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Perspectives in Mathematics Seminar
UCLA Department of Mathematics

		Doug Enright
		will speak on 

		Physics Based Animation And Numerical Algorithms

Abstract:

In this talk I will present a couple of examples of how the computer
animation/special effects industry is turning more and more to the
applied mathematics community to create the algorithms necessary to
provide the fire, smoke, and water for the summer's biggest movies.
Innovative methods to handle dynamically evolving, three dimensional
interfaces in a numerically stable manner while avoiding excessive
amounts of dissipation seen on the coarse computational grids
commonly used in the industry are required to pull off these effects.
Some of these methods include vorticity confinement, the
"particle level set" method, and the "Stable Fluid" method.  So, if
you're looking for a way to watch movies and call it research at the
same time, come on by Monday afternoon.  Examples from "Terminator 2",
"The Prince of Egypt", "The Perfect Storm", "Shrek", "Jurassic Park
3", "Star Wars, Episode 2: Attack of the Clones", and various Siggraph
papers will be shown.  Feel free to bring popcorn and drinks.

		Monday, November 18th, 2002
		4:00 - 4:50pm
		MS6627
		Sponsored by Graduate Student Outreach
			     ("Our seminars end at 10 'til")
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