David Tonnesen
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Toronto, Research Assistant
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- DreamWorks Animation
Location:
- Toronto, Canada
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1992
David Tonnesen is a research assistant and a PhD Candidate in Computer Graphics at the University of Toronto, and is also a consultant for DEC Cambridge Research. He earned BS degrees in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Washington University, St. Louis in 1983, and received an MS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic institute in 1989. He has held positions at the Neuroanatomical Image Processing Facility at Washington University’s School of Medicine, Rockwell International Space System Division’s Space Shuttle Flight Simulation Laboratory, Cray Research, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NMFECC. His research interests include computer graphics, animation, physically based modelling, and surface reconstruction techniques.
Experience Category Collaboration(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Hummingbird: DreamWorks Feather System](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2019-Talks-Augello_Hummingbird-DreamWorks-Feather-System-01-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Hummingbird: DreamWorks Feather System Presenter(s): [Augello] [Tonnesen] [Somasundaram]
Entry No.: [60]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]
![Physically Based Modeling Principles and Practice](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1997-19-Course-Cover-Physically-Based-Modeling-Principles-and-Practice-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Physically Based Modeling Principles and Practice Organizer(s): [Witkin] [Baraff]
Presenter(s): [Witkin] [Baraff] [Blum] [Tonnesen] [Monheit]
Entry No.: [19]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![Particle System Modeling Animation and Physically Based Techniques](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1992-16-Cover-Particle-System-Modeling-Animation-and-Physically-Based-Techniques-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Particle System Modeling Animation and Physically Based Techniques Organizer(s): [House]
Presenter(s): [House] [Breen] [Haumann] [Reeves] [Tonnesen]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]
![Surface modeling with oriented particle systems](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1992-Technical-Papers-Szeliski_Surface-Modeling-with-Oriented-Particle-Systems-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Technical Papers]
Surface modeling with oriented particle systems Presenter(s): [Szeliski] [Tonnesen]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]
Role(s):
- Course Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Collaborator
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter