James F. O'Brien
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| James F. O'Brien | |
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| Citizenship |  American |
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| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Fields | Computer graphics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | Georgia Tech College of Computing |
| Doctoral advisor | Jessica Hodgins |
| Notable awards | SIGGRAPH Impact Award, Sloan Fellowship, FIU Torch Award,GVU 15 Impact Award |
James F. O'Brien is a computer graphics researcher and professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
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[edit] Education
O'Brien received a BSc in 1992 from Florida International University. He then did his graduate work under the supervision of Dr. Jessica Hodgins at Georgia Tech's GVU Center. He received his doctorate in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing in 2000 for a thesis entitled Graphical Modeling and Animation of Fracture.[1]
[edit] Berkeley
He joined the faculty of Berkeley's Computer Science Department in 2000. Prof. O'Brien runs the Berkeley Computer Animation and Modeling Group and his research focuses primarily on physically based animation, 3D modeling, and audio simulation.[2]
[edit] Awards
- SIGGRAPH Impact Award (1999)
- Technology Review TR100 (2004)[3]
- Sloan Fellowship (2004)[4]
- College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni, FIU (2006)[5]
- GVU 15 Impact Award [6]
- Jim and Donna Gray Endowment Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2008) [7]
[edit] References
- ^ J. F. O'Brien, Graphical Modeling and Animation of Brittle Fracture. PhD thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 2000.
- ^ Taylor, Chris. "What Does Wind Really Look Like?", Time Magazine, 2005-01-02. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ "2004 TR100: Computing", Technology Review. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ 2004 Sloan Research Fellowships. Sloan. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ FIU 2006 Torch Awards. Florida International University. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ GVU 15 Anniversary Celebration and Symposium. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
- ^ EECS Faculty Awards. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
