| Title | : | On Creative Visual Communication |
| Speaker | : | Prof. Karan Sher Singh (University of Toronto) |
| Details | : | Tue, 21 Jan, 2025 10:00 AM @ SSB 233, First Floor |
| Abstract: | : | Facial expression, gesture, sketching and sculpting are “natural” metaphors of visual communication. Limitations in human motor control, execution skill, perception, and ambiguities of inference however, make the leap from a mental concept to a creative visual artifact a challenging task. In this talk, I will present research and open challenges in the area of shape modeling, expressive facial animation and AR/VR for creative visual communication, including commercial systems like meshmixer, flatfab, jali, janusxr, and reveal some of the technological innovations that enabled the design and creation of faces in games like Cyberpunk 2077 (Game of the year 2020), and films like Avatar: the way of water (Best VFX Oscar 2023).
Biography of the Speaker: Karan Singh is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Toronto. His research interests lie at the intersection of art, Computer Graphics (CG), Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI): spanning interactive modeling and animation, visual perception, visualization and Augmented/Virtual Reality. Karan has been a research and development lead on the technical Oscar (2003) winning modeling and animation system Maya. He has co-founded multiple companies, most recently JALI Research. He was the R&D Director for the 2005 Oscar winning animated short film Ryan. His recent research in facial animation has been used on characters in AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and films like Avatar: the way of water (Best VFX Oscar 2023). Recently, he has taken over the leadership of the School of Cities India, to focus on urban challenges in the Indian context. Karan Singh is also a recipient of the IIT Madras 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award |
