Associate Professor of Computer Science

University of California at Berkeley

I am an associate professor in the Computer Science Division of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. I received my doctorate in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

I am generally interested in most areas of Computer Graphics and Animation. My primary area of research involves the physically based simulation of complex deformable and fluid systems to generate motion for use in computer animation.

Recent/upcoming talks and papers:

1. •SCA 2009
   

2. Real-Time Deformation and Fracture in a Game Environment
   

3. E.Parker and J.O'Brien
   

4. Received the award for Best Paper at SCA 2009!
   

5. •SIGGRAPH 2009
   

6. Interactive Simulation of Surgical Needle Insertion and Steering
   

7. N.Chentanez, R.Alterovitz, D.Ritchie, L.Cho, K.Hauser, K.Goldberg, J.Shewchuk, and J.O'Brien
   

8. •GDC 2009
   

9. Real-Time Deformation and Fracture: Finite element simulation and it’s use in “Star Wars The Force Unleashed”
   

10. J.O’Brien and E.Parker