Theodore Kim

Theodore Kim is a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. He researches topics in physics-based animation, which include the simulation of fire, water, muscles, skin, and virtual humans. He joined Yale from Pixar Animation Studios in 2019, and received Scientific and Technical Academy Awards in both 2012 and 2022. He holds a PhD and MS from UNC Chapel Hill, and a BS from Cornell University.

Anti-Racist Graphics

Physics-based Simulation

2022

Countering racial bias in computer graphics research

T. Kim, Rushmeier, H., Dorsey, J., Nowrouzezahrai, D., Syed, R., Jarosz, W., and Darke, A. M., “Countering racial bias in computer graphics research”, in SIGGRAPH Talks, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2022. Downloads:

countering.pdf,

countering_supplement.pdf
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2021

Stream-Guided Smoke Simulations

S. Sato, Dobashi, Y., and Kim, T., “Stream-Guided Smoke Simulations”, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2021. Downloads:

sdk21.pdf
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2020

A Massive Fractal in Days, Not Years

T. Kim and Duff, T., “A Massive Fractal in Days, Not Years”, Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques (JCGT), vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 26–36, 2020. Downloads:

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