Priyesh Dixit
15496 Occum Pl., Charlotte, NC 28277
Phone: (704) 299-0708
Website: http://www.priyesh.org
Email: priyesh.dixit@gmail.com

Skills:
Languages: C++, C#, Objective-C, Java
Platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox360, iPhone, Nintendo DS
API: OpenGL, XNA, DirectX

Education:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.S. Computer Science (May 2008)
With Game Design and Development Certificate

B.S. Computer Science (May 2006)
Magna cum laude
Cumulative GPA of 3.85/4.00

Work Experience:
TimeGate Studios (June 2008 – current)
Position: Software Engineer

Pacific Northwest National Lab (June 2005 – August 2005)
Position: Intern
Augmented existing C++/OpenGL code
Developed 2D and 3D visualizations of biological data including histogram, heat map and time-varying height map
Publications:
Optimal Information Placement in an Interactive 3D Environment
Priyesh N. Dixit, G. Michael Youngblood
Sandbox Symposium (August 2007)

Understanding Intelligence in Games using Player Traces and Interactive Player Graphs
G. Michael Youngblood, Priyesh N. Dixit
Game Programming Gems 7, Chapter 3.5, pgs. 265-280 (2008)

Games:
iP’Zong (TBD Fall 2008 on iPhone App Store):
In an arcade game similar to Arkanoid, the player must keep the ball from falling to his death by bouncing him off the paddle.

Projects:
Masters thesis research project (Spring 2007 – Spring 2008): 
Advisor: G. Michael Youngblood, Ph.D.
Common Games Understanding and Learning toolkit (CGUL)
Researched and developed game analysis techniques and tools
Game Design and Development Studio team project (Spring 2007):
“EleMental”: A first-person multiplayer action game
Deployed game to the XBOX 360 using XNA

Intro to Game Design team project (Spring 2005):
“Wrath of Abarnare”: an action RPG with custom engine
Programmed a custom 3d graphics engine in OpenGL and C++

Visualization of activity on an FPGA (Fall 2004 – Spring 2005)
Created a visualization application in C++, VTK, FLTK, and OpenGL to show the changes in activity and power consumption on a circuit during the execution of an algorithm

Recognitions:
Placed 2nd in 2007 Graduate Research Fair presentation competition
Chancellor's list at UNCC, Spring 2003 to Fall 2005

Extra-Curricular Activities:
Association for Computing Machinery (Fall 2004 - Fall 2007)
Participated in Regional programming contest
(Fall 2004, 2005 and 2006)
Placed within the top ten teams in 2005 and 2006
President of UNCC chapter (Spring 2005 – Fall 2006)

Status: U.S. Citizen