DAVID C. BROGAN 

Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center            
College of Computing                                             (404) 894-4998
Georgia Institute of Technology                           dbrogan@cc.gatech.edu 
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280                   http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~dbrogan 

Research Interests: Computer animation, physical simulation, motion planning, interactive
                    environments, reinforcement learning, control theory, robotics, 
                    distributed simulation.
Education

    Ph.D in Computer Science, expected September, 1999. GPA: 3.9
        Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
        Research Advisor:    Professor Jessica Hodgins
        Thesis Title:        Levels of Detail in the Simulation, Planning, and Control of
                             Non-Homogeneous Groups of Dynamically Simulated Characters

    B.A. in Mathematics
        University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1992. GPA: 3.5
        Minor areas: Computer Science and Economics

Work Experience

 Graduate Research Assistant for Professor Jessica Hodgins:      1993 - Present
    Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center
    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology.

       Developing autonomous navigation algorithms for groups of dynamically simulated
       human-like characters. Using high-level control strategies to automatically
       direct a variety of characters in virtual environments and simulation levels of
       detail to reduce the computational cost. Currently building distributed interactive 
       cycling environment. Users will race with, and against, teams of
       dynamically simulated bicyclists on a realistic model of 1996 Olympic bicycle 
       road race course.

 Summer Intern for Dr. John Barrus                                  Summer 1995
    Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts

       Developed animated agents used within the virtual environment, Diamond
       Park.  Research involved core code development for the distributed
       interactive simulation environment, SPLINE.
     
 Graduate Research Assistant for Professor Janet Kolodner    Fl 1992 - Spr 1993
    Artificial Intelligence Group
    College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

       Worked on several aspects of Archie II, a Case-Based Architect's Design
       Guide. Developed indexing schemes for case storage and developed
       interfaces in CLIM on Symbolics.

 Summer Intern, Automation and Research Computing Section    Summers 1991, 1992
    Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.

       System Administrator. Maintained over 200 Sun Workstations. Responsible
       for hardware installation and operating system upgrade. Developed
       TK/Tcl programs to simplify system administration.

Skills

    Proficient in C++, C, and Pascal. Experienced in LISP and Assembly.
    Produced interfaces using CLIM, Tcl, and SUIT.
    Extensive use of Sun, SGI, KSR, and Symbolics computers.

Academic Honors
    
    1998-1999 College of Computing Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award
    1998-1999 GVU Research Award
    1998-1999 GVU Interdisciplinary Research Grant
    1996-1997 GVU Interdisciplinary Research Grant

Publications

Journals:       

    Brogan, D. C., Metoyer, R. A., and Hodgins, J. K., 1998. "Dynamically
    Simulated Characters in Virtual Environments," IEEE Computer Graphics
    and Applications, September, 1998, pp 58-69.

    Waters, R., Anderson, D., Barrus, J., Brogan, D., Casey, M., McKeown, 
    S., Nitta, T., Sterns, I., and Yerazunis, W., 1997. "Diamond Park and 
    Spline: Social Virtual Reality with 3D Animation, Spoken Interaction, 
    and Runtime Extendability," Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual 
    Environments, 6:4, August, 1997, pp 461-481.

    Brogan, D. C. and Hodgins, J. K. "Group Behaviors for Systems with 
    Significant Dynamics" The Journal of Autonomous Robots, 4:137-153, 
    1997. George A. Bekey, editor.

Conferences:    

    Brogan, D. C., Metoyer, R. A., and Hodgins, J. K., 1997. "Dynamically
    Simulated Characters in Virtual Environments," Animation Sketch in
    SIGGRAPH 1997, Los Angeles, CA.

    Brogan, D. C. and Hodgins, J. K., 1995. Group Behaviors for Systems 
    with Significant Dynamics. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE/RSJ 
    International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 3, pp 
    528-534. 

    Hodgins, J. K., Wooten, W. L., Brogan, D. C., O'Brien, J. F., 1995. 
    Animating Human Athletics. Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 1995, Los 
    Angeles, CA, August 6-11. In Computer Graphics, pp 71-78. 

    Hodgins, J. K., Brogan, D. C., and Wooten, W. L., 1994. Realistic 
    Motion for Animated Figures, abstract published in Proceedings of 
    Lifelike Computer Characters, 55.

    Hodgins, J. K. and Brogan, D. C., 1994. Robot Herds: Group Behaviors 
    for Systems with Significant Dynamics, Proceedings of Artificial Life 
    IV, 319-324.

Invited Talks: 

    Interactive Environments Containing Multiple Dynamically Simulated
    Agents, DARPA Information Technology Office Graduate Student
    Workshop, Arlington, VA, July 27th, 1998.

Videos:    

    Group bicycle scene:  "Atlanta in Motion" SIGGRAPH 1996 Electronic Theater

Commercial Demonstrations:

    Provided animated characters for Mitsubishi's Diamond Park booth at COMDEX 1995.
    Provided multiagent simulation for Hewlett-Packard booth at SIGGRAPH 1996.

Activities:

    Reviewer for SIGGRAPH 1997, 1998
    Reviewer for Applied AI Journal
    Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
    College of Computing Faculty Recruiting Committee, 1998
    College of Computing Intramural Basketball Team Captain, 1994-1998
    College of Computing Graduate Student Council, 1992 - Present