Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:54:22 GMT Server: Apache/1.1.1 Content-type: text/html Content-length: 1985 Last-modified: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 03:15:41 GMT Jessica K. Hodgins Information Page

Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center

Jessica K. Hodgins


Jessica Hodgins is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1989 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Leg Lab at the MIT Artificial Intelligence laboratory and the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Her graduate research involved programming a two-legged laboratory robot to run, accurately place its foot to avoid obstacles, climb stairs, and perform gymnastic maneuvers. Her research focuses on the coordination and control of dynamic physical systems, both natural and human-made and explores techniques that may someday allow robots and animated creatures to plan and control their actions in complex and unpredictable environments. Her current research focuses on generating motion for computer animation by using control algorithms in combination with physically realistic simulation. In 1994 she received a NSF Young Investigator Award and a Packard Fellowship. In 1995 she received a Sloan Fellowship. Her recent research funding has been from the National Science Foundation, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory.


Contact information:

Jessica K. Hodgins
Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center
College of Computing
801 Atlantic Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0280
(404) 894-9763
E-mail :
jkh@cc.gatech.edu