Paper accepted at the International Summit on Human Simulation 2011
April 25, 2011
Jacobo Bibliowicz, a student member of the Parametric Human Project, will present a paper, titled High-Performance Surface Reconstruction of Human Bones from Point-Sampled Data, at this year's International Summit on Human Simulation (ISHS), being held this year in St. Pete's Beach, Florida on May 26th and 27th. Written in conjunction with Anne Agur, Azam Kahn, and Karan Singh, the paper will discuss the rationale and results of using laser scanning as part our bone digitizing process and reconstruction pipeline.
The International Society for Human Simulation (ISHS) was created to facilitate communication among professionals in the field of human simulation. ISHS is the principal technical society devoted to the advancement of human simulation. ISHS organizes one conference per year to exchange ideas and to present the latest in human simulation technologies. ISHS honors those in the community that have made significant contributions in related areas.
Jacobo Bibliowicz is a PhD student at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Karan Singh and also a research intern at Autodesk Research in the Environment and Ergonomics Research Group.
Head of the Parametric Human Project to Speak at the International Society on Human Simulation Summit 2011
February 15, 2011
Azam Khan, Head of the Parametric Human Project, will be speaking at the First International Society on Human Simulation (ISHS) to be held in St. Pete Beach, FL on May 26-27, 2011. Mr. Khan will be presenting the vision and accomplishments of the Parametric Human Project.
The International Society for Human Simulation (ISHS) was created to facilitate communication among professionals in the field of human simulation. ISHS is the principal technical society devoted to the advancement of human simulation. ISHS organizes one conference per year to exchange ideas and to present the latest in human simulation technologies. ISHS honors those in the community that have made significant contributions in related areas.
Azam Khan is a Senior Research Scientist at Autodesk Research where he is the Head of the Environment and Ergonomics Research Group.
Welcome New Partners
December 20, 2010
The Parametric Human Project is pleased to announce the addition of two new partners to our consortium: Sidney Fels and Karim Abdel-Malek.
Dr. Fels is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia, where he is also the director of the Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC). His research interests include human-computer interaction, biomechanical modeling of the upper airway, speech synthesis, and neural networks.
Dr Abdel-Malek is a Professor in both the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Iowa. He is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Soldier Research Program and the Director of the Center for Computer Aided Design. His research interests include human simulation, 3D visualization, and virtual reality.
We are excited to have these remarkable gentlemen join our team!
Code and Data Set Previews Online
August 12, 2010
The Parametric Human Project is proud to announce the online preview of its digital skeletal database. Currently, two mostly complete skeletons are available, and the next one is under way. For each bone, an animated point-set rendering is displayed along with some statistics of each scan. For more information, visit our blog.
Also available online is the interactive watershed code (IWT) implementation discussed in our blog for segmenting and separating bones in medical images. More information is available in out blog.
New Parametric Human Website Launched
August 25, 2009
Welcome to the launch of our new blog documenting the process of creating an advanced biomechanical parametric human model. Working with a consortium of experts in various fields of study, such as the Dynamic Graphics Project and the Musculoskeletal Anatomy Laboratory, both at the University of Toronto, and FARO Technologies, we hope to develop a new foundation for multiscale human modeling and simulation at the anatomical level. While there are many problems to solve in many different areas, we are excited about the possibilities of developing a complete parametric model, conducive to simulation for ergonomics design.
We invite you to participate too. By nature, a project like this involves many disciplines and expertise from many areas. If you are interested in getting involved or contributing data sets or models, please contact Azam Khan.