Broad Area Colloquium For AI-Geometry-Graphics-Robotics-Vision
Behind the Scenes at Pixar
Tony DeRose
Pixar Animation Studios
Monday, Jan 22, 2001, 4:15PM
Herrin Hall, BioT 175
http://robotics.stanford.edu/ba-colloquium/
Abstract
For more than a decade Pixar has been a leader in the area of computer
animation. In this talk I'll highlight: a number of the technical
challenges that we've addressed in the past, some of the challenges that
face us today, and some of the challenges that will likely face us in
the coming decade.
About the Speaker
Tony DeRose is currently a Senior Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios.
He received a BS in Physics in 1981 from
the University of California, Davis; in 1985 he received a Ph.D. in
Computer Science from the University of
California, Berkeley. He received a Presidential Young Investigator
award from the National Science Foundation in
1989. In 1995 he was selected as a finalist in the software category of
the Discover Awards for Technical
Innovation. In 1998, he was a major contributor to the Oscar winning
short film "Geri's game", and in 1999 he
received the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award.
From September 1986 to December 1995 Dr. DeRose was a Professor of
Computer Science and Engineering at the
University of Washington. He has served on various technical program
committees including SIGGRAPH, and from
1988 through 1994 was an associate editor of ACM Transactions on
Graphics.
To date, Dr. DeRose has written more than 50 scientific papers, 8 patent
applications, and one book. His research
has focused on mathematical methods for surface modeling, data fitting,
and the use of multiresolution techniques.
Recent projects the use of subdivision surfaces in character animation
and the construction of animation controls for
expressive characters.
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