We are a computer graphics group based in Yale’s Computer Science Department. At Yale we are immersed in a unique environment with world-class faculties in the visual arts and sciences, including Art, Architecture, Art History, Drama, Psychology and Medicine. We have access to rich resources in the collections of the university’s libraries and museums. The Yale campus itself and the surrounding Connecticut Shoreline provide us with visual inspiration and challenges.
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Along with his colleague Prof. A.M. Darke from UCSC, Prof. Kim was interviewed by the Gameplay Podcast about racial bias in computer graphics. In the second half of the podcast, they discuss how Prof. Darke’s Open Source Afro Hair Library points to way forward to restorative and more equitable practices.
MAM 2021, the 9th annual Workshop on Material Appearance Modeling, will be held virtually (i.e. via electronic platforms rather than physically) June 28, 2021 just prior to EGSR 2021 (https://egsr.eu/2021). Position papers are due June 14, 2021. See details at https://egsr.eu/2021/mam/
Associate Professor Theodore Kim won a Best Paper Honorable Mention at the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) for his paper A Finite Element Formulation of Baraff-Witkin Cloth. The paper is available here.
