A plastic deformation model and remeshing allow for the simulartion of objects that squish, dent, and flow in A Finite Element Method for Animating Large Viscoplastic Flow.

Diluting liquids with water enables the measurement of light scattering properties.

Mesh Ensemble Motion Graphs enable the real-time motion playback of these irises with complicated collision behavior.

News

Motion Pictures Art Show

Graphics Lab artist Moshe Mahler has a show at the Art Loft in Mount Lebanon running through July 17th.The work is centered around the blending of traditional animation methods with information from motion capture sessions. A Pittburgh Post Gazette article gives a flattering overview of the show but to find out more and see some examples of artistic uses of motion capture make sure you visit the exhibit.

ACM Dissertation Award Honarable Mention

After receiving the SCS Dissertation Award, graphics lab alumnus Derek Hoiem is a recipient of a Honorable Mention in the prestigious 2008 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award for his thesis Seeing the World Behind the Image: Spatial Layout for 3D Scene Understanding. Kudos to Derek and his academic advisers Alexei Efros and Martial Hebert.

SIGGRAPH 2009

Congratulations to the authors of the two papers conditionally accepted to SIGGRAPH 2009!

• James McCann and Nancy Pollard, Local Layering
• Martin Wicke, Matthew Stanton, and Adrien Treuille, Modular Bases for Fluid Dynamics

Nancy Pollard Awarded Tenure

Associate Professor Nancy Pollard has been awarded tenure. Congratulations.

Jean-François Lalonde Named Microsoft Research Graduate Scholar

Our very own Jean-François Lalonde was one of the Carnegie Mellon students selected to receive the Microsoft Research Graduate Scholar fellowship. He works with Alexei Efros, and was the first author of the recent SIGGRAPH paper, Photo Clip Art.

Disney Research Pittsburgh Growing

Disney Research Pittsburgh is filling with researchers: Katsu Yamane, Iain Matthews, Raffay Hamid, and Irfan Essa (visiting on sabbatical from Georgia Tech).

SCS Dissertation Award

Derek Hoiem received the SCS Dissertation Award for Seeing the World Behind the Image: Spatial Layout for 3D Scene Understanding. Derek was advised by Alexei Efros and Martial Hebert.

New People

This semester we are joined by Adrien Treuille, Laura Trutoiu, Jeehyung Lee, Joo-Ho Lee, Matthew Stanton, Yuandong Tian, and Taesoo Kwon. Welcome to all of them.

Disney Research Lab opens in Pittsburgh

A new Disney Research lab is opening here at Carnegie Mellon (official press release). The lab will be about a block away from campus, and should allow for some interesting collaborative projects.

Paper Accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia

The paper Accelerometer-based User Interfaces for the Control of a Physically Simulated Character by Takaaki Shiratori and Jessica Hodgins has been accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2008. Congratulations to the authors.