Carol O'Sullivan
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Research in the field of Visual Computing has contributed greatly to increasing the realism ofvirtual objects, scenes and characters, by drawing on fundamental mathematical, scientific andtechnical principles to create stunning visual effects. Ultimately, however, the realism of avirtual world is in the eye of the beholder, so human perception must also be considered as anintegral part of the creative process. In the field of computer animation, a major goal is tocreate virtual humans with emotion, personality and individual style using a variety of methods.In our work, we use perceptual insights to help with the task of simulating objects, humans andcrowds. In this talk, I will discuss some of the technical and perceptual challenges of creatingcompelling dynamic scenes, from simple colliding spheres to a complex Metropolis, populated withrealistic crowds
Carol O'Sullivan is the Professor and Chair of Visual Computing in the school of Computer Sciencein Trinity, where she leads the Graphics, Vision and Visualisation group (GV2) and is the Directorof the Centre for Creative Technologies. She is currently also a Visiting Professor at SeoulNational University. After receiving a B.A. in Mathematics from Trinity College in 1988, sheworked for several years as a software engineer in industry (mainly in Germany), followed by aMasters degree from Dublin City University in 1996 and a PhD in computer graphics from TCD in1999. She has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and supervised over 20 PhD students tocompletion. She was elected as the first Irish Fellow of the European Association for ComputerGraphics (Eurographics) in 2007, and as a Fellow of Trinity College in 2003. She is the co-Editorin Chief of the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, and the Associate Editor in Chief forSpecial Issues of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. She has chaired several internationalconferences, including Eurographics 2005, and has been a member of many international programcommittees, including the SIGGRAPH and Eurographics papers committees.