Adrien Treuille

treuille [at] cs.cmu.edu

Short Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the computer graphics group at Carnegie Mellon University. I received my PhD under Zoran Popovic in the computer graphics group at the University of Washington, and was a postdoc in the Baker Group under Zoran Popovic and David Baker. I was one of the creators of Foldit, the computer game where users contribute to science by folding proteins. I also pursue research in the simulation and animation of very high-dimensional nonlinear phenomena like animal morphology, human motion, and large fluid systems. One thread of my research addresses the complexity of such systems by developing model reduction tools that generate compact representations. A complementary thread seeks to control such systems, which means learning to set inputs to produce desired effects. While I seek theoretical advances, I am also deeply interested in the implications for science and engineering of these techniques, from fluid dynamcs to laying down a joint cognitive and biomechanical basis for animal motion.

Projects

Near-optimal Character Animation with Continuous Control
Treuille, A. Lee, Y. Popović, Z.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 26(3) (SIGGRAPH 2007)
[project] [paper]

Model Reduction for Real-time Fluids
Treuille, A. Lewis, A. Popović, Z.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 25(3) (SIGGRAPH 2006)
[project] [paper] [bibtex]

Continuum Crowds
Treuille, A. Cooper, S. Popović, Z.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 25(3) (SIGGRAPH 2006)
[project] [paper] [bibtex]

Fluid Control Using the Adjoint Method
McNamara, A. Treuille, A. Popović, Z. Stam, J.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 23(3) (SIGGRAPH 2004)
[project] [paper] [bibtex]

Example-Based Stereo with General BRDFs
Treuille, A. Hertzmann, A. Seitz, S.
8th European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2004)
[project] [paper] [bibtex]

Keyframe Control of Smoke Simulations
Treuille, A. McNamara, A. Popović, Z. Stam, J.
ACM Transactions on Graphics 22(3) (SIGGRAPH 2003)
[project] [paper] [video] [bibtex]

Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Intel Corporation PhD Fellowship
ARCS Foundation Zevenbergen Capital Endowed Fellowship
Link Foundation Advanced Simulation and Training Fellowship

Miscellanea

If you are interested you can visit my tiny photo albumn.

My parents, my siblings, and I spent so much time playing a card game called Set, that a few years ago, I was compelled to write my own Set Applet. My sister is completely unbeatable.

Last updated: Sep 02, 2008