Rick Parent
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Ohio State University
mailing address: 395 Dreese Lab
2015 Neil Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-292-2911 (fax)
Office: DL787; 614-292-0055
User Name: parent
domain: cse.ohio-state.edu

Winter 2012 Office hours: T,Th 2:00-3:00
usually F: 1:30-2:00 in CL112D
contact by email to verify I'm in or arrange other time


Semester Graphics Curriculum

NOTE TO UNDERGRADUATES: There is now an "official" Animation and Game Track under the Individualized Option for Technical Electives that has been approved by the Department. See the the Bingo Sheet (pdf) for suggested courses for this and other Individualized Options.

IN THE NEWS: Chuck Csuri is receiving the 2011 Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art. Here is the SIGGRAPH article. Look here for an article about Chuck that appeared in the Lantern in 1970 (thanks, Hack).


Bio: Rick Parent is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Ohio State University (OSU). As a graduate student, Rick worked at the Computer Graphics Research Group (CGRG) at OSU under the direction of Charles Csuri. In 1977, he received his Ph.D. from the Computer and Information Science (CIS) Department, majoring in Artificial Intelligence. For the next three years, he worked at CGRG first as a Research Associate, and then as Associate Director. In 1980 he co-founded and was President of The Computer Animation Company. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the CIS Department (now the Department of Computer Science and Engineering) at Ohio State. Rick's research interests include various aspects of computer animation with special focus on animation of the human figure. He is the author of Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques, published by Morgan Kaufmann. The first edition (cover on the left) came out in 2001 and the 2nd edition was published in September, 2007 (cover on the right). Currently, his studnets are working on synthetic sound, perception of motion, interactive evolutionary design, and cloth. He is also starting to work on the 3rd edition of his book. (Vita)

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Research

Currently, research projects include synthetic sound, cloth, interactive evolutionary design, and perception of motion. See my vita for a list of publications, grants, and former students.

Teaching

Autumn 2011 quarter:

I primarily teach courses in computer graphics. I also teach the introductory course on computer architecture that includes some assembly language. See the following links for details:

Committees & Other Service


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