Nick Foster
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Pacific Data Images (PDI)
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- University of Pennsylvania, Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1999
Nick Foster is a member of PDI’s Research and Development department. A graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, Foster holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with an emphasis on animating liquids and gases. A recognized expert in the field of animating water for computer graphics, Foster has published several academic papers on the subject, and received a 1998 Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognising his work. Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees in the United States, Foster worked as a detector systems developer at a nuclear power station in Grenoble, France.
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Type: [Technical Papers]
Structural modeling of flames for a production environment Presenter(s): [Lamorlette] [Foster]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
Type: [Technical Papers]
Practical animation of liquids Presenter(s): [Foster] [Fedkiw]
[SIGGRAPH 2001]
Type: [Courses]
Simulating Nature: From Theory to Application Organizer(s): [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Ebert] [Foster] [Musgrave] [Prusinkiewicz] [Tessendorf] [Vincelette]
Entry No.: [26]
[SIGGRAPH 1999]
Type: [Technical Papers]
Modeling the motion of a hot, turbulent gas Presenter(s): [Foster] [Metaxas]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Controlling Fluid Animation Presenter(s): [Foster] [Metaxas]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Realistic Animation of Liquids Presenter(s): [Foster] [Metaxas]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
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