Independent Study Topics
Sampling of subjects supervised over the years.
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independent study credits or thesis research.
Data Analysis and Remapping
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Qualitative Annotation of Motion Capture Data for Indirect Avatar Control
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Video Analysis of Swarm Movement
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MIDI data pattern recognition and visualization
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Motion Transformation using IK and Cognitive Parameters
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Music composed through gathering and processing real-time and historic climatic data.
Installation and Performance
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Interactive generative drawing for stroke rehabilitation
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Textured glass as a tactile projection display surface
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6/10ths of a second: data and video installation
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Integrating audio into motion tracking installation
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Salix - MFA thesis show
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Max/MSP/Jitter interfaces for live music and video performance
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Jitter in installation art with MIDI sensors
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Pseudo-agent/Jitter Project
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Research on Virtual Performance
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Jitter in application with Sleep Deprivation Chamber
Generative Design and Style Representation
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Virtual Garment Design
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Evolving Behavioral Animation
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Choreography Software
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Interactive painting with physically simulated deformable geometry
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Context-based Evolutionary Design in Architecture
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Generative Architecture
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Generating 3D form from motion capture data from a willow tree
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Deriving and Applying Design Principles From The Animated Films Of The UPA Studio
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The Film Look: Achieving a Classical 1950s Cinematic Look for 3D Rendered Imagery
Computer Graphics Technologies + Techniques
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Controlling Fire Simulations
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Streaming Compressed Motion Capture Data
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Hybrid programming interfaces: code with nodes
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Procedural Motion (Scheme and AL)
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Procedural Animation (Houdini)
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Global Illumination (Mental Ray)
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Procedural Shading (Maya, RenderMan, Cg)
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High to Low Poly Normal Mapping
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3D Model Morphing
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Image Based Illumination
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Technical Solutions for High-Quality Virtual Exhibition
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Jitter real-time video control
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OpenGL in Jitter
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Vest design for Wireless VR System
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