Irina Voiculescu

I have been at the Department of Computer Science at Oxford since 1999. I obtained my PhD at the University of Bath, for research in Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG). I contributed to the development of the geometric modelling software svLis through the application of polynomial root finding methods.

As part of the Spatial Reasoning research group at Oxford I have been conducting research in the areas of molecular modelling (protein docking), medical imaging (CT and MRI scan analysis) and polynomial root finding (interval arithmetic). I am interested in other aspects of geometric modelling such as as applications of multivariate polynomial forms in geometry, Bernstein-form polynomials and generalized Newton-like methods.

I am actively involved in public engagement activities, such as the Oxford RobotGames, a programme where children of high school age design and build their own robot in half a day. Another on-going project of the Spatial Reasoning group has been to build a robot sheepdog which automatically herds either live or robotic animals. The Oxford robotic flock was shown in 2001 at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

I am Fellow of the UK Geometric Modelling Society and Associate Editor of the SPIE Journal of Medical Imaging.