Profile

2001 Cornell University, Fine Arts (BFA)
2001 Cornell University, Computer Science (BA)
2007 University of California Santa Barbara, Media Arts & Technology (M.Sc)
2010 University of California Santa Barbara, Media Arts & Technology (Ph.D)

My work focuses on creative expression in design and animation. My research explores the topics of character animation and natural visual effects. This work explores motion as a way to capture human activity both physically and socially, and studies simulated visual effects to understand nature as a living, cooperative system. My teaching emphasizes meaning, cultural appreciation and quality in visual design and 3D animation.

Digital Media Design I (ART 2600)
Digital Media Design II (ART 3614)
Interactive Design I (ART 3664)
Interactive Design II (DIG 4553)
Professional Design Practice (DIG 3595)
Special Topics in Design (DIG 4930)
Video Game Design (ART 3640)
Video Game Design II (DIG 4713)

(Selected)

• Legrady, G. and Hoetzlein, R. (2019) Making Visible the Invisible: A Data-Driven Media Artwork in Continuous Operation for 15 years. SIGGRAPH Arts Program, Short Papers. July 2019.
• Hoetzlein, R. (2012) Visual Communication in Times of Crisis: The Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Leonardo Journal of Arts, Science and Technology. April 2012.
• E. Chuck, R. Hoetzlein, D. Kim, J. Panko. (2012) Creating Socially Networked Knowledge through Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Arts & Humanities in Higher Education: An international journal of theory, research and practice, Vol. 11, No. 1-2. Feb/April 2012.
• Hoetzlein, R. (2012) Imagination in Media Arts: Technological Constraints and Creative Freedom. Ph.D Dissertation, Dec 2011. University of California Santa Barbara
• Hoetzlein, R. (2009) Alternatives to Author-centric Knowledge Organization. Implementing New Knowledge Environments (INKE 2009). Victoria, Canada.
• Hoetzlein, R. (2007) The Organization of Human Knowledge: Systems for Interdisciplinary Research. Master's Thesis. University of California Santa Barbara

(Selected)

• Kui Wu, Nghia Truong, Cem Yuksel, Rama Hoetzlein (2018) Fast Fluid Simulation with Sparse Volumes on the GPU. Eurographics 2018. Delft, Netherlands
• Hoetzlein, R. (2018) GVDB Voxels for 3D Printing, Scientific Data and Motion Pictures. Vision Day Conference, 2018. DTU University, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Hoetzlein, R. (2016) GVDB: Raytracing Sparse Voxel Database Structures on the GPU. High Performance Graphics (HPG), June 2016. Dublin, Ireland.
• Hoetzlein, R. (2016) Raytracing Scientific Data in NVIDIA® OptiX with GVDB Sparse Volumes. GPU Technology Conference (GTC), March 2016. Santa Clara, CA
• Hoetzlein, R. (2014) Fast Fixed-Radius Nearest Neighbors: Interactive Million Particle-Fluids GPU Technology Conference, March 2014. Santa Clara, CA. http://fluids3.com
• Hoetzlein, R and Schwartz, D. (2005) GameX: A Platform for Incremental Instruction in Computer Graphics and Game Design. ACM SIGGRAPH Educators Program 2005.

• Research Start-up Grant (2019), Florida Gulf Coast University, Bowers School of Music & Arts
• Senior Fellow (2019), Hewlett-Packard Inc.
• Grant Co-Director (2012), National Endowment of the Humanities, Transliteracies, with Alan Liu
• NSF IGERT (2004-2006), Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, National Science Foundation
• Recognition Award for Teaching (2004). First course in video games, Cornell University.