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
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Rorik Henrikson’s 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 … read more
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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 … read more
Prof. 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 … read more
Prof. Kutulakos wins 2023 Dean’s 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.
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. Chevalier named to France’s 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 … read more
Prof. Jacobson wins Faculty of A&S 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. 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.