Brian Wyvill
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- University of Calgary, University of Victoria, Professor
Location:
- Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1996
Brian Wyvill is a professor in the department of computer science at the University of Calgary. After gaining his PhD in the UK in 1975, he worked at the Royal College of Art as a post doc. in London on a computer animation system used to make sequences for the film ‘‘Alien’’. Since coming to Calgary in 1981, Brian’s research has concentrated on building the Graphicsland Animation and visualization system. Recent work is in the areas of implicit surface modeling, animation techniques and scientific visualization. Brian has directed several animations (two shown at SIGGRAPH) that feature implicit surfaces. Currently he is interested in a very efficient adaptive tiling algorithm, as well as new techniques for warping, blending and collision detection using implicit surfaces and most recently the simulation of lightning and glowing objects. Brian is a member of ACM, SIGGRAPH, and the editorial boards of the Visual Computer and the Journal of Animation and Scientific Visualization.
SIGGRAPH 1994
Brian Wyvill is a professor in the department of computer science at the University of Calgary. After gaining his PhD in the UK in 1975, he worked at the Royal College of Art as a post doc. in London on a computer animation system used to make sequences for the film “Alien”. Since coming to Calgary in 1981, Brian’s research has concentrated on building the Graphicsland Animation and visualization system. Recent work is in the areas of implicit surface modeling, animation techniques and scientific visualization. Brian has directed several animations (two shown at SIGGRAPH) that feature implicit surfaces. Currently he is interested in a very efficient adaptive tiling algorithm, as well as new techniques for warping, blending and collision detection using implicit surfaces and most recently the simulation of lightning and glowing objects. Brian is a member of ACM, SIGGRAPH, and the editorial boards of the Visual Computer and the Journal of Animation and Scientific Visualization.
SIGGRAPH 1993
Brian is a professor at the University of Calgary where he leads the GraphicsJungle research group. In addition to publishing several papers on modeling and animation, Brian has directed several animations (two shown at SIGGRAPH) that feature implicit surfaces.
SIGGRAPH 1988
Brian Wyvill received his Ph.D from the University of Bradford in 1975 and continued his interest in computer animation as a research fellow at the Royal College of Art. Wyvill is now a full Professor at the University of Calgary, where he leads the GRAPHICSLAND animation research team. His current interests are in “soft” objects, motion control and recursive data structures for computer animation. He is a member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, CGS and SIGGRAPH and the editorial board of The Visual Computer.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1990, "Modeling and Animating With Implicit Surfaces"
- SIGGRAPH 1993, "Modeling, Visualizing, and Animating Implicit Surfaces"
- SIGGRAPH 1996, "Implicit Surfaces for Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics"
- SIGGRAPH 2002, "Non-Traditional Modeling"
Animation/Video(s):
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Panels]
Disruptions in Art, Science, Engineering and Modeling: SIGGRAPH 2022 Retrospective Panel Presenter(s): [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]

Type: [Technical Papers]
CurviSlicer: slightly curved slicing for 3-axis printers Presenter(s): [Etienne] [Ray] [Panozzo] [Hornus] [Wang] [Martínez] [McMains] [Alexa] [Wyvill] [Lefebvre]
[SIGGRAPH 2019]

Type: [Technical Papers]
A Gradient‐Based Implicit Blend Presenter(s): [Gourmel] [Barthe] [Cani] [Wyvill] [Bernhardt] [Paulin] [Grasberger]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Implicit skinning: real-time skin deformation with contact modeling Presenter(s): [Vaillant] [Barthe] [Guennebaud] [Cani] [Wyvill] [Rohmer] [Gourmel] [Paulin]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Interactive decal compositing with discrete exponential maps Presenter(s): [Schmidt] [Grimm] [Wyvill]
[SIGGRAPH 2006]

Type: [Posters]
MIBlob: A Tool for Medical Visualization and Modelling using Sketches Presenter(s): [Araújo] [Jorge] [Sousa] [Samavati] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [107]
[SIGGRAPH 2004]

Type: [Courses]
Non-Traditional Modeling Organizer(s): [Wyvill]
Presenter(s): [Wyvill] [Ebert] [Gross]
Entry No.: [41]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]

Type: [Courses]
Implicit Surfaces for Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics Organizer(s): [Menon] [Wyvill]
Presenter(s): [Menon] [Wyvill] [Bajaj] [Bloomenthal] [Guo] [Hart] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [11]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling and Animation Techniques Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Hart] [Musgrave] [Perlin] [Sims] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [10]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Techniques Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Musgrave] [Peachey] [Perlin] [Worley] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [08]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Visual simulation of lightning Presenter(s): [Reed] [Wyvill]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Courses]
Modeling, Visualizing, and Animating Implicit Surfaces Organizer(s): [Bloomenthal] [Wyvill]
Presenter(s): [Bloomenthal] [Wyvill] [Bajaj] [Beier] [Blinn] [Hart] [Wyvill]
Entry No.: [25]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Courses]
26 State of the Art in Facial Animation Organizer(s): [Parke]
Presenter(s): [Parke] [DeGraf] [Waters] [Williams] [Wyvill] [Reeves] [Elson]
[SIGGRAPH 1990]
Role(s):
- Animation Director
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Poster Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter