Michael Kass
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Pixar Animation Studios, Principal Research Scientist
Other Affiliation(s):
- Apple Inc., Senior Scientist
Location:
- Cupertino, California, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1999
Michael Kass is a Senior Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios where he developed the tools for physically-based clothing animation that were used on Pixar’s Academy Award winning short film “Geri’s game.” He received his B.A. from Princeton in 1982, his M.S. from M.I.T in 1984, and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1988. Dr. Kass has received numerous awards for his research on physically-based methods in computer graphics and computer vision including several conference best paper awards, the Prix Ars Electronica for the image “Reaction Diffusion Texture Buttons” and the Imagina Grand Prix for the animation “Splash Dance.” Before joining Pixar in 1995, Dr. Kass held research positions at Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, Apple Computer, and was Director of Technology at Live Picture Inc.
SIGGRAPH 1993
Michael Kass is a Principal Research Scientist with the Advanced Technology Group of Apple Computer. He received a BA in Artificial Intelligence from Princeton University, an MS in Computer Science from MIT , and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Before joining Apple Computer in 1988, he worked at Schlumberger Palo Alto Research in the field of computer graphics and computer vision. His research focus is on the use of physical simulation for computer graphics.
SIGGRAPH 1992
Michael Kass is a Staff Research Scientist with the Advanced Technology Group of Apple Computer. He received a B A in Artificial Intelligence from Princeton University, an M S in Computer Science from M I T , and a Ph D in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Before joining Apple Computer in 1988, he worked at Schlumberger Palo Alto Research in the field of computer graphics and computer vision. His research focus is on the use of physical simulation for computer graphics.
SIGGRAPH 1991
Michael Kass is known for his work in computer vision and dynamics simulations (and for juggling clubs with his feet).
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1992, "An Introduction to Physically Based Modeling"
- SIGGRAPH 1993, "RES An Introduction to Physically Based Modeling"
Experience Jury Member:
Award(s):
Animation/Video(s):
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Technical Papers]
Computing Smooth Surface Contours With Accurate Topology Presenter(s): [Bénard] [Hertzmann] [Kass]
[SIGGRAPH 2014]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Stylizing animation by example Presenter(s): [Bénard] [Cole] [Kass] [Mordatch] [Hegarty] [Senn] [Fleischer] [Pesare] [Breeden]
[SIGGRAPH 2013]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Coherent noise for non-photorealistic rendering Presenter(s): [Kass] [Pesare]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Smoothed local histogram filters Presenter(s): [Kass] [Solomon]
[SIGGRAPH 2010]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Animating oscillatory motion with overlap: wiggly splines Presenter(s): [Kass] [Anderson]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]

Type: [Courses]
Physically Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Baraff] [Witkin]
Presenter(s): [Baraff] [Witkin] [Anderson] [Kass]
Entry No.: [12]

Type: [Courses]
Physically Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Witkin]
Presenter(s): [Witkin] [Baraff] [Kass]
Entry No.: [25]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]

Type: [Courses]
Physically Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Baraff]
Presenter(s): [Baraff] [Kass] [Witkin]
Entry No.: [36]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Subdivision surfaces in character animation Presenter(s): [DeRose] [Kass] [Truong]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]

Type: [Panels]
Can We Get There From Here?: Current Challenges in Cloth Modeling, Design, and Animation Presenter(s): [Eischen] [Kass] [Magnenat-Thalmann] [Vecchione]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
An Introduction to Physically-Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Witkin]
Presenter(s): [Witkin] [Baraff] [Kass]
Entry No.: [32]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Error-bounded antialiased rendering of complex environments Presenter(s): [Greene] [Kass]
[SIGGRAPH 1994]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Efficient, fair interpolation using Catmull-Clark surfaces Presenter(s): [Halstead] [Kass] [DeRose]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Technical Papers]
Hierarchical Z-buffer visibility Presenter(s): [Greene] [Kass] [Miller]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Courses]
RES An Introduction to Physically Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Kass] [Witkin]
Presenter(s): [Kass] [Witkin] [Baraff] [Barr]
Entry No.: [60]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Courses]
An Introduction to Physically Based Modeling Organizer(s): [Kass] [Witkin]
Presenter(s): [Witkin] [Kass] [Barr] [Baraff]
Entry No.: [19]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]
Role(s):
- Awardee
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Panel Presenter
- Technical Paper Presenter