Prof. James F. O’Brien
Prof. James F. O’Brien
Real-time fracture simulation in
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
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.
Publications Collaborators Miscellaneous F.A.Q.

Fall 09: CS 184: Computer Graphics
Fall 09: CS 294-13: Advanced Computer Graphics
Berkeley Computer Animation and Modeling Group
I am the director of the Berkeley Computer Animation and Modeling Group. Unfortunately, the group’s website is in the process of being redesigned and the current pages are somewhat out of date.
Recent/upcoming talks and papers:
•SCA 2009
E.Parker and J.O'Brien
Received the award for Best Paper at SCA 2009!
•SIGGRAPH 2009
Interactive Simulation of Surgical Needle Insertion and Steering
N.Chentanez, R.Alterovitz, D.Ritchie, L.Cho, K.Hauser, K.Goldberg, J.Shewchuk, and J.O'Brien
•GDC 2009
J.O’Brien and E.Parker
Contact Information:
EECS, Computer Science Division
633 Soda Hall, Mail Code 1776
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-1776
Office Phone: (510) 642-0865
E-Mail:
Fall 2009 Office Hours:
MW 4:00 - 4:30 (priority to CS 184 students)
F 2:00 - 3:00