HMS Publications

The Center for Human Modeling and Simulation

Norman I. Badler, Director
Dimitri Metaxas
Bonnie Webber
Mark Steedman
Department of Computer &Information Science


University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6389
HMS@graphics.cis.upenn.edu

• Abstract
• Background
  • Staff
  • Educational Role
  • Existing Facilities
• The HMS Center's Research Agenda
  • Foundations
  • Application Impact
  • Past and Present
  • The Near Future
• Research Directions of the Center
• Simulated Humans in 3-Dimensional Virtual Environments
  • A Quick Introduction to Jack
  • Integrating Virtual Humans in VR Applications: Michael Hollick and John Granieri
  • Controlling a Virtual Human Using Minimal Sensors: Michael Hollick and John Granieri
  • Jack LISP-API and PaT-Nets: Welton Becket
  • Spreadsheet Anthropometric Scaling System (SASS) and X_SASS: Francisco Azuola, Ann Song, and Susanna Wei
  • Human Figure Modeling: Pei-Hwa Ho
  • Free Form Deformation: Bond-Jay Ting
• Animation Control Techniques
  • Posture Interpolation: Rama Bindiganavale and Susanna Wei
  • Human Reach Trajectories: Hanns-Oskar Porr
  • Motion Planning: Xinmin Zhao
  • Human Torque and Strength Analysis: Hyeongseok Ko
• Locomotion and Navigation
  • Human Locomotion: Hyeongseok Ko
  • Animation and Control of Four Legged Animals: Evangelos Kokkevis
  • Sensor-Based Navigation: Barry D. Reich
  • Behavioral Walking: Welton Becket
• Automatic Animation
  • Gestures and Facial Animation: Justine Cassell, Catherine Pelachaud, Matthew Stone, Brett Achorn and Brett Douville
  • Object Specific Reasoning: Libby Levison
• Physics-Based Modeling and Analysis
  • Active Part-Decomposition, Shape and Motion Estimation of Articulated Objects: A Physics-based Approach: Ioannis Kakadiaris
  • Modeling Fluids: Nick Foster
  • Blended Shapes: Douglas DeCarlo
• Biomedical Modeling and Applications
  • MediSim
  • TrauMAP - Trauma Modeling of Anatomy and Physiology: Jonathan Kaye
  • Organ Deformations: Jinah Park
• Rendering Techniques for Complex Environments
  • Real-Time Rendering: Paul Diefenbach
  • Photorealistic Animations: Jeff Nimeroff
  • Radiosity: Min-Zhi Shao
• Acknowledgements
• References
• World-Wide Active Jack Sites
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