Wayne Wooten
3105 Renaissance Way Atlanta, GA 30308
404-892-0780 wlw@cc.gatech.edu
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Phd/WLW.html

Research Interests:

Physical simulation, animation of articulated figures, real-time animation, virtual environments, and object-oriented graphics.

Education:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, expected: June 1997

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Advisor: Dr. Jessica Hodgins

Thesis Title: Simulations of Leaping, Tumbling, Landing, and Balancing Humans

Minor Areas of Study: Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomechanics

B.S. in Information and Computer Science, Highest Honor, June 1990

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Experience:

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

College of Computing - Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, September 1990 - Present

Developed control systems for simulations of dynamic human motion

Designed and implemented custom, animation production systems

Developed and installed video production facilities

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

College of Computing - Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center

Instructor for undergraduate graphics course, January 1995 - March 1995

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/classes/cs4391/HomePage.html

IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY

Research Intern, June 1991 - September 1991 and June 1992 - September 1992

Developed object oriented graphics library

Developed compiler for VR user interface management system

Obtained patent #5423042 for network distributed run-time objects

Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA

Undergraduate Research Assistant, November 1987 - August 1990

Developed 3D military target models for IR and radar signature analysis

Assisted production of video sequence presented to the International Olympic Committee

Selected Publications:

W. L. Wooten and J. K. Hodgins, "Animation of Human Diving," Computer Graphics Forum 15(1) pp. 3-13, (March 1996).

J. K. Hodgins and W. L. Wooten, "Animating Human Athletes," submitted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

J. K. Hodgins, W. L. Wooten, D. C. Brogan, and J. F. O'Brien, "Animating Human Athletics," in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH `95 (Los Angeles, CA, August 6-11), Computer Graphics Proceedings, Annual Conference Series, pp. 71-78, (1995).

W. L. Wooten and J. K. Hodgins, "Dynamic Simulation of Human Diving," in Proceedings of Graphics Interface `95, pp 1-9. (May 1995).

J. S. Lipscomb and W. L. Wooten, "Reducing Crosstalk Between Stereoscopic Views," in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,Vol 2177, pp. 92-96, (February 1994).

J. F. O'Brien, W. L. Wooten, and J. K. Hodgins, "Dynamic Simulation of Human Diving and Splashing Fluids," Technical Sketch, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH `94, Orlando FL, (July 1994).

W. L. Wooten and L. Koved, "GROOP: An Object-Oriented Toolkit for Animated 3D Graphics," in OOPSLA `93 Conference Proceedings, Vol 28, No 10, pp. 309-325, (October 1993).

J. M. Cathcart, A. D. Sheffer, and W. L. Wooten, "Synthetic Visible Imagery for Multi-attribute Target Identification," in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol 1310, pp. 150-161, (April 1990).

Videos:

"Atlanta in Motion," SIGGRAPH `96 Electronic Theatre

"Deus Ex Machina," SIGGRAPH `93 Electronic Theatre

Quicktime movies can be viewed at:

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Phd/wlw/newstuff/wlw-desk/videos.html

Honors:

GVU Student Leadership Award, 1995

"Best of the Best" Intel Fellowship, 1994 - 1995

Dean's List every quarter as an undergraduate.

Activities:

Member of ACM, SIGGRAPH, and IEEE

Paper reviewer for:

Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, SIGGRAPH `96, Computer Graphics Forum, Graphics Interface `94, and Presence

Backpacking trip leader, canoeing, rafting, mountaineering, and rock climbing