This is a tentative syllabus. Updates will be posted to the course web page.
| Week of |
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Wed |
| Sept 11 |
Intro / Rig handles for motion representation |
Rig handles for motion representation
Ting Ting Wu,
Character Rigs for Motion Exaggeration,
Master's Thesis, CMU, 2006
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| Sept 18 |
Statistical approaches to representing motion
Ren et al. (paper in preparation for ToG)
Mueller and Roeder,
Motion Templates for Automatic Classification and Retrieval of Motion Capture Data, (paper)
SCA 2006.
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Statistical approaches to representing motion
Liu and McMillan,
Segment-Based Human Motion Compression,
SCA 2006.
Okan Arikan,
Compression of Motion Capture Databases,
SIGGRAPH 2006.
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| Sept 25 |
Responsive Characters
Reitsma and Pollard (paper in preparation for ToG)
Ikemoto, Arikan, and Forsyth,
Quick Motion Transitions with Cached Multi-way Blends,
Berkeley Tech Report 2006.
Note: Alla's defense is Tuesday
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Responsive Characters
Alla Safonova thesis (interpolation chapter)
Shin and Oh,
Fat Graphs: Constructing Interactively but Continuously Controllable Characters,
SCA 2006.
Heck and Gleicher,
Parametric Motion Graphs,
SCA poster 2006.
Note: Liu's defense is Thursday
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| Oct 2 |
Skeletons from Motion Capture Data
Ehrig et al.,
A survey of formal methods for determining the centre of rotation of ball joints,
J. Biomech. (in press).
Chang and Pollard,
Constrained least-squares optimization for robust estimation of center of rotation,
J. Biomech. (in press).
Camomilla et al.,
An optimized protocol for hip joint centre determination using the functional method,
J. Biomech. 2006.
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Skeletons from Motion Capture Data
Chang papers in review and in preparation
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| Oct 9 |
Musculoskeletal Models (Pedram Afshar)
Pedram Afshar's thesis
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Musculoskeletal Models
Albrecht et al.,
Construction and Animation of Anatomically Based Human Hand Models,
SCA 2003.
Sifakis et al.,
Simulating Speech with a Physics-Based Facial Muscle Model,
SCA 2006.
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| Oct 16 |
Intro to Lagrangian dynamics |
Physically based motion adaptation Adnan Sulejmanpašić and Jovan Popović,
Adaptation of Performed Ballistic Motion,
ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2005.
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| Oct 23 |
Intro to Featherstone dynamics |
What physics constraints can be computed efficiently? Anthony C. Fang and Nancy S. Pollard,
Efficient synthesis of physically valid human motion,
SIGGRAPH 2003
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| Oct 30 |
Game Physics Thomas Jakobsen,
Advanced Character Physics,
Game Developer's Conference 2001.
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Game Physics Evangelos Kokkevis,
Practical Physics for Articulated Characters,
Game Developer's Conference 2004.
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| Nov 6 |
NO CLASS
Chris Twigg thesis proposal
NSH 3305, 9:30am
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Priority Based Control of Physical Tasks
Abe and Popovic,
Interactive Animation of Dynamic Manipulation,
SCA 2006.
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| Nov 13 |
Multi-Character Spacetime Optimization
Liu, Hertzmann, and Popovic,
Composition of Complex Optimal Multi-Character Motions,
SCA 2006.
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Simulation and Control of Deformable Objects
Kondo et al.,
Directable Animation of Elastic Objects,
SCA 2005.
Galoppo et al.,
Fast Simulation of Deformable Bodies in Contact,
SCA 2006.
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| Nov 20 |
PROJECT UPDATE
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THANKSGIVING
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| Nov 27 |
Optimization and the adjoint method Treuille et al.,
Fluid Control using the Adjoint Method,
SIGGRAPH 2004.
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Optimization and the adjoint method Wojtan et al.,
Control of Complex Particle Systems Using the Adjoint Method,
SCA 2006.
Junggon Kim paper in preparation
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| Dec 4 |
Final Projects
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Final Projects
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