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You can find the full announcement here and the paper itself here. - [Shape Space Spectra wins Best Paper Award at Siggraph North America](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2025/08/28/shape-space-spectra-wins-best-paper-award-at-siggraph-north-america) - Yue Chang, Otman Benchekroun, Prof. Eitan Grinspun and their collaborators at Meta Reality Labs Research and MIT CSAIL, Maurizio M. Chiaramonte and Peter Yichen Chen, won a Best in Show: Technical Paper award at Siggraph North America this year! You can learn more about the paper and project here.. - [Prof. Grossman promoted to Full Professor](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2025/07/07/prof-grossman-promoted-to-full-professor) - Congratulations to Prof. Tovi Grossman on his promotion to full professor in the Dept. of Computer Science! Prof. Grossman joined the Dynamic Graphics Project as an associate Professor in 2018. - [DGP has strong showing at CHI 2024](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/05/09/dgp-has-strong-showing-at-chi-2024) - DGP had a whopping 32 papers accepted to CHI 2024, the premier conference for human-computer interaction research. These papers spanned various topics including AR/VR interaction, health tracking, community support systems, algorithmic fairness, and yes, LLMs. You can find the full list of papers in this article. - [Adjunct Prof. Paul Dietz featured for his Animatronics Workshop](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/07/12/adjunct-prof-paul-dietz-leads-animatronics-workshop) - Adjunct Prof. Paul Dietz was featured by the Department of Computer Science for his work on an Animatronics Workshop. This workshop is a capstone course designed to encourage undergraduate students to explore how computer-based systems can bring stories to life in K-12 classrooms. You can learn more about this exciting and engaging program in the - [Profs. Ahmed and Chevalier receive tenure](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/07/01/profs-ahmed-and-chevalier-receive-tenure) - Congratulations to Prof. Ahmed and Prof. Chevalier on receiving tenure! More information on their promotions can be found here. - [Prof. Ahmed delivers keynote at PDC 2024](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/08/13/prof-ahmed-delivers-keynote-at-pdc-2024) - Prof. Ahmed was the opening keynote speaker at PDC 2024 in Malaysia. PDC is one of the premier international conferences for participatory design research, so this speaking opportunity highlights Prof. Ahmed's significant contributions to this research area. You can find more about this year's conference and all of the keynote speakers on the conference's website. - [Prof. Kutulakos wins 2023 Dean’s Research Excellence Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2023/12/11/prof-kutulakos-wins-2023-deans-research-excellence-award) - The Faculty of Arts & Science has named Kyros Kutulakos as a recipient of this year's Dean's Research Excellence Award! You can read more about the award and his contributions here. - [Thirdspace hosts 2-day event for CHI 2020](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/07/11/thirdspace-hosts-2-day-event-for-chi-2020) - Third Space research group at the DGP lab organized a two-day virtual HCI4D event on July 1-2, 2020. This event brought together papers on critical computing and international development published at CHI 2020. 22 papers from four different continents were presented at this event and 210 participants from across the world registered to attend this - [Prof. Buxton appointed to the Order of Canada](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/01/04/prof-bill-buxton-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada) - Congratulations to Prof. Buxton, who has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work in HCI and user-centred design! Prof. Buxton has been a member of the DGP since the early years of the group and has published and collaborated with students and faculty here in the decades since. There - [Otman Benchekroun leads the first iteration of DGP Academy](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2024/04/01/otman-benchekroun-leads-the-first-iteration-of-dgp-academy) - Otman Benchekroun led the creation of the first DGP Academy, which offers high school students the opportunity to engage in hands-on computer graphics activities and get a comprehensive view of graduate studies. Students learned about topics ranging from 3D printing to linear algebra and calculus. You can learn more about the event here: https://web.cs.toronto.edu/news-events/news/dgp-academy-high-school-students-outreach. - [Prof. Jacobson wins Faculty of A&S Outstanding Teaching Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2023/05/05/prof-jacobson-wins-faculty-of-as-outstanding-teaching-award) - The faculty of Arts & Science has named Alec Jacobson as a recipient of this year's Outstanding Teaching Award! You can read more about the award and his contributions in this article. - [Prof. Williams and students win XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2023/05/09/prof-williams-and-students-win-xprize-digital-learning-challenge) - The Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator team, led by University of Toronto Assistant Professor Joseph Jay Williams, has won the $500,000 (USD) grand prize in the XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge, a global competition to modernize, accelerate, and improve the identification of effective learning tools and processes. The team also includes graduate students Ilya Musabirov, Mohi Reza, Pan Chen, and Harsh Kumar, as well as - [Prof. Chevalier named to France's Order of Academic Palms](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2023/05/30/prof-chevalier-named-to-frances-order-of-academic-palms) - Fanny Chevalier has been made a knight in the prestigious Order of Academic Palms (l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques), France’s national order recognizing exemplary services to education and culture. Coincidentally, her last name translates to "knight" in French, so this was destined to happen. You can read more about the award and her contributions here. - [Prof. Ahmed receives 2023 Google Award for Inclusion Research](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2023/11/24/prof-ahmed-receives-2023-google-award-for-inclusion-research) - Ishtiaque Ahmed has received a 2023 Google Award for Inclusion Research for his work on making computing services useful and meaningful for rural communities in the Global South! You can read more about the award and his work here. - [Prof. Jacobson awarded Sloan Fellowship](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2022/02/17/prof-jacobson-awarded-sloan-fellowship) - This year's 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship award recipients include dgp's Prof. Alec Jacobson! In UofT's Computer Science dept. both Prof. Jacobson and Prof. Duvenaud were chosen for this award. Computer Science's website has a write-up of the award here. - [Prof. Grossman receives tenure](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2021/06/06/prof-grossman-receives-tenure) - Congratulations to Prof. Grossman on receiving tenure and his promotion to Associate Professor! - [Prof. Wigdor promoted to Full Professor](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2021/06/05/prof-wigdor-promoted-to-full-professor) - Congratulations to Prof. Wigdor, who has been promoted to full Professor! In addition to his work at dgp, Prof. Wigdor is also the Director of the Facebook Reality Labs Research in Toronto. Prof. Wigdor promoted to Full Professor - [Prof. Levin receives CHCCS/SCDHM Early Career Researcher Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2021/06/03/prof-levin-receives-chccs-scdhm-early-career-researcher-award) - Congrats to Prof. Levin for winning the CHCCS/SCDHM Graphics Interface Early Career Researcher Award for 2021! This award is given to outstanding early career faculty members in the fields related to the Graphics Interface conference. Prof. Levin is being recognized for his research in graphics. CHCCS Graphics Interface award for dgp's Prof. David Levin - [Prof. Grossman awarded Sloan Research Fellowship](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2021/03/08/prof-grossman-awarded-sloane-research-fellowship) - The Sloan Research fellowship was awarded to two Computer Science researchers for 2021, Prof. Grosse and dgp's Prof. Grossman. Congratulations Prof. Grossman! More details about the award can be found here. - [Undergrad Research at dgp](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2021/02/05/undergrad-research-at-dgp) - The dgp often collaborates with undergrad students to tackle interesting research projects. One of this past year's NSERC USRA and UTEA AWARDS recipients is Jiayi Eris Zhang, who worked on research into Complementary Dynamics that was submitted to Siggraph Asia 2020. You can find more information about the program at Computer Science's Undergraduate Summer Research - [RBC Research Prize 2017: UofT Faculty and Student Winners](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2017/10/27/rbc-research-prize-2017-uoft-faculty-and-student-winners) - RBC and the University of Toronto recently partnered up to create the RBC Innovation Fellowship program, a joint venture designed to recognize exceptional faculty and graduate students and to provide them with additional resources to advance their research. The RBC Research Prize 2017 winners come from a variety of disciplines, including Machine Learning and Advanced - [Oscar-winning animator and filmmaker Chris Landreth artist-in-residence at DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2016/01/19/oscar-winning-animator-and-filmmaker-chris-landreth-at-u-of-t-computer-science) - As an animator, I'm trying to animate realistically, says Chris Landreth, Academy Award winning animator and filmmaker and now distinguished research artist-in-residence in the University of Toronto's department of computer science. Read the full article at http://news.utoronto.ca/oscar-winning-animator-and-filmmaker-chris-landreth-u-t-computer-science. - [Rorik Henrikson's work featured in UofT news](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/09/23/rorik-henriksons-work-featured-in-uoft-news) - PhD Candidate and DGP member Rorik Henrikson was recently featured in the U of T news, exploring his research. Adopting his early interest in stage, film and television planning, he created Storeoboard - his stereoscopic 3D storyboard software. Storeoboard was recently used by Canadian director and filmmaker Dylan Pearce in the planning of 40 Below - [Prof. Singh Receives 2018 President's Impact Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2019/03/01/prof-singh-receives-2018-presidents-impact-award) - Prof. Karan Singh was one of the recipients of the 2018 President's Impact Award. You can find details about the award here Congrats Karan! - [Third Oscar for Jos Stam](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2019/02/22/third-oscar-for-dgp-alumni-jos-stam) - Jos Stam, DGP graduate and adjunct professor, has won his third Oscar for his work on subdivision surfaces at the Academy's Scientific and Technical Awards. U of T News has a write-up here: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/and-oscar-goes-u-t-educated-graphics-whiz - [Prof. Grossman and Rahul Arora feature on Augumented Reality Drawing software](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/10/01/prof-grossman-and-rahul-arora-feature-on-augumented-reality-drawing-software) - There is a write-up on Prof. Grossman's and Rahul's work on software design for 2d/3d sketching in augmented reality. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-and-autodesk-researchers-design-2d-3d-software-augmented-reality-drawing - [Prof. Grossman awarded Steacie Fellowship](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/11/10/prof-grossman-awarded-steacie-fellowship) - Congratulations to Prof. Grossman on being recognized for his early career achievements with an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship! Some of the research highlighted in award included AI drone navigation and wearable sensors to capture intricate hand grip and touch movements in VR. Recipients of this year’s NSERC Prizes will be celebrated today at a ceremony - [Paper acceptance to CSCW 2020!](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/07/25/paper-acceptance-to-cscw-2020) - Congratulations to Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat, Toha Toriq, and Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed. Their paper titled, "Persuasion, Habit, and Sustainability: Designing for and Lessons from Islamic Religious Culture in Bangladesh," has been accepted to CSCW 2020! - [Yasaman Rohanifar Awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/07/12/yasaman-rohanifar-awarded-ontario-graduate-scholarship) - Congratulations to Yasaman for being awarded a 2020-2021 Ontario Graduate Scholarship. The OGS is awarded to students for academic achievement, so the congrats again on a job well done Yasaman! - [Renowned Experts Launch First-of-its-Kind Book on COVID-19 Problems and Solutions](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/07/06/renowned-experts-launch-first-of-its-kind-book-on-covid-19-problems-and-solutions) - The COVID-19 Solutions Guide provides tools for readers that assist them with the pandemic’s personal, financial, and emotional impacts. TORONTO, Canada, July 2, 2020: In response to the impacts of COVID-19 on society, recently we launched the e-book The COVID-19 Solutions Guide. This innovative publication provides many solutions for current issues. A blog provides regular updates. COVID-19 has disrupted - [Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat, Priyank Chandra and Prianka Roy have received the UofT COVID-19 Student Engagement Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/06/08/mohammad-rifat-priyank-chandra-and-prianka-roy-have-received-the-uoft-covid-19-student-engagement-award) - Rifat, Priyank and Prianka have been awarded one of the UofT COVID-19 Student Engagement awards. Congratulations! Their project is titled "Investigating the Spread of Misinformation by Religious Preachers" and described here: We have two goals in this project: First, analyzing the phenomena of COVID-19 related fake news generation and spread by religious preachers on social - [Dina Sabie and Cansu Ekmekcioglu Dedeoglu win the UofT COVID-19 Student Engagement Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/06/08/dina-sabie-and-cansu-ekmekcioglu-dedeoglu-win-the-uoft-covid-19-student-engagement-award) - Dina (DGP Lab) and her collaborator Cansu (iSchool) were awarded one of the UofT COVID-19 Student Engagement awards. Congrats Dina and Cansu! The project, titled "We're in this Together: Mapping Resilience, Solidarity, and Hope during a Global Pandemic", summary is below: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental state of a countless number of people - [Prof. Jacobson receives Siggraph Significant New Researcher Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/06/05/prof-jacobson-receives-siggraph-significant-new-researcher-award) - Prof. Alec Jacobson was awarded the 2020 Siggraph Significant New Researcher award for his contributions to computer graphics. The award cites his work in geometry processing on shape deformations and mesh tetrahedralization along with his role as a collaborator and maintainer of the open source libgl library and technology transfers from his work to commercial - [DGP Talk: Quo Vadis Mixed Reality?](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2019/06/04/dgp-talk-quo-vadis-mixed-reality) - We are delighted to welcome Prof. Otmar Hilliges from ETH Zurich to talk about his recent research about Virtual and Mixed Reality. Title: Quo Vadis Augmented Reality? Abstract: Virtual and Mixed Reality (XR) holds the promise to significantly change the ways we interact with digital information. Despite much progress from both research and industry there - [CHI 2020 Honourable Mention Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/05/15/chi-2020-honourable-mention-award) - Congratulations to Prof. Ahmed, Dina Sabie and Samar Sabie on their CHI 2020 Honourable Mention Award! Their paper "Memory through Design: Supporting Cultural Identity for Immigrants through a Paper-Based Home Drafting Tool" received an honourable mention from the Best Paper Committee judging it to be in the top 5% of all papers submitted. Prof. Ahmed - [Student Rahul Arora Awarded by U of T Libraries Graduate Student Exhibition](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2020/02/06/student-rahul-arora-awarded-by-u-of-t-libraries-graduate-student-exhibition) - DGP student Arora was awarded by UofT Libraries for his research in AR/VR - [CVPR 2019 Best Paper Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2019/09/25/cvpr-2019-best-paper-award) - Congratulations to Prof. Kutulakos and Sotiris Nousias! Their paper "A Theory of Fermat Paths for Non-Line-of-Sight Shape Reconstruction" received the best paper award at CVPR 2019. - [DGP is Hiring](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/09/28/dgp-is-hiring) - The Department of Computer Science is seeking a new staff member to fill the position of Faculty Support Staff to serve the department in the DGP lab. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a vibrant lab and department with an outstanding interdisciplinary and international culture. Please see the U of T job posting for information about the - [CHI 2014: People's Choice Talk Awards Chair](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/05/07/chi-2014-peoples-choice-talk-awards-chair) - Daniel Wigdor has volunteered as CHI's first chair of People's Choice Talk Awards(for 2014). The goal is to reward high-quality talks by allowing conference attendees to vote for their favourites. The People's Choice Awards will be presented at the end of the conference. So, CHI 2014 presenters, be on notice: a good talk can lead - [Michael Glueck to Receive GI Best Student Paper Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/04/03/michael-glueck-to-receive-gi-best-student-paper-award) - We learned this morning that Mike Glueck's paper, A Model of Navigation for Very Large Data Views, has been selected for the Michael A.J. Sweeney Award for best student paper at GI 2013. Congratulations to Mike, and his co-authors, Tovi Grossman of Autodesk and Prof. Daniel Wigdor. - [Professor Roel Vertegaal at DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/10/24/professor-roel-vertegaal-at-dgp) - Professor Roel Vertegaal is presenting a talk this Friday, October 24th at 11:00 am in the Bahen Centre, Room BA1210. Designing everyday computational things Abstract In his book The Psychology of Everyday Things, Donald Norman outlined a world of things around us that are poorly designed because their designers did not apply psychology to the - [Speaking at Yahoo! Research](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/07/11/speaking-at-yahoo-research) - Daniel Wigdor will be giving an invited talk at Yahoo! Research in Sunnyvale on August 8 entitled Vertical Software Design & Cross-Device Software Tools. - [Capstone Course Petitions](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/05/27/capstone-course-petitions) - Students interested in taking Daniel Wigdor's capstone design course (CSC490): between August 1 and August 31, send Daniel Wigdor an email with the subject line capstone petition, with the following additional details: Your transcript Your program of study A 1-paragraph description of why you would like to take the course, including how it fits-in to - [Speaking at Microsoft Research](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/05/11/speaking-at-microsoft-research) - Daniel Wigdor will be speaking at Microsoft Research in Redmond on June 10, entitled Enabling a Symphony of Devices. - [CHI People's Choice Best Talk Awards](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/05/10/chi-peoples-choice-best-talk-awards) - 2014 saw the introduction to CHI of the People's Choice Best Talk Awards. The top 8 talks among hundreds were chosen by the audience. Daniel Wigdor is proud to say 2 of those selected were given by students on his projects: Xiang Anthony Chen for Duet, and Jishuo Yang for Panelrama. Congratulations to them both! - [CHI Papers Talks Schedule](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/04/05/chi-papers-talks-schedule) - The CHI advance program has been posted online. Daniel Wigdor's collaborators will be presenting 6 papers at the conference: Monday: Mike Glueck presents Splash! at 4pm in 701A Monday: Anthony Chen presents Duet at 11:00am in Exhibit Hall G Tuesday: Ricardo Jota presents Let's Kick It at 11am in Exhibit Hall G Wednesday: Peter Hamilton - [CHI 2014 Best Paper Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/03/11/chi-2014-best-paper-award) - The team behind Duet: Exploring joint interactions on a smart phone and a smart watch was pleased to learn the project has been named one of CHI2014's best papers. We look forward to sharing the work with the conference. - [People's Choice Best Talk Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/03/05/peoples-choice-best-talk-award) - The CHI People's Choice Best Talk Award has been officially announced. If you're coming to CHI, get ready to pick your favourites for special recognition! - [Prof. John Stasko of Georgia Tech visits DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/06/11/prof-john-stasko-of-georgia-tech-visits-dgp) - Prof. John Stasko of Georgia Tech visited the DGP to talk about visual analytics and information/data visualization. BIO John Stasko is a Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a widely published and internationally recognized researcher in the areas of information visualization and visual analytics, approaching each from - [Matt O'Toole, Kyros Kutulakos (with colleagues S. Achar and S. Narasimhan from CMU) won the Best Demo Award at CVPR 2015](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/06/10/matt-otoole-kyros-kutulakos-with-colleagues-s-achar-and-s-narasimhan-from-cmu-won-the-best-demo-award-at-cvpr-2015) - Their work on "Energy-Efficient Structured Light Imaging" has been awarded with the Best Demo Award at CVPR 2015. - [Ben Lafreniere of the University of Saskatchewan visits DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/05/26/ben-lafreniere-of-the-university-of-saskatchewan-visits-dgp) - Ben Lafreniere of the University of Saskatchewan visited the DGP to talk about rehearsal-based interfaces. BIO Ben Lafreniere is a Human-Computer Interaction researcher who specializes in the areas of learning and skill development with interactive systems, and the usability of feature-rich software. In 2014 he received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo - [Prof. Sid Fels of UBC visits DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/05/22/prof-sid-fels-of-ubc-visits-dgp) - Professor Sid Fels from the ECE department at UBC, a DCS PhD alumnus, visited the DGP to talk about his work on the intersections between HCI, human anatomy, and forms of expression. BIO Sid has been in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia since 1998. Sidney received his Ph.D. - [Matt O'Toole, Kyros Kutulakos (with colleagues S. Achar and S. Narasimhan from CMU) won the Best Demo Award at ICCP 2015](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/04/26/matt-otoole-kyros-kutulakos-with-colleagues-s-achar-and-s-narasimhan-from-cmu-won-the-best-demo-award-at-iccp-2015) - Their work on Energy-Efficient Structured Light Imaging has been awarded with the Best Demo Award at ICCP 2015. - [Chris Harrison of CMU Visits DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/03/23/chris-harrison-of-cmu-visits-dgp) - Prof. Chris Harrison of CMU visited the DGP to talk about his work in mobile sensing. BIO Chris is an Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University. He broadly investigates novel sensing technologies and interaction techniques, especially those that empower people to interact with small devices in big ways. Harrison has been named - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Sara Diamond on 16th January, 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/01/11/upcoming-tux-talk-by-sara-diamond-on-16th-january-2018) - Sara Diamond: Data Visualization €“ Fundamental 21st Century Knowledge 2018-01-16 12:30 at MaRS Abstract I side-stepped into data visualization two decades ago, as an artist trying to answer a series of related questions about IRC chat that had arisen for me as a user and through my dialogues with other users, Why can't IRC chat - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Bill Buxton on 21st Nov, 2017](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2017/11/17/1336) - Bill Buxton: Ubiety: On Design, Place and the Importance of Manners 2017-11-21 12:30 at MaRS Abstract It is a paradox that the better we get at producing useful, affordable, desirable, usable technologies, the more we are confronted by complexity and lack of overall satisfaction. This is partially, or even mainly, due to the demands for - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Anind Dey on 7th Nov, 2017](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2017/10/26/upcoming-tux-talk) - Anind Dey: Routines and Behaviors: Leveraging everyday routines to enhance interactive systems 2017-11-07 12:30 at MaRS Abstract Commodity smart phones and initial Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices have made the visions of ubiquitous computing common place. However, despite the rapid adoption of this technology, we have not progressed much past the use of location-based systems in commercial - [New Faculty for the 2017/2018 Academic Year](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2017/10/26/1229) - Faculty Appointments 2017/2018 We're thrilled to welcome the next wave of U of T computer science faculty, many of whom are jointly appointed with cognate departments, enabling us to significantly expand computer sciences collaborations with multiple disciplines across campus.” Ravin Balakrishnan, Professor & Chair - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Jay Vidyarthi on 30th, Jan 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/01/23/1372) - Jay Vidyarthi: The Role of Mindfulness in Design Activism 2018-01-30 12:30 at DGP: BCIT, 5th Floor Abstract In the past few years, we've witnessed powerful unintended consequences of modern technology. Researchers and journalists have been publishing about the pitfalls of an attention economy, the internet as an echo chamber, social medias effects on mental health, - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Marcelo Coelho on 13th March, 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/03/12/upcoming-tux-talk-by-marcelo-coelho-on-13th-march-2018) - Marcelo Coelho: Materializing Interaction 2018-03-13 12:30 at MaRS Abstract As technology advances and we progress towards a world imbued with computation, how will we create programmable objects and spaces that are responsive and can take full advantage of our senses? In this talk, Marcelo Coelho will present his design and research practice, and how the - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Ron Baecker on 27th March, 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/03/13/upcoming-tux-talk-by-ron-baecker-on-27th-march-2018) - Ron Baecker: AI Deployments Accelerate Without Sufficient Intelligence: Opportunities for HCI Research 2018-03-27 12:30 at DGP: BCIT, 5th Floor Abstract After 35 years of ups and downs, AI finally achieved in the last two decades triumphs over the worlds best humans in chess, Jeopardy, Go, and poker. Accelerating advances in deep leaning technology now bring - [Michael Bernstein of Stanford visits DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/03/27/dr-bernstein-visits-dgp) - Prof. Michael Bernstein of Stanford visited the DGP to talk about his work in designing crowd-sourcing systems for experts. BIO Michael Bernstein is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he co-directs the Human-Computer Interaction group and is a Robert N. Noyce Family Faculty Scholar. His research in human-computer interaction focuses on - [Chris Landreth Lecture on January 27](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2016/01/19/chris-landreth-lecture-on-january-27) - The Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science and Faculty of Medicine are pleased to announce and invite the U of T community to a special lecture by Chris Landreth, a Distinguished Research Artist. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, January 27 at the Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Mary Lou Maher on 13th Feb, 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/02/02/upcoming-tux-talk-by-mary-lou-maher-on-13th-feb-2018) - Mary Lou Maher: Designing for Gesture and Tangible Interaction 2018-02-13 12:30 at MaRS  Abstract Interactive technology is increasingly integrated with physical objects that do not have a traditional keyboard and mouse style of interaction, and many do not even have a display. These objects require new approaches to interaction design, referred to as - [Upcoming Tux Talk by Prof. Hossein Rahnama on Feb 26, 2019](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2019/02/22/upcoming-tux-talk-by-prof-hossein-rahnama-on-feb-26-2019) - Prof. Hossein Rahnama of Ryerson University will be giving a TUX talk on Feb 26 at DGP. More information about the 2018/2019 Tux presentation series is available on the official Tux website. - [Hrvoje Benko to present at TUX](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/10/09/hrvoje-benko-to-present-at-tux) - On October 13th, MaRS Discovery District will welcome Hrvoje Benko, who will be presenting at TUX. Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm in the Auditorium and the lecture at 1:00pm. Anyone interested in attending should RSVP via email with Grace Chen at gchen@dgp.toronto.edu. BIO Hrvoje Benko is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. He explores novel - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Ishtiaque Ahmed and Fanny Chevalier on 27th Feb, 2018](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/02/23/upcoming-tux-talk-by-fanny-chevalier-on-27th-feb-2018) - Ishtiaque Ahmed and Fanny Chevalier: "Designing for Voice" and "Make our society think again: Cultivating critical thinking through visualization education" 2018-02-27 12:30 at DGP: BCIT, 5th Floor    Ishtiaque Ahmed Abstract Voice refers to a person’s ability to express their rightful opinions. This has long been a central concern for many sociologists, political - [Upcoming Tux Talk By Christopher Collins on 5th Dec, 2017](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2017/11/28/upcoming-tux-talk-by-christopher-collins-on-5th-dec-2017) - Christopher Collins: Finding What to Read: Visual Text Analytics Tools and Techniques to Guide Investigation 2017-12-05 12:30 at DGP: BCIT, 5th Floor Abstract Text is one of the most prominent forms of open data available, from social media to legal cases. Text visualizations are often critiqued for not being useful, for being unstructured - [Haijun Xia wins 2018 Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2018/01/15/haijun-xia-wins-2018-microsoft-research-phd-fellowship) - Since 2008, Microsoft has awarded research fellowships to support talented graduate students. This year, Haijun Xia was selected as one of the 2018 recipients! The fellowship will support his research in HCI and creating tools to enhance creativity. For more information, you can read the announcement from Microsoft here . Details about applying to the - [Noah Lockwood featured in UofT News](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2016/05/04/noah-lockwood-featured-in-uoft-news) - What's it like to work at Industrial Light and Magic? Noah talks about his research and working at ILM. https://www.utoronto.ca/news/what-s-it-work-industrial-light-magic-ask-u-t-grad - [Michelle Annett presented with the L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science-NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Supplement Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2016/01/21/michelle-annett-presented-with-the-loreal-unesco-for-women-in-science-nserc-postdoctoral-fellowship-supplement-award) - On January 19th, 2016, Michelle Annett was presented with the L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science-NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship Supplement Award. UNESCO and L'Oreal invited the top 3% of female post-docs that have received an NSERC PDF Award to apply for this award, and from those applicants Michelle was selected as the single winner. This was not only a great experience for Michelle, but it let her shed a positive light on Autodesk, U of T, U of A, and HCI research at a national and international level. - [Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Event](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/10/09/bill-polson-pipeline-design-patterns) - Bill Polson will be speaking about design patterns in computer graphics at BA 1210 on October 22. The talk begins at 7pm, but doors will open at 6:45. BIO Bill is currently on leave from Pixar, working on a book on Pipeline Design Patterns, which should be out in mid-2016. At Pixar, Bill was the - [Work of Matt O'Toole, Kyros Kutulakos (with colleagues S. Achar and S. Narasimhan from CMU) featured in the New York Times](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/08/25/work-of-matt-otoole-kyros-kutulakos-with-colleagues-s-achar-and-s-narasimhan-from-cmu-featured-in-the-new-york-times) - Their work on improving the depth-sensing cameras has been published in the New York Times. The article can be found here. - [Matt O'Toole, John Mather, Kyros Kutulakos Presented Best Paper Honorable Mention Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/06/27/matt-otoole-john-mather-kyros-kutulakos-presented-best-paper-honorable-mention-award) - Matt O'Toole, John Mather, and Kyros Kutulakos were presented with Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at CVPR 2014 for their work on "3D Shape and Indirect Appearance by Structured Light Transport." Out of 1807, their paper was one of only three to have won an award. Congratulations! - [Jonathan Deber, Ricardo Jota, Clifton Forlines, Daniel Wigdor CHI Paper: Honorable Mention](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2015/03/11/jonathan-deber-ricardo-jota-clifton-forlines-daniel-wigdor-chi-paper-honorable-mention) - Jonathan Deber, Ricardo Jota, Clifton Forlines, and Daniel Wigdor learned that their paper was called-out for Honorable Mention at CHI 2015. Congratulations to the team! Paper details are below. The project will be presented at ACM CHI in Seoul in April. How much Faster is Fast Enough? User Perception of Latency & Latency Improvements in - [DGP Holiday Party](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/12/12/dgp-holiday-party) - The DGP holiday party took place on Dec. 12:  - [Dr. Beverly Harrison of Yahoo! Labs](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/10/30/dr-beverly-harrison-of-yahoo-labs) - Dr. Beverly Harrison is presenting a talk on Thursday, October 30 at 11:00 am in room BA5187. Please welcome Dr. Harrison back to DGP! "Yahoo Labs - Mobile Research Group" In this talk, Dr. Beverly Harrison will highlight strategic research areas and directions for Yahoo Labs overall, and then describe key areas the Mobile Research - [Karen Myers of SRI International](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/11/18/karen-myers-of-sri-international) - As part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, Dr. Karen Myers is presenting a talk at the Bahen Centre this Tuesday, November 18th. The lecture is hosted in BA1170 at 11:00 am. Learning from Demonstration Technology: A Tale of Two Applications Abstract: Learning from demonstration technology has seen increased focus in recent years as a means - [Professor Michael Terry Speaking at DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/11/19/professor-michael-terry-at-dgp) - Professor Michael Terry will be presenting a talk on Thursday, November 20th from 11:00 am until 12:30 pm in room BA5187. Please join us in welcoming Professor Terry! "Interactive Systems Need to Know How to Read the Web and Watch YouTube" In this talk, Professor Michael Terry will argue that there is great value in - [Dr. Ali Mazalek Presents a Talk at DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/11/25/dr-ali-mazalek-presents-a-talk-at-dgp) - Dr. Ali Mazalek, Associate Professor of Ryerson University and Georgia Tech will be visiting our lab on Thursday, December 4th. She will be presenting a talk between 11:00 am until 12:30 pm. Welcome to DGP, Dr. Mazalek! "Mind, material, and movement: embodying creativity in the digital era" Abstract We are increasingly tethered to a range - [Dr. Ricardo Jota Awarded Mitacs Postdoctoral Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/11/25/ricardo-jota-awarded-mitacs-postdoctoral-award) - Ricardo Jota was awarded the Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation for his research with Tactual Labs. Congratulations to Jota for the well-deserved recognition! Read more about the Mitacs Awards Reception and Jota's work in this press release. Photo Courtesy of Mitacs. Pictured Above: Ted Mao (Trojan Technologies), Rafael Falcon (University of Ottawa), Linda Gowman (Trojan - [Dr. David Flatla Presents a Talk](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/10/23/dr-david-flatla-at-dgp) - Dr. David Flatla is presenting a talk at DGP on October 23rd, 2014 at 11:30 am. The talk s being hosted in the DGP Seminar room, BA5187. Title: Colour Identification through Sensory and Sub-Sensory Substitution Abstract: Colour vision is one of those fundamental elements of day-to-day life; it helps us coordinate our clothing, prepare food, - [Students celebrate CHI submissions](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/10/01/students-celebrate-chi-submissions) - Several students completed their submissions to ACM CHI this week. Good luck to them all! - [UIST 2014](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/10/03/uist-2014) - DGP Faculty and Students will be presenting their papers at UIST 2014 during the week of October 5th to October 8th in Honolulu, Hawaii. Congratulations! - [Invited talk at GI 2015](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/09/23/invited-talk-at-gi-2015-2) - Daniel Wigdor has been asked to give an Invited Talk at GI 2015 in Halifax, NS, June 3-5, 2015. Hope to see you there. - [Welcome new Graduate Students](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/09/05/welcome-new-graduate-students) - The DGP is happy to welcome the incoming class of graduate students to the lab: Ryan McDonald, Raymond Lei, Rabia Aslam, Rinat Abdrashitov, Haijun Xia, and Liviu-Mihai Calin. Welcome to the lab, and best of luck with your research! - [Brad Myers at the Distinguished Lecture Series](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/09/24/334) - The Department of Computer Science's Distinguished Lecture Series will feature Carnegie Mellon University Professor and DGP Alumnus, Brad Myers. He will be speaking on Tuesday, September 30th at 11:00 am at the Bahen Centre for Information Technology in Room 1170. - [MIT Technology Review: Symphony of Devices](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/04/15/mit-technology-review-symphony-of-devices-2) - Conductr, a startup from the lab seeking to commercialize our work on the Symphony of Devices, was recently discussed in the MIT Technology Review. - [Early Researcher Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2014/04/11/early-researcher-award) - Daniel Wigdor was selected as a recipient for an Ontario Early Researcher Award. - [UIST Papers Deadline Set](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/11/10/uist-papers-deadline-set) - We are pleased to announce that UIST 2014 papers will be due on April 16 through PCS. The official call will appear on the ACM website shortly. - [ACM UIST 2014 PC co-Chair](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/07/02/acm-uist-2014-pc-co-chair) - Daniel Wigdor has volunteered to co-chair the PC for UIST next year with Mira Dontcheva. Ready your submissions! - [Brave NUI World Translated into Korean](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/06/04/brave-nui-world-translated-into-korean) - Brave NUI World | Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture, is now available in Korean. - [Connaught New Researcher Award](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/05/04/connaught-new-researcher-award) - The Connaught Fund will be sponsoring Daniel Wigdor's lab with a New Researcher Award at the top level of funding. - [Brave NUI World Translated into Chinese](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/03/20/presenting-at-gi-2013) - Our book, Brave NUI World | Designing Natural User Interfaces for Touch and Gesture, has been translated into Chinese. - [Presenting at ACM CHI 2013](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/02/01/presenting-at-acm-chi-2013) - Daniel Wigdor and collaborators will be presenting 3 papers at ACM CHI 2013, April 29-May 2 in Paris. - [Tactual Labs Launched](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/02/01/tactual-labs-launched) - Tactual Labs is a start-up deciated to the development of technologies related to high-performance interactive systems, building on work done in the lab. - [Wigdor and Jota Named U of T Inventors of the Year](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/05/24/wigdor-jota-named-u-of-t-inventors-of-the-year) - The University of Toronto's Research and Innovation Office created the Inventor of the Year awards program in 2011 to celebrate the innovative work taking place at the U of T, and to recognize the direct impact the resulting inventions have on society. Pictured are Ricardo Jota (left) and Daniel Wigdor (right); photography by Jenna - [DGP Welcomes Visiting Professor J. Andreas Bærenten](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/news/2013/09/01/dgp-welcomes-visiting-professor-j-andreas-baerenten) - J. Andreas Bærenten, associate professor of computer graphics at the Technical University of Denmark is visiting the DGP for the next year. Andreas notes: My research area is computer graphics with emphasis on the digital representation of shape. In particular, I investigate shape representation and manipulation methods for applications such as interactive sculpting, simulation ## Pages - [Home](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/) - The University of Toronto's Dynamic Graphics Project (dgp) is an interdisciplinary research laboratory within the Department of Computer Science. The lab's mission is advanced research and graduate instruction in human-computer interaction and computer graphics. - [People Gallery](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/people-gallery) - Faculty Please note that the categories and captions below are only intended to reflect the primary research interests of our faculty. Many of us do work that spans research topics both within DGP and beyond. Graphics Computational Imaging Human-Computer Interaction Adjunct Professors Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Researchers Research and Administrative Staff - [Contact DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/contact-us) - Directions for Visitors We are located within the Bahen Centre for Information Technology (Google Maps), which is located at 40 St. George Street in the downtown St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Our lab specifically resides on the 5th floor in rooms BA5166 to BA5196 If you are taking the subway: Get off at - [About Us](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/history) - History of DGP DGP was founded in 1967 by Professor Leslie Mezei. He was joined by Professor Ron Baecker in 1972, who coined the name Dynamic Graphics Project in 1974 when we got our first standalone machine, a PDP11/45 with a highly interactive display informally called the Graphic Wonder. The lab’s name was intended to - [Research](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research) - Research in the DGP Lab is highly interdisciplinary. Most often, our work is found at conferences in computer graphics, computational imaging, and human-computer interaction. Computer Graphics Computer graphics is the science of visual depiction, drawing from computer science, mathematics, and physics to develop techniques for generating and processing visual content. As humans are much better - [Joining DGP](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/join) - There are a number of ways you can participate in research at the DGP. Which one is right for you depends on the stage of your career: Graduate Research Those seeking to conduct MSc or PhD research within DGP at the University of Toronto should apply to the Department of Computer Science. Students admitted to the program - [Site Map](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/site-map) ## Alumni - [Rabia Aslam, MSc](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/rabia-aslam-msc) - Rabia Aslam completed her MSc with Professor Daniel Wigdor at the University of Toronto in 2015. Before that, she studied Systems Design Engineering and Cognitive Science at the University of Waterloo. She says she chose DGP for her graduate studies because it has a great HCI program and she was really interested in the intersection of technology and - [Anand Agarawala, MSc](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/anand-agarawala-msc) - Anand Agarawala completed his Masters degree at the University of Toronto in 2006. He says that his time at University of Toronto has positioned me well because how it blends a variety of disciplines. I love the fact that DGP is that blend, its really rare and unique, adding that current students should make sure - [Daniel Vogel, PhD](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/daniel-vogel-phd) - Daniel Vogel completed his PhD with Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan in 2010. He says, œI did lots of cool projects when I was a grad student at the DGP, it was a fantastic lab with lots of equipment and opportunities. His dissertation on Direct Pen Input and Hand Occlusion received a Bill Buxton Dissertation Award, and - [Cloud Shao, MSc](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/1086) - Cloud Shao earned his MSc from the Dynamic Graphics Lab at the University of Toronto in 2013, under the supervision of Professor Karan Singh. Before joining DGP, he earned his BASC in Computer Engineering from the University of British Columbia, having switched from a focus on Biomedical Engineering following several internship experiences. Of his research - [Xiaojun Bi, PhD](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/xiaojun-bi-phd) - Xiaojun Bi completed his PhD with Prof. Ravin Balakrishnan in 2011. Working in DGP, he says, allowed him to work with a group of world-class researchers, from his supervisor to his fellow students, which resulted in improved ability and gained skills that he continues to use in his work today. He is currently working as - [Tovi Grossman, Ph D.](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/toni-grossman-phd) - Dr. Tovi Grossman is a Sr. Principal Research Scientist at Autodesk Research, located in downtown Toronto. His research is in HCI, focused on understanding and improving software learnability in complex end-user applications. Although this is one of the most fundamental problems of HCI, new trends and technologies allow us to think about the problem in - [Fanny Chevalier, PostDoc](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/fanny-chevalier-postdoc) - Fanny Chevalier completed a post-doc at the Dynamic Graphics Lab of the University of Toronto from 2012 to 2013. While at DGP, she researched on information visualization, and creativity support tools under the supervision of Professor Ravin Balakrishnan. She had previously earned her PhD at the University of Bordeaux in Computer Science, and had completed - [Patrick Coleman, PhD](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/patrick-coleman-phd) - Patrick Coleman completed his PhD at the University of Toronto with Prof. Karan Singh in 2011.  He says he chose University of Toronto due to the “people who were there, the work that was done, [and] also a great city.”  Patrick’s early research in DGP was in stylized rendering, creating camera projections, but he switched - [Koji Yatani, Ph.D ](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/alumni/k-yatani-ph-d) - Dr. Koji Yatani is an Associate Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems (EEIS), School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo, where he leads Interactive Intelligent Systems Laboratory. His main research interests lie in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ubiquitous Computing. His current research focus is to develop new applications and redesign user ## Research - [Stochastic Barnes-Hut Approximation for Fast Summation on the GPU](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/stochastic-barnes-hut-approximation-for-fast-summation-on-the-gpu) - We present a novel stochastic version of the Barnes-Hut approximation. Regarding the level-of-detail (LOD) family of approximations as control variates, we construct an unbiased estimator of the kernel sum being approximated. Through several examples in graphics applications such as winding number computation and smooth distance evaluation, we demonstrate that our method is well-suited for GPU - [Trading Spaces: Adaptive Subspace Time Integration for Contacting Elastodynamics](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/trading-spaces-adaptive-subspace-time-integration-for-contacting-elastodynamics) - We construct a subspace simulator that adaptively balances solution improvement against system size. The core components of our simulator are an adaptive subspace oracle, model, and parallel time-step solver algorithm. Our in-time-step adaptivity oracle continually assesses subspace solution quality and candidate update proposals while accounting for temporal variations in deformation and spatial variations in material. - [Fluid Control with Laplacian Eigenfunctions](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/fluid-control-with-laplacian-eigenfunctions) - Physics-based fluid control has long been a challenging problem in balancing efficiency and accuracy. We introduce a novel physics based fluid control pipeline using Laplacian Eigenfluids. Utilizing the adjoint method with our provided analytical gradient expressions, the derivative computation of the control problem is efficient and easy to formulate. We demonstrate that our method is - [Passive Ultra-Wideband Single-Photon Imaging](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/passive-ultra-wideband-single-photon-imaging) - We consider the problem of imaging a dynamic scene over an extreme range of timescales simultaneously—seconds to picoseconds—and doing so passively, without much light, and without any timing signals from the light source(s) emitting it. Because existing flux estimation techniques for single-photon cameras break down in this regime, we develop a flux probing theory that - [Soloist: Generating Mixed-Initiative Tutorials from Existing Guitar Instructional Videos Through Audio Processing](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/soloist) - Soloist is a mixed-initiative learning framework that automatically generates customizable curriculums from off-the-shelf guitar video lessons. Soloist takes raw videos as input and leverages audio processing via deep learning to extract musical information. This back-end processing is used to provide an interactive visualization to support effective video navigation and real-time feedback on the user's performance, - [EMU: Efficient Muscle Simulation in Deformation Space](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/emu-efficient-muscle-simulation-in-deformation-space) - EMU is an efficient and scalable model to simulate bulk musculoskeletal motion with heterogeneous materials. First, EMU requires no model reductions or geometric coarsening, thereby producing results visually accurate when compared to an FEM simulation. Second, EMU is efficient and scales much better than state-of-the-art FEM with the number of elements in the mesh and - [Subspace Mixed Finite Elements for Real-Time Heterogeneous Elastodynamics](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/subspace-mixed-finite-elements-for-real-time-heterogeneous-elastodynamics) - Real-time elastodynamic solvers are well-suited for the rapid simulation of homogeneous elastic materials, with high rates generally enabled by aggressive early termination of timestep solves. Unfortunately, the introduction of strong domain heterogeneities can make these solvers slow to converge. To address these challenges, we developed a reduced mixed finite element solver that preserves rich rotational - [Complementary Dynamics](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/complementary-dynamics) - We present a novel approach to enrich arbitrary rig animations with elastodynamic secondary effects. Unlike previous methods which pit rig displacements and physical forces as adversaries against each other, we advocate that physics should complement artists’ intentions. We propose optimizing for elastodynamic displacements in the subspace orthogonal to displacements that can be created by the - [Chordal Decomposition for Spectral Coarsening](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/chordal-decomposition-for-spectral-coarsening) - HONGLIN CHEN, University of Toronto, Canada HSUEH-TI DEREK LIU, University of Toronto, Canada ALEC JACOBSON, University of Toronto, Canada DAVID I.W. LEVIN, University of Toronto, Canada Siggraph Asia 2020 We introduce a novel solver to significantly reduce the size of a geometric operator while preserving its spectral properties at the lowest frequencies. We use chordal decomposition - [Developability of Heightfields via Rank Minimization](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/developability-of-heightfields-via-rank-minimization) - Silvia Sellán Noam Aigerman Alec Jacobson SIGGRAPH 2020 A surface is called developable if it can be obtained by bending a planar surface without stretching it. Mathematically, this means it's an isometry of the plane. A common alternative definition for a developable surface is one that has zero Gaussian curvature everywhere. We start by observing - [Interactive Exploration and Refinement of Facial Expression using Manifold Learning](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/interactive-exploration-and-refinement-of-facial-expression-using-manifold-learning) - Rinat Adbrashitov, Fanny Chevalier, Karan Singh, University of Toronto UIST 2020 Posing expressive 3D faces is extremely challenging. Typical facial rigs have upwards of 30 controllable parameters, that while anatomically meaningful, are hard to use due to redundancy of expression, unrealistic configurations, and many semantic and stylistic correlations between the parameters. We propose a novel - [Neural Subdivision, a novel framework for data-driven coarse-to-fine geometry modeling](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/neural-subdivision-a-novel-framework-for-data-driven-coarse-to-fine-geometry-modeling) - Hsueh-Ti Derek Liu, University of Toronto Vladimir G. Kim, Adobe Research Siddhartha Chaudhuri, Adobe Research & IIT Bombay Noam Aigerman, Adobe Research Alec Jacobson, University of Toronto & Adobe Research Siggraph 2020 During inference, our method takes a coarse triangle mesh as input and recursively subdivides it to a finer geometry by applying the fixed - [Cubic Stylization](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/cubic-stylization) - We present a 3D stylization algorithm that can turn an input shape into the style of a cube while maintaining the content of the original shape. The key insight is that cubic style sculptures can be captured by the as-rigid- as-possible energy with an l1-regularization on rotated surface normals. Minimizing this energy naturally leads - [Mandoline: Robust Cut-Cell Generation for Arbitrary Triangle Meshes](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/mandoline-robust-cut-cell-generation-for-arbitrary-triangle-meshes) - MICHAEL TAO, CHRISTOPHER BATTY, EUGENE FIUME, DAVID LEVIN SIGGRAPH Asia 2019 Although geometry arising “in the wild” most often comes in the form of a surface representation, a plethora of geometrical and physical applications require the construction of volumetric embeddings either of the geometry itself or the domain surrounding it. Cartesian cut-cell-based mesh generation provides - [PAPARAZZI: Surface Editing by way of Multi-View Image Processing](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/paparazzi-surface-editing-by-way-of-multi-view-image-processing) - The image processing pipeline boasts a wide variety of complex filters and effects. Translating an individual effect to operate on 3D surface geometry inevitably results in a bespoke algorithm. Instead, we propose a general-purpose back-end optimization that allows users to edit an input 3D surface by simply selecting an off-the-shelf image processing filter. We - [Designing Volumetric Truss Structures for Computational Fabrication](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/designing-volumetric-truss-structures-for-computational-fabrication) - We present the first algorithm for designing volumetric Michell Trusses. Our method uses a parametrization approach to generate trusses made of structural elements aligned with the primary direction of an objects stress field. Such trusses exhibit high strength-to- weight ratio while also being aesthetically pleasing. - [Volumetric Michell Trusses for Computational Design & Fabrication](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/volumetric-michell-trusses-for-computational-design-fabrication) - We present the first algorithm for designing volumetric Michell Trusses. Our method uses a parametrization-based approach to generate trusses made of structural elements aligned with the primary direction of an object's stress field. Such trusses exhibit high strength-to-weight ratio while also being parametrically editable which can be easily integrated with parametric editing tools such as - [DataInk: Direct and Creative Data-Oriented Drawing](https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/research/dataink-direct-and-creative-data-oriented-drawing) - Creating whimsical, personal data visualizations remains a challenge due to a lack of tools that enable for creative visual expression while providing support to bind graphical content to data. Many data analysis and visualization creation tools target the quick generation of visual representations, but lack the functionality necessary for graphics design. 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