alexk[at]dgp[point]toronto[point]edu
Current [technical director]:
Pixar
Previous [graduate]:
Dynamic Graphics Project
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Ancient [undergraduate]:
Department of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Trinity University
Research:
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Segmentation-Based 3D Artistic Rendering
Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2006, with Jack Wang and Aaron Hertzmann
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Image Segmentation for Stylized Non-Photorealistic Rendering and Animation
Master's thesis, supervised by Aaron Hertzmann, University of Toronto, 2005
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The 1-Hyperbolic Projection for User Interfaces
Bachelor's thesis, supervised by John Howland, Trinity University, 2003
Technical papers:
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A Generic Halfedge Mesh Data Structure for .Net
Design decisions for a C# halfedge mesh data structure
Software:
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Lydos solution
A collection of projects useful for graphics programming in .Net
Includes Lydos.Meshes, Lydos.OpenGL, and Lydos.Utilities
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Lydos.Matlab
Classes for interacting with Matlab from .Net
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Lydos.Tablets
Classes for getting input from tablets in .Net
Guides:
- Offline capturing of full-body motion with the Vicon system
- Exporting mocap data to Maya to drive a skeleton
Fun things:
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Vadim's Square Game
A simple board game played against the computer in your browser
Course work:
- CSC 2505 Geometric Representations
- Laptop - modeling assignment
- View dependent modeling - sketch based modeling project
- CSC 2529 Character Animation
- Round 1 - animation assignment
- Reactive motion for virtual boxers - collaboration with Kevin Forbes
- CSC 2521 Artificial Life
- An Artificial Animated Boxer - shorter report for reactive motion project
References
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