Jack M. Wang

jmwang[at]graphics[dot]stanford[dot]edu

 

I’m a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Computer Graphics Lab and the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab at Stanford University, advised by Vladlen Koltun and Scott Delp.  My research interests center on biomechanics-based motion synthesis --- simulating human movements consistent with physical and biological constraints.  I seek to improve the realism of character animation using insights from biomechanics, as well as advance our understanding of human motor control through the use of computer simulation.  I’m also interested in developing machine learning techniques, such as Gaussian processes and manifold learning, for building data-driven models of motion.  Potential applications of my research include animation for games and feature films, 3D motion tracking, activity recognition, and gait analysis.    

I completed my Ph.D. in 2010 (Thesis: Locomotion Synthesis Methods for Humanoid Characters) under the supervision of Aaron Hertzmann and David J. Fleet at the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto.  In 2004, I graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.Math. in computer science. 

Curriculum Vitae     Google Scholar Page

Publications

Gaussian Process Dynamical Models for Human Motion


J. M. Wang, D. J. Fleet, A. Hertzmann. 

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. Feb. 2008. Vol. 30, No. 2. pp. 283-298.  (Journal version of NIPS 2005 paper)

Multifactor Gaussian Process Models for Style-Content Separation


J. M. Wang, D. J. Fleet, A. Hertzmann.

In Proc. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2007. Corvallis, Oregon. pp. 975-982.

Segmentation-Based 3D Artistic Rendering


A. Kolliopoulos, J. M. Wang, A. Hertzmann. 

In Proc. Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR) 2006.  Nicosia, Cyprus. pp. 361-370.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Talk Award, Biomechanical Engineering Conference at Stanford, 2012 Robert Lansdale/Okino Computer Graphics Fellowship, 2008 NSERC Summer Program in Taiwan Supplement, 2008 Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2006-2008 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, 2004-2006 Graduating ‘With Distinction - Dean’s Honours List’, 2004 Nortel Networks Undergraduate Scholarship 1999-2004

Optimizing Walking Controllers


J. M. Wang, D. J. Fleet, A. Hertzmann. 

ACM Transactions on  Graphics. Dec. 2009. Vol. 28, No. 5, Article 168, 8 pages. (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2009)

Optimizing Walking Controllers for Uncertain Inputs and Environments


J. M. Wang, D. J. Fleet, A. Hertzmann. 

ACM Transactions on Graphics. July 2010. Vol. 29, No. 4, Article 73, 8 pages. (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2010)

Continuous Character Control with Low-Dimensional Embeddings


S. Levine, J. M. Wang, A. Haraux, Z. Popović, V. Koltun.

ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2012. Vol. 31, No. 4, Article 28, 10 pages. (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2012)

Optimizing Locomotion Controllers Using Biologically-Based Actuators and Objectives


J. M. Wang, S. R. Hamner, S. L. Delp, V. Koltun. 

ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2012. Vol. 31, No. 4, Article 25, 11 pages. (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2012)