highly motivated students with strong records who want to work on hard problems in graphics, vision, and geometric learning.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"posgrid\">\n\n <div class=\"poscard\">\n <h4>PhD & MSc theses <span class=\"tag\">1\u00d7 PhD funded<\/span><\/h4>\n <p>\n A funded PhD position is open under the theme <em>“Efficient topological deep learning for\n large-scale point cloud understanding and modelling”<\/em>: scalable geometric and topological\n representations, learning on large 3D point clouds, and 3D scene understanding and reconstruction.\n Related problems in shape modelling, analysis, and matching are also welcome.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Email me (<a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>) with your CV and\n transcripts (PDF). See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smu.ca\/faculty-of-science\/master-in-applied-science.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application procedure \u2197<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"poscard\">\n <h4>Bachelor theses & internships <span class=\"tag\">Undergraduates<\/span><\/h4>\n <p>\n Undergraduates interested in computer graphics, computer vision, or deep learning \u2014 or the\n intersection of all three \u2014 are welcome for BSc Honours and research projects. SMU students can\n join through NSERC USRA, research assistantships, and SMUWorks; students from other universities\n are also welcome to reach out about summer internships and visiting research.\n <\/p>\n <p>Reach out: <a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"qual\">\n <b>What we look for:<\/b> expert-level C++\/Python; a strong background in linear algebra, geometry,\n numerical optimization, and data structures & algorithms; familiarity with modern deep-learning\n frameworks; and genuine motivation. Exact criteria vary by level (PhD, MSc, BSc). New to Halifax?\n Here’s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhnckPdIN4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:var(--link);font-weight:500\">glimpse of SMU and the city \u2197<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"projects\">Research project supervisions <small>SMU<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Undergraduate and summer research projects mentored in the lab.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"tablecard\">\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Name<\/th><th>Topic<\/th><th>Funding<\/th><th>Year<\/th><th>Went to<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Avery Cao<\/td><td>LiDAR processing & labelling<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Varshita Venkatesh<\/td><td>Graph ML<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Abdiaziz Aden Muse<\/td><td>LiDAR data acquisition & labelling<\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2024<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Jawadur Rahman<\/td><td><em>Point cloud segmentation<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Sarosij Bose<\/td><td><em>Skeleton extraction for motion capture<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS GRI<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Shaquille Lynch<\/td><td><em>Point cloud feature extraction<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Praneetha R<\/td><td><em>RGB-D based object detection<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Angus Anthony<\/td><td><em>Deep learning for curve generation<\/em><\/td><td>NSBI PIV & SMUWorks<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Yi Zheng<\/td><td><em>GAT for point cloud segmentation<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS GRI<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Swaraj Shrestha<\/td><td><em>2D reconstruction<\/em><\/td><td>Research project<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Owen Sharpe<\/td><td><em>Procedural noise & sampling<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">University of Waterloo<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Martin McLaren<\/td><td><em>3D skeletons from point clouds<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">University of Alberta<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Sheldon Taylor<\/td><td><em>Procedural noise generation<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">Amazon, Vancouver<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Bivash Pandey<\/td><td><em>Shape matching via a modified shape context<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2019\u20132020<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Seamus MacInnes<\/td><td><em>Motion tracking using depth cameras<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2019, 2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">Dalhousie University<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Zesheng Jia<\/td><td><em>Proximity graphs for kinetic setting<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Ayusha Pradhanga<\/td><td><em>Geometric shape extraction from 2D point sets<\/em><\/td><td>Dean’s Award<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td class=\"went\">Carleton University<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Daniel Doucett<\/td><td><em>Skeleton extraction from point clouds<\/em><\/td><td>Research project<\/td><td>2018\u20132019<\/td><td class=\"went\">Perennia, Nova Scotia<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mentorship\">External mentorship <small>Other institutes<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Co-supervisions and internships mentored at partner institutions.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>Naved<\/b> \u00b7 MSc, CS <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Arthur Firmino<\/b> \u00b7 MSc, CS <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Han Zheng<\/b> \u00b7 Research project <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Chao Wang<\/b> \u00b7 Summer intern <span class=\"org\">University of Calgary \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Anu G. Krishnan<\/b> \u00b7 M.Tech <span class=\"org\">NITK & IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Amal Dev Parakkat<\/b> \u00b7 M.Tech, CS <span class=\"org\">GEC Idukki & IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Sujata Sinha<\/b> \u00b7 Summer intern <span class=\"org\">IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<footer class=\"foot\">\n <p>\n Graphics & Spatial Computing Lab \u00b7 Department of Mathematics & Computing Science \u00b7\n Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3C3.\n Prospective students and collaborators: <a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n function reveal(a){\n if(a.getAttribute('data-shown')==='1') return;\n var addr=a.getAttribute('data-u')+String.fromCharCode(64)+a.getAttribute('data-d');\n a.textContent=addr;\n a.setAttribute('href','mail'+'to:'+addr);\n a.setAttribute('data-shown','1');\n }\n var links=document.querySelectorAll('.'+\"gsc-group\"+' a.eml');\n for(var i=0;i<links.length;i++){\n (function(a){\n a.style.cursor='pointer';\n a.addEventListener('click',function(e){ if(a.getAttribute('data-shown')!=='1'){e.preventDefault(); reveal(a);} });\n a.addEventListener('keydown',function(e){ if((e.key==='Enter'||e.key===' ')&&a.getAttribute('data-shown')!=='1'){e.preventDefault(); reveal(a);} });\n })(links[i]);\n }\n})();\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Team \u2014 GSC Lab The Graphics & Spatial Computing Lab at Saint Mary’s University works at the intersection of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":296,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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Computing Lab<\/strong> at Saint Mary’s University works at the\n intersection of computer graphics, 3D vision, geometric deep learning, and spatial computing \u2014\n building scalable, learning-based algorithms for sensing and modelling the world in three dimensions.\n We’re always looking for curious, motivated students; see <a href=\"#open\" style=\"color:var(--accent);text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #e6b8cc\">open positions<\/a> below.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"members\">Current members<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Faculty, affiliates, and the students driving the lab’s research.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"mgrid\">\n\n <article class=\"mcard lead\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/circle-cropped-min.png\" alt=\"Dr. Jiju Poovvancheri\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/\">Dr. Jiju Poovvancheri<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">Associate Professor \u00b7 Lab Director<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> 3D computer vision, computer graphics, remote sensing, geometric deep learning<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: MN130, McNally North<br><a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a><\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/yasushi-modified.png\" alt=\"Dr. Yasushi Akiyama\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Dr. Yasushi Akiyama<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">Associate Professor \u00b7 Affiliate<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Information visualization, HCI, digital creative tools, multimodal interaction<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: MN132, McNally North<br><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~y_akiyama\/#home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homepage \u2197<\/a><\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <div class=\"rowbreak\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/circle-prachi.png\" alt=\"Prachi Kudeshia\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Prachi Kudeshia<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Applied Science (CS)<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Topological deep learning, shape analysis, point cloud processing<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH435<br>prachi.kudeshia@gmail.com<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped_circle_image.png\" alt=\"Mahdi Pahlavani\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Mahdi Pahlavani<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Applied Science (CS)<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Diffusion models, point cloud generation, topological deep learning<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH435<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20260730095319_4_65-modified-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Tao Pu\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Tao Pu<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">PhD \u00b7 Incoming Visiting Researcher<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> LiDAR processing, tree segmentation, skeletonization & reconstruction, ML<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>taopu980215@njfu.edu.cn<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/muse-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Abdiaziz Aden Muse\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Abdiaziz Aden Muse<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">BSc (CS) \u00b7 Honours Thesis<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> Topological deep learning, 3D computer vision<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>abdiaziz.muse@smu.ca<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"mcard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1000061214-modified.png\" alt=\"Tooba Javed\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div class=\"mname\">Tooba Javed<\/div>\n <div class=\"mrole\">BSc (CS) \u00b7 Research Assistant<\/div>\n <div class=\"mtopics\"><b>Research:<\/b> 3D computer vision<\/div>\n <div class=\"mmeta\">Office: SH436<br>tooba.javed@smu.ca<\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"alumni\">Alumni <small>Past thesis supervisions<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Graduates of the lab and where their work took them next.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"agrid\">\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/sumesh-circle.png\" alt=\"Sumesh Thakur\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sumeshthakr.github.io\/\">Sumesh Thakur<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2019\u20132021<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Graph Attention Networks for Point Cloud Processing<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Now: <b>Perception Engineer<\/b>, Trajekt Sports, Toronto<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/vivek.png\" alt=\"Vivek Kamra\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Vivek Kamra<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2020\u20132022<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Feature Preserving Decimation of Urban Meshes<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Field: <b>Intellectual property & patent analysis<\/b> (3D vision)<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/circle-mehfuz.png\" alt=\"Mehfuz Rahman\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Mehfuz Rahman<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2021\u20132023<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">HyperInvoFusion: Depth Aware & Parameter Efficient Involution for Object Detection from RGB-D Images<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>ML Engineer<\/b>, ReelData AI, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/amr.png\" alt=\"Amr Ghoneim\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amrtsg.github.io\/\">Amr Ghoneim<\/a><\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2022\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Occlusion Aware Image Composition: Leveraging Depth Maps<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Systems Engineer<\/b>, Lockheed Martin, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bivash.png\" alt=\"Bivash Pandey\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Bivash Pandey<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2021\u20132022<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Exploring Local Delaunay Graphs based Neural Networks for 3D Object Detection<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Software Developer<\/b>, Arolytics, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/nik-circle.png\" alt=\"Nikolaus Kollo\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Nikolaus Kollo<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2021\u20132023 \u00b7 co-supervised<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Enhancing Satellite Trail Detection in Night Sky Imagery with Automatic Salience Thresholding<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Now: <b>Aeronautical Engineering Officer<\/b>, RCAF, Shearwater<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Susrita_-Chatterjee_Image-modified-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Susrita Chatterjee\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Susrita Chatterjee<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">MSc \u00b7 2023\u20132025<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Deep Learning Approaches for Linear Feature Segmentation in Remote Sensing and Astronomical Imagery<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Senior Data Engineer<\/b>, RBC, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ayumu_circle.png\" alt=\"Ayumu Saito\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Ayumu Saito<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2023\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Point-JEPA: A Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture for Self-Supervised Learning on Point Clouds<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>ML Engineer<\/b>, ReelData AI, Halifax<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/altaf-min-1.png\" alt=\"Muhammad Altaf Agowun\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Muhammad Altaf Agowun<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2023\u20132024<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Learning Disentangled Representations of Point Clouds via Alpha Complexes for 3D Shape Classification<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Full-stack Developer<\/b>, Deloitte<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/baxter-modified.png\" alt=\"Baxter Madore\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Baxter Madore<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2024\u20132025<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">A Graph Machine Learning Approach to Estimating Scoring Probabilities and Drive Outcomes in Gridiron Football<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>MSc (CS)<\/b>, University of Alberta<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n <article class=\"acard\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jack_circle-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Jack Greenlaw\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <div>\n <div class=\"aname\">Jack Greenlaw<\/div>\n <div class=\"adeg\">BSc Honours \u00b7 2025\u20132026<\/div>\n <div class=\"athesis\">Apollonian Domain Warping for Procedural Noise Generation<\/div>\n <div class=\"adest\">Next: <b>Utility Data Analyst<\/b>, Detect Technologies, Dartmouth<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"collaborators\">Collaborators <small>Present & past<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Researchers and partners we work with across institutions and industry.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"collab\">\n <div><b>Dr. Dong Chen<\/b> \u00b7 Professor<span>Nanjing Forestry University, China<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Amal Dev Parakkat<\/b> \u00b7 Assistant Professor<span>T\u00e9l\u00e9com Paris, IP Paris, France<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Stefan Ohrhallinger<\/b> \u00b7 Scientist<span>TU Wien, Austria<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Somayeh Arabinaree<\/b> \u00b7 Data Science Manager<span>Unilever, Canada<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Mr. David Colter<\/b><span>Immersive Cinema Inc., Canada<\/span><\/div>\n <div><b>Dr. Khushal Das<\/b><span>University of Calabria, Italy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"funding\">Funding & partnerships<\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Grants, fellowships, and industry projects that support the lab’s work.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"split\">\n\n <div>\n <h3 class=\"sub\">Grants & fellowships<\/h3>\n <div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>NSERC Discovery Development Grant<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2026\u20132028<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>NSERC Discovery Grant<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2019\u20132026<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), CFI<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u20132028<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>NSBI Productivity Innovation Vouchers<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u201323, 2024\u201325<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Research Opportunities Fund, Research Nova Scotia<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2022\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MITACS Accelerate Cluster<\/b> \u00b7 with Modest Tree <span class=\"yr\">2020\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>SMUWorks Grant, SMU<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2018\u20132022<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MITACS Elevate Fellowship<\/b> \u00b7 with Dreamcraft Attractions <span class=\"yr\">2018<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Eyes High Fellowship, University of Calgary<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2015\u20132017<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>MHRD PhD Scholarship, India<\/b> <span class=\"yr\">2011\u20132014<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div>\n <h3 class=\"sub\">Industry & consulting projects<\/h3>\n <div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>Real-time Marine Assets Recognition from RGB Video<\/b> \u00b7 Modest Tree Media <span class=\"yr\">2024\u2013<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Real-time Object Recognition & Tracking for Immersive Training<\/b> \u00b7 Modest Tree Media <span class=\"yr\">2021\u20132024<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Spheremesh Body Tracker for VR Darkrides<\/b> \u00b7 Dreamcraft Attractions, Victoria <span class=\"yr\">2017\u20132018<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Cab Lamp Location Optimization for Hydraulic Excavators<\/b> \u00b7 Caterpillar India <span class=\"yr\">2014\u20132015<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"funders\" aria-label=\"Funders and supporters\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nserc.png\" alt=\"NSERC\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cfi-1.png\" alt=\"Canada Foundation for Innovation\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/researchNS-black-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Research Nova Scotia\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/mitacs_colour.jpg\" alt=\"MITACS\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Nvidia.png\" alt=\"NVIDIA\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smu_logo.png\" alt=\"Saint Mary's University\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/smuscience.png\" alt=\"SMU Faculty of Science\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/nsbi.jpg\" alt=\"Nova Scotia Business Inc.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dreamcraft-1.png\" alt=\"Dreamcraft Attractions\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mtree-2.png\" alt=\"Modest Tree Media\" loading=\"lazy\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/cc.png\" alt=\"Digital Research Alliance of Canada\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"thanks\">\n We gratefully acknowledge NSERC, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Research Nova Scotia, and\n Saint Mary’s University for funding, and NVIDIA for GPU hardware support. Earlier work was funded by\n MITACS, Dreamcraft Attractions, and the University of Calgary (Eyes High). Thanks also to Modest Tree\n Media, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, ACENET, and NSBI.\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"open\">Join the lab <small>Open positions<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">We look for highly motivated students with strong records who want to work on hard problems in graphics, vision, and geometric learning.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"posgrid\">\n\n <div class=\"poscard\">\n <h4>PhD & MSc theses <span class=\"tag\">1\u00d7 PhD funded<\/span><\/h4>\n <p>\n A funded PhD position is open under the theme <em>“Efficient topological deep learning for\n large-scale point cloud understanding and modelling”<\/em>: scalable geometric and topological\n representations, learning on large 3D point clouds, and 3D scene understanding and reconstruction.\n Related problems in shape modelling, analysis, and matching are also welcome.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Email me (<a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>) with your CV and\n transcripts (PDF). See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smu.ca\/faculty-of-science\/master-in-applied-science.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">application procedure \u2197<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"poscard\">\n <h4>Bachelor theses & internships <span class=\"tag\">Undergraduates<\/span><\/h4>\n <p>\n Undergraduates interested in computer graphics, computer vision, or deep learning \u2014 or the\n intersection of all three \u2014 are welcome for BSc Honours and research projects. SMU students can\n join through NSERC USRA, research assistantships, and SMUWorks; students from other universities\n are also welcome to reach out about summer internships and visiting research.\n <\/p>\n <p>Reach out: <a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"qual\">\n <b>What we look for:<\/b> expert-level C++\/Python; a strong background in linear algebra, geometry,\n numerical optimization, and data structures & algorithms; familiarity with modern deep-learning\n frameworks; and genuine motivation. Exact criteria vary by level (PhD, MSc, BSc). New to Halifax?\n Here’s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhnckPdIN4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:var(--link);font-weight:500\">glimpse of SMU and the city \u2197<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"projects\">Research project supervisions <small>SMU<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Undergraduate and summer research projects mentored in the lab.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"tablecard\">\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr><th>Name<\/th><th>Topic<\/th><th>Funding<\/th><th>Year<\/th><th>Went to<\/th><\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr><td>Avery Cao<\/td><td>LiDAR processing & labelling<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Varshita Venkatesh<\/td><td>Graph ML<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Abdiaziz Aden Muse<\/td><td>LiDAR data acquisition & labelling<\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2024<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Jawadur Rahman<\/td><td><em>Point cloud segmentation<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Sarosij Bose<\/td><td><em>Skeleton extraction for motion capture<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS GRI<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Shaquille Lynch<\/td><td><em>Point cloud feature extraction<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Praneetha R<\/td><td><em>RGB-D based object detection<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Angus Anthony<\/td><td><em>Deep learning for curve generation<\/em><\/td><td>NSBI PIV & SMUWorks<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Yi Zheng<\/td><td><em>GAT for point cloud segmentation<\/em><\/td><td>MITACS GRI<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Swaraj Shrestha<\/td><td><em>2D reconstruction<\/em><\/td><td>Research project<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Owen Sharpe<\/td><td><em>Procedural noise & sampling<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td class=\"went\">University of Waterloo<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Martin McLaren<\/td><td><em>3D skeletons from point clouds<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">University of Alberta<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Sheldon Taylor<\/td><td><em>Procedural noise generation<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">Amazon, Vancouver<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Bivash Pandey<\/td><td><em>Shape matching via a modified shape context<\/em><\/td><td>SMUWorks<\/td><td>2019\u20132020<\/td><td class=\"went\">cont. @ SMU<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Seamus MacInnes<\/td><td><em>Motion tracking using depth cameras<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC USRA<\/td><td>2019, 2020<\/td><td class=\"went\">Dalhousie University<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Zesheng Jia<\/td><td><em>Proximity graphs for kinetic setting<\/em><\/td><td>NSERC DG<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Ayusha Pradhanga<\/td><td><em>Geometric shape extraction from 2D point sets<\/em><\/td><td>Dean’s Award<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td class=\"went\">Carleton University<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>Daniel Doucett<\/td><td><em>Skeleton extraction from point clouds<\/em><\/td><td>Research project<\/td><td>2018\u20132019<\/td><td class=\"went\">Perennia, Nova Scotia<\/td><\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mentorship\">External mentorship <small>Other institutes<\/small><\/h2>\n<p class=\"sec-sub\">Co-supervisions and internships mentored at partner institutions.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"listcard\">\n <ul>\n <li><b>Naved<\/b> \u00b7 MSc, CS <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Arthur Firmino<\/b> \u00b7 MSc, CS <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Han Zheng<\/b> \u00b7 Research project <span class=\"org\">University of Victoria \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Chao Wang<\/b> \u00b7 Summer intern <span class=\"org\">University of Calgary \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Anu G. Krishnan<\/b> \u00b7 M.Tech <span class=\"org\">NITK & IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Amal Dev Parakkat<\/b> \u00b7 M.Tech, CS <span class=\"org\">GEC Idukki & IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <li><b>Sujata Sinha<\/b> \u00b7 Summer intern <span class=\"org\">IIT Madras \u00b7 co-supervised<\/span><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<footer class=\"foot\">\n <p>\n Graphics & Spatial Computing Lab \u00b7 Department of Mathematics & Computing Science \u00b7\n Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3C3.\n Prospective students and collaborators: <a class=\"eml\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-u=\"jiju.poovvancheri\" data-d=\"smu.ca\">Show email<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n<\/footer>\n\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n function reveal(a){\n if(a.getAttribute('data-shown')==='1') return;\n var addr=a.getAttribute('data-u')+String.fromCharCode(64)+a.getAttribute('data-d');\n a.textContent=addr;\n a.setAttribute('href','mail'+'to:'+addr);\n a.setAttribute('data-shown','1');\n }\n var links=document.querySelectorAll('.'+\"gsc-group\"+' a.eml');\n for(var i=0;i<links.length;i++){\n (function(a){\n a.style.cursor='pointer';\n a.addEventListener('click',function(e){ if(a.getAttribute('data-shown')!=='1'){e.preventDefault(); reveal(a);} });\n a.addEventListener('keydown',function(e){ if((e.key==='Enter'||e.key===' ')&&a.getAttribute('data-shown')!=='1'){e.preventDefault(); reveal(a);} });\n })(links[i]);\n }\n})();\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Team \u2014 GSC Lab The Graphics & Spatial Computing Lab at Saint Mary’s University works at the intersection of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":296,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2419,"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cs.smu.ca\/~jiju\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}