Marvyn Bailly

PhD Candidate in Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computation

Blog

Thoughts on mathematics, simulation, and code

January 2026

Image-to-Polygon Conversion

Building an automated pipeline that extracts shapes from images. Moore-Neighbor tracing, RDP simplification, and Earcut triangulation—no guesswork required.

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January 2026

Understanding Real-Time Fluid Simulation

A dive into GPU-accelerated Navier-Stokes solvers. Explore the math and code behind real-time fluid dynamics on the home page.

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Summer 2022

Slime Mold Simulation

A Java Processing-based simulation of physarum polycephalum behavior. Thousands of agents create organic patterns through simple rules.

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2021

PewPewPew

An asteroids-inspired arcade game built with p5.js. Features power-ups, custom menu art, music, and a Firebase leaderboard.

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2021

Polygon Art

Generative art using connected particles. Watch geometric patterns emerge from simple distance-based connections.

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2020

Film Sunday

A Firebase-powered movie voting app for weekly film nights. Submit suggestions, vote, and view results in real-time.

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