Biographical sketches of authors
Claudio S. Pinhanez
IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 30 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne, New York 10532 (electronic mail: pinhanez@us.ibm.com).
Dr. Pinhanez is a research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center and a media artist. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1985, a master's degree in computer science in 1989 from the University of Sao Paulo, and a Ph.D. degree in media arts and sciences from the MIT Media Laboratory in 1999. His current work focuses on the convergence of computers and arts and entertainment, and on the design and technology of physically interactive spaces.
James W. Davis
Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2015 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1277 (electronic mail: jwdavis@cis.ohio-state.edu).
Dr. Davis is currently an assistant professor of computer and information science at Ohio State University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computational vision at the MIT Media Laboratory.
Stephen Intille
MIT Home of the Future Laboratory, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (electronic mail: intille@mit.edu).
Dr. Intille is a research scientist at the multi-disciplinary MIT Home of the Future Laboratory, where he works on computational sensing and future computer interfaces. He received a B.S.E. degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992, an S.M. degree in media arts and sciences from MIT in 1994, and a Ph.D. degree in media arts and sciences from MIT in 1999.
Michael Patrick Johnson
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: aries@media.mit.edu).
Mr. Johnson received his S.B. degree in computer science from MIT in 1993. He then enrolled at the MIT Media Lab where he received his S.M. degree in media arts and sciences in 1995. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research interests include physical interfaces, character animation algorithms, and artificial life.
Andrew D. Wilson
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: drew@media.mit.edu).
Mr. Wilson received his B.A. degree in computer science from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1993, and his M.S. degree in media arts and sciences from MIT in 1995. He is currently a member of the Vision and Modeling Group and a Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Media Laboratory. His research activities include work on models for the representation of gesture and human motion, machine learning, and real-time computer vision.
Aaron F. Bobick
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Computing, 801 Atlantic Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (electronic mail: afb@cc.gatech.edu).
Dr. Bobick received his B.S. degree in mathematics and computer science from MIT in 1981 and his Ph.D. degree in cognitive science from MIT in 1987. After serving as research scientist at the Systems Research Institute Artificial Intelligence Center and as professor at the MIT Media Lab, Dr. Bobick has recently joined the Future Computing Environments group at Georgia Tech, where he is an associate professor, an associate director of the GVU Center, and the Director of the Aware Home Research Initiative. His current research focuses on understanding people's activities from visual input.
Bruce Blumberg
MIT Media Laboratory, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307 (electronic mail: bruce@media.mit.edu).
Dr. Blumberg is an assistant professor at the Media Lab and head of the Synthetic Characters Group. He was the creator of Silas T. Dog, an autonomous animated dog for virtual environments, and one of the chief architects of the ALIVE project. His doctoral dissertation Old Tricks, New Dogs: Ethology and Interactive Creatures was done at the Media Lab under the direction of Pattie Maes. Prior to coming to the Media Lab, he held positions with Apple Computer, Inc., and NeXT Software, Inc. He received an M.S. degree from MIT's Sloan School in 1981 and a B.A. degree from Amherst College in 1977.
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