Sophie Joerg

Sophie Jörg

Graphics Lab [Graphics]
Robotics Institute [RI]
Carnegie Mellon University [CMU]
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA

office: Smith Hall (EDSH), room 230
e-mail:joergs AT cs.cmu.edu
phone:(+1) 412-268-8818

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon's Graphics Lab working with Alla Safonova and Jessica Hodgins. I received my PhD from the Graphics, Vision and Visualization Group at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, advised by Carol O'Sullivan. During my PhD, I also conducted research as a visiting student in the Graphics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University and as an intern at Disney Research, Pittsburgh.

I will be joining the School of Computing at Clemson University as an assistant professor in August 2012.


Research Interests

My primary research interests are in computer graphics, especially animation and perception. I am also interested in machine learning, game design, computer vision, neuroscience, and human-computer interation.

My current research focuses on:

Publications

gesturing virtual character Sophie Jörg, Jessica Hodgins, and Carol O'Sullivan
The Perception of Finger Motions
Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization (APGV), July 2010, pp. 129-133.
two virtual characters arguing Jessica Hodgins, Sophie Jörg, Carol O'Sullivan, Sang Il Park, and Moshe Mahler
The Saliency of Anomalies in Animated Human Characters
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), July 2010, volume 7, issue 4, article no. 22.
graph and hand Sophie Jörg and Carol O'Sullivan
Exploring the Dimensionality of Finger Motion
Proceedings of the 9th Eurographics Ireland Workshop (EGIE), December 2009, volume 9, pp. 95-101.
virtual characters Rachel McDonnell, Sophie Jörg, Joanna McHugh, Fiona N. Newell, and Carol O'Sullivan
Investigating the role of body shape on the perception of emotion
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), August 2009, volume 6, issue 3, article no. 14.
perceptual experiment in classroom Rachel McDonnell, Sophie Jörg, Jessica K. Hodgins, Fiona N. Newell, and Carol O'Sullivan
Evaluating the effect of motion and body shape on the perceived sex of virtual characters
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), January 2009, volume 5, issue 4, article no. 20.
virtual characters Rachel McDonnell, Sophie Jörg, Joanna McHugh, Fiona N. Newell, and Carol O'Sullivan
Evaluating the emotional content of human motions on real and virtual characters
Proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization (APGV), August 2008, pp. 67-74.
optical motion capture system Frank Hülsken, Christian Eckes, Roland Kuck, Jörg Unterberg, and Sophie Jörg
Modeling and Animating Virtual Humans
International Journal of Virtual Reality (IJVR), December 2007, volume 6, number 4, pp. 11-20.
virtual characters Rachel McDonnell, Sophie Jörg, Jessica K. Hodgins, Fiona N. Newell, and Carol O'Sullivan
Virtual shapers & movers: form and motion affect sex perception
Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization (APGV), July 2007, pp. 7-10.

Dissertation

pictures from my thesis Sophie Jörg
Perception of Body and Hand Animations for Realistic Virtual Characters
Dissertation, University of Dublin, Trinity College, March 2011,
Advisor: Carol O'Sullivan.