Nick Torkos Homepage

Introduction

Hi. Welcome to my homepage.  In case you haven't figured it out already, my name is Nick Torkos. I am a research student here at the University of Toronto, trying to get my Masters degree in Computer Science. My thesis work involves combining dynamics with inverse kinematics to generate animations of four legged animals over a set of their footprints. I like to do a lot of other things, too, with the big one being game programming. Some of my projects involved developing techniques that could apply to games, such as the fast level of detail approximation algorithm. Since this page is currently under construction, please bear with me for the next few weeks while I work on it.

Research Interests

• Thesis - Animating Quadrupeds with Footprints (mpeg movies and abstract here, too!)
• Approximate Dynamics
• Level of Detail Approximation
• Real Time Animation
• Computer Vision Project

Hobbies

• Game Programming
• Drawing
• Comic Books

Sports

• Weightlifting
• Billiards
• Baseball
• Indoor rock climbing
• Squash
• Wrestling

Other Interests

• Film making
• Music
• Reading

Links

Here are some of my favourite links.