Physics-Inspired Topology Changes for Thin Fluid Features
Tuesday, 27 July | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Room 408 AB 

A mesh-based surface-tracking method for fluid animation that preserves fine surface details and robustly adjusts the topology of the surface. This technique permits arbitrarily thin fluid features with minimal re-sampling errors by reusing points from the original surface.

• Christopher Wojtan,   Georgia Institute of Technology    
• Nils Thuerey,  ETH Zürich     
• Markus Gross,  ETH Zürich
• Greg Turk,   Georgia Institute of Technology

^{Thuerey and Wojtan's image was chosen for the front cover of the SIGGRAPH 10 Proceedings.}

A Multiscale Approach to Mesh-Based Surface Tension Flows 
Tuesday, 27 July | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Room 408 AB

A novel mesh-based approach to efficiently simulate fluids with strong surface tension. The method is based on a volume-preserving mean curvature flow and combines stable Eulerian surface-tension boundary conditions with a surface-wave simulation to achieve highly detailed simulations.

• Nils Thuerey,  ETH Zürich     
• Chris Wojtan,  Georgia Institute of Technology    
• Markus Gross,  ETH Zürich     
• Greg Turk,  Georgia Institute of Technology

Optimal Feedback Control for Character Animation Using an Abstract Model
Tuesday, 27 July | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Room 502 B

A new approach to controlling real-time virtual characters under physical perturbations and changes in the environment. Given a reference motion sequence, the authors seek to design an optimal feedback controller that allows for long-term re-planning and timing adjustment.

• Yuting Ye,  Georgia Institute of Technology   
• Karen C. Liu,  Georgia Institute of Technology  

Georgia Tech alumni at SIGGRAPH this year:

• Gabriel Brostow (PhD)
• Robert Sumner (BS)
• Pravin Bhat (BS)
• Huamin Wang (PhD)
• Florian Hecht (MS)
• James O'Brien (PhD)
• Drew Steedly (PhD)