Seminar
Tissue elasticity imaging for the simulation and guidance of percutaneous procedures
Event Location: NSH 1305Bio: Septimiu (Tim) E. Salcudean (S’78-M’-79-SM’03-F’05) received the B. Eng (Hons.) and M.Eng degrees from McGill University and the Ph.D. degree from U.C. Berkeley, all in Electrical Engineering. From 1986 to 1989, he was a Research Staff Member in the robotics group at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. He then joined [...]
Steering Human Insight for Large-Scale Visual Learning
Event Location: 1305 Newell Simon HallBio: Kristen Grauman is a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research in computer vision and machine learning focuses on visual search and object recognition. Before joining UT-Austin in 2007, she received her Ph.D. in the EECS [...]
Sparse Matrix Factorization, Mesh Modification, and Real-Time FEM Simulation
Event Location: 1305 Newell Simon HallBio: James F. O'Brien is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary area of interest is Computer Animation, with an emphasis on generating realistic motion using physically based simulation and motion capture techniques. He has authored numerous papers on these topics. In addition [...]
What Have We Learned From Virtual Humans?
Event Location: Rashid Auditorium - Gates and Hillman Centers 4401. Open to the public.Bio: William Swartout is Director of Technology for USC's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) and a research professor of computer science at USC. His particular research interests include virtual humans, explanation and text generation, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, intelligent computer based education, [...]