![]() CMG in 2023: Ryusuke, Joel, Christopher, Brooke, Clara, Nathan, Daniel.
I am always looking for talented students and postdocs to join our lab, the Computational Motion Group, here in the School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Consider applying, and help contribute to exciting, high-impact research advances in computer graphics and computational physics! In addition to working with my students to publish high quality research in leading conferences and journals, I aim to help them find success beyond their degrees: students that I have mentored have, for example, done internships or taken full-time positions at: Side Effects Software, Weta Digital, Snapchat, Waymo, Google, Ubisoft, PointWise, Ziva Dynamics, Facebook Reality Labs, and Vital Mechanics, among others. Graduating students have also carried on to pursue Master's, PhD, or postdoctoral studies at other top academic institutions in Canada and abroad. (Potential) Graduate students: If you have strong mathematical and programming skills, and are interested in simulating physical processes in the world around us, I encourage you to apply to the University of Waterloo Computer Science program as a Master's (MMath thesis) or PhD student. In your application, be sure to specify computer graphics and/or scientific computing among your research interests, and list me as a potential supervisor. The application process is competitive, and preference will be given to individuals with strong academic records, research experience, or industry/personal experience relevant to our group's areas of interest. Information about the School of Computer Science, its graduate program(s), and the admissions process can be found here. All accepted students receive RA and TA funding, and the CS website gives information about typical funding amounts along with scholarship opportunities, and tuition and typical cost of living in Waterloo. If you are Canadian, be sure to apply for an NSERC CGS scholarship and/or an Ontario Graduate Scholarship if you are from Ontario. Undergraduates: If you are a current undergraduate student at Waterloo with a strong academic record and interest in physics-based animation, there may be paid research opportunities in the lab (e.g., a part-time Undergrad Research Assistantship (URA) or one-term full-time NSERC USRA or CS URF). Send me an email describing your research interests and relevant background knowledge/skills, and we can go from there. If you want to do a URA, I typically recommend that you contact me around 2-3 weeks before the start of the term in which you would like to do a URA, because that's when I begin interviewing and making decisions for the coming term. For URF, USRA, or MURA, we usually need to know a full term in advance, so be sure to contact me even sooner (for this it helps if you have already done a URA with me). If you are an undergraduate at another university, I unfortunately cannot offer internships and will typically not respond to email requests on this subject. NEW: This semester (Spring 2024) I am making myself available for an "undergrad research office hour" once per week, usually on Wednesdays at 1pm-2pm (either my office, DC3605, or the SciCom lab, DC3594 if we run out of space, or possibly on Teams if I am out of town). Ping me by email if you are thinking of coming. This could be relevant if you are a Waterloo undergraduate and you: (1) are pursuing a hobby graphics project and would like my input, (2) have questions about graphics/animation research and/or grad studies, (3) want to discuss or brainstorm possible research project ideas to pursue, (4) have questions about a particular idea or research paper, (5) are thinking about a future URA/URF/MURA with me, etc. etc. (Potential) Postdocs: If you have a record of research excellence in computer graphics (e.g., publications in SIGGRAPH (Asia), ACM TOG, Eurographics, TVCG, SCA, SGP, etc.) or a related relevant field (e.g., computational physics, computational mechanics, engineering, applied math, etc.), feel free to get in touch by email, and we can discuss any possible opportunities. By the way, whether you are considering joining my lab or not, there are some useful things to consider in the article How to Pick a Graduate Advisor. Disclaimer: In general, if you contact me by email but give little or no indication that you are aware of or share my research field/interests, I'm afraid I will not respond. |
![]() 2019: Yu, Christopher, JC, Nathan, Jonathan (missing: Ryan, Sina, Michael.)
![]() 2018: Christopher, JC, Nathan, Ryan, Jonathan, Michael, Yu (missing: Jade).
![]() 2017: Michael, Jade, Ryan, Christopher, JC, Yu (missing: Yipeng).
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