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The Interaction, Simulation and Graphics Lab (formerly the Image Synthesis Group) (ISG) was established in 1993 to pursue research in all aspects of Computer Graphics and Visual Computing and currently has 15 full-time researchers. We have been extremely successful in securing research funding for projects since the group was founded, with particular areas of speciality being graphics and perception, real-time computer animation, photo-realistic rendering and parallel graphics. Former members of the group have founded the Irish gaming software company havok.com.
Address:
Interaction, Simulation and Graphics Lab, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: (+353 1) 896 1220
Fax: (+353 1) 896 3677 and (+353 1) 677 2204
Email: isg AT cs.tcd.ie
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The ISG co-organised SCA2006, the fifth ACM SIGGRAPH/EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Computer Animation. Carol O'Sullivan was conference co-chair at this years event in Vienna.
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Alias have donated approximately $70,000 worth of software to fund collaborative research with the ISG. The software, which includes multiple seats of Maya Unlimited and Motion Builder, will be used in research planned by the ISG into human motion and simulation. Alias have also offered the expertise of their senior researchers and we hope that this represents the start of a valuable relationship.
ISG member Simon Dobbyn was one of only 3 shortlisted candidates for the The Irish Software Association (ISA) Student Of the Year award. This prize is awarded for the most innovative and commercially viable software developed by a third level student.
Four ISG students: Sarah Howlett, Simon Dobbyn, John Hamill and John Ryan, all successfully defended their PhD theses in Sept./Nov. 2005
ISG Project: A Virtual Reality Toolkit for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Myocardial Infarctions won the First prize, sponsored by Immersion Medical, in the EG2005 medical competition. The researchers were John Ryan and Carol O’Sullivan of the ISG, Chris Bell from the Department of Physiology, TCD and Niall Mulvihill from the Department of Cardiology, St James’ Hospital.
The Eurographics Annual Conference in 2005 was held here in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and was organised by the ISG. The official website for the conference is: http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/eg2005.
The ISG organised the ACM SIGGRAPH/EUROGRAPHICS Campfire on Perceptually Adaptive Graphics in Snowbird, Utah in May 2001. Details available HERE. Also, check out the Graphics and Perception Pages.
The Irish Chapter of Eurographics, the European association for Computer Graphics, was formally founded in November 2001 by members of the ISG. The inaugural event, a revival of the Irish Workshop on Computer Graphics, was held in March 2002 at the Guinness Hopstore. The second annual meeting of the Irish Chapter was held recently in Colerain.
Details available HERE
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