David Akers   Computer Graphics Laboratory Computer Science Department Stanford University Gates Computer Science Building, Room 396 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 Phone: (650) 725-3648   dakers -- at -- graphics -- dot -- stanford -- dot -- edu

I graduated from Brown University with an ScB. in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1999. Following this, I worked for two years at Silicon Graphics on the OpenGL Volumizer volume rendering API. I then worked for a year in the computer science department at the University of Washington on an NSF-funded educational technology initiative led by Professor Steve Tanimoto.

While a graduate student, I have interned at Microsoft Research (2003) and Google (2007, 2008).

I also have a number of outside interests, including singing, running, swing dancing, ultimate frisbee, mentoring, international relations, and the wonderful but addictive game of Scrabble.

Publications

	D. Akers, M. Simpson, R. Jeffries, and T. Winograd. Undo and Erase Events as Indicators of Usability Problems. In Proceedings of CHI 2009, pp. 659-668, ACM Press (2009). (BEST PAPER AWARD)
	D. Akers. CINCH: A Cooperatively Designed Marking Interface for 3D Pathway Selection. In Proceedings of UIST 2006, pp. 33-42, ACM Press (2006).
	D. Akers. Wizard of Oz for Participatory Design: Inventing an Interface for 3D Selection of Neural Pathway Estimates. In Proceedings of CHI 2006 Extended Abstracts, pp. 454-459, ACM Press (2006).
	A. Sherbondy, D. Akers, R. Mackenzie, R. Dougherty, and B. Wandell. Exploring Connectivity of the Brain's White Matter with Dynamic Queries. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 11:4, pp. 419-430, IEEE Press (2005).
	D. Akers, A. Sherbondy, R. Mackenzie, R. Dougherty, and B. Wandell. Exploration of the Brain's White Matter Pathways with Dynamic Queries. In Proceedings of Visualization 2004, pp. 377-384, IEEE Press (2004).
	D. Akers, F. Losasso, J. Klingner, M. Agrawala, J. Rick, and P. Hanrahan. Conveying Shape and Features with Image Based Relighting. In Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2003, pp. 349-354, IEEE Press (2003).
	S. Tanimoto, W. Winn, D. Akers. A System That Supports Using Student-Drawn Diagrams to Assess Comprehension of Mathematical Formulas. In Proceedings of Diagrams 2002, pp. 100-102, Springer (2002).
	D. Akers and R. Goldberg. BioEqCalc: A Package for Performing Equilibrium Calculations on Biochemical Reactions. The Mathematica Journal 8:1, 2001, pp. 86- 113, Wolfram Media (2001).
	N. Kishore, Y. Tewari, D. Akers, R. Goldberg, and E. Miles. A Thermodynamic Investigation of Reactions Catalyzed by Tryptophan Synthase. Biophysical Chemistry, Vol. 73, 1998, pp. 265-280, Elsevier (1998).

Software

	DTI-Query: Visualization software for exploration of white-matter tractography results in the brain.
	Geode: visualization software for ordinary differential equations. A class project for a course in numerical analysis at Stanford.
	g(z): Visualizing Complex Function Graphs. While an undergraduate senior at Brown University, I researched and implemented a visualization system for an undergraduate course in complex analysis.