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When
March 13-16, 2012
Arrival: Saturday 10
Departure: Saturday 17
Where
Bellairs Research Institute
Participants
Schedule
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Description
This is the fourth Bellairs Workshop on Computer Animation. This
year the focus will be on pseudospectral methods for optimal control,
and will start with a two day course by invited
speaker Anil
V. Rao. The goal of the workshop is to explore the application of
optimal control methods in computer animation of physically based
characters. The invited talk at this workshop is made possible by sponsorship from
GRAND.
The workshop will consist of a variety of activities, including
talks, breakout sessions for participants to discuss topics in small
groups, and a session for interactive demos. There will also be
plenty of time for informal discussions. Additionally, the Bellairs
facilities are relatively primitive (and inexpensive), so there are
few distractions such as those typically found in hotels.
Accommodation is very basic (in some cases double occupancy), and
with meals costs between 70 and 85 USD per day. Reservations must be
made through the workshop organizers. Due to space limitations,
participation at the workshop is by invitation only.
The workshop will take place at McGill University's Bellairs
Research Institute and will be held Tuesday 13 to Friday 16 February.
Participants can plan to arrive as early as Saturday March 10 as rooms
are available at the institue for the whole week. Departure should be
planned for Satruday March 17.
Participants
- Stellian Coros,
Disney Research,
Switzerland.
- Petros Faloutsos,
York University,
Canada.
- James Richard Forbes (co-organizer),
McGill University,
Canada.
- Paul G. Kry (co-organizer),
McGill University,
Canada.
- Yoonsang Lee,
Seoul National University,
Korea.
- Karen C. Liu (co-organizer),
Georgia Institute of Technology,
USA.
- James F. O'Brien,
University of California Berkley,
USA.
- Anil V. Rao (invited speaker),
University of Florida,
USA.
- Jack Wang,
Stanford University,
USA.
- KangKang Yin,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore.
- Victor Zordan,
University of California Riverside,
USA.
Schedule
Tuesday 13 March
6:07 Sunrise
8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Welcome, information, and introductions
8:45 Part 1: Calculus of Variations (90 min)
10:15 bio break
10:30 Part 2: Optimal Control Theory (90 min)
12:00 Lunch
14:30 Part 3: Nonlinear Optimization (90 min)
16:00 bio break
16:15 Part 4: Numerical Methods for Optimal Control (90 min)
17:45 break before dinner
18:09 Sunset
18:30 Dinner
Wednesday 14 March
6:06 Sunrise
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Part 5: Numerical Integration and Interpolation (60 min)
10:00 bio break
10:15 Part 6: Foundation of Pseudospectral Methods (60 min)
11:15 Part 7.1: Implementation of a Pseudospectral Method (60 min)
12:15 Lunch
15:15 Part 7.2: Implementation of a Pseudospectral Method (60 min)
16:15 bio break
16:30 Part 8: Numerical Methods for Optimal Control (90 min)
17:30 break before dinner
18:09 Sunset
18:30 Dinner at Bellairs
Thursday 15 March
6:06 Sunrise
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning session: Work on problems, breakout sessions
12:00 Lunch
15:00 Afternoon session:
18:09 Sunset
18:30 Dinner at Bellairs
20:00 Evening Session, 10 minute research meetings
Friday 16 March
6:05 Sunrise
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning session: Reseach Talks (Petros, Victor, Paul)
12:00 Lunch
17:00 Depart for dinner at Oistens Bay
Saturday 17 March
9:00 Breakfast
12:00 Departure for afternoon flights
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