Biography

Journal Articles

• Jiang, M., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2018. Energy-based dissolution simulation using SPH sampling. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 29 (2).
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• Jiang, M., Zhou, Y., Wang, R., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2015. Blue noise sampling using an SPH-based method. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 34 (6).
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• Guo, S., Southern, R., Chang, J., Greer, D. and Zhang, J.J., 2015. Adaptive motion synthesis for virtual characters: a survey. Visual Computer, 31 (5), 497-512.
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• Southern, R., Guo, S., Greer, D., Chang, J. and Zhang, J.J., 2014. Adaptive Motion Synthesis for Virtual Characters: A Survey. The Visual Computer.
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• Rovira, A., Swapp, D., Southern, R., Zhang, J.J. and Slater, M., 2013. The impact of enhanced projector display on the responses of people to a violent scenario in immersive virtual reality. IEEE Virtual Reality.
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• Slater, M., Rovira, A., Southern, R., Swapp, D., Zhang, J., Campbell, C. and Levine, M., 2013. Bystander Responses to a Violent Incident in an Immersive Virtual Environment. PLoS One, 8 (1).
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• Liu, F., Southern, R., Guo, S., Yang, X. and Zhang, J., 2013. Motion Adaptation With Motor Invariant Theory. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 43 (3), 1131-1145.
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• Jiang, M., Southern, R., Tharib, S. and Zhang, J.J., 2013. Energy-based dissolution simulation. Proceedings - 13th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, CAD/Graphics 2013, 405-406.
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• Yang, X., Chang, J., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2012. Automatic Cage Construction for Retargeted Muscle Fitting. Visual Computer, 29, 369-380.
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• Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2011. Motion sensitive anchor identification of least–squares meshes from examples. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17, 850-856.
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• Yang, X., Southern, R. and Zhang, J., 2009. Fast simulation of skin sliding. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 20 (2-3), 333-342.
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• Southern, R. and Gain, J., 2003. Creation and Control of Real-time Continuous Level of Detail on Programmable Graphics Hardware. Computer Graphics Forum, 22, 35-48.
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Chapters

• Southern, R., Marais, P. and Blake, E., 2001. Generic Memoryless Polygonal Simplification. Computer graphics, virtual reality and visualisation in Africa: Proceedings of the 1st international Conference:AFRIGRAPH 2001, Camps Bay, Cape Town South Africa, November 5-7, 2001. New York: ACM, 7-15.
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• Southern, R., Perkins, S., Steyn, B., Muller, A., Marais, P. and Blake, E., 2001. A Stateless Client for Progressive View-Dependent Transmission. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on 3D Web Technology. New York: ACM, 43-50.
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Conferences

• Southern, R., 2019. On the use of Particle-in-Cell methods in Visual Effects. In: SPHERIC international workshop 2019 25-27 June 2019 Exeter.
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• Southern, R., 2018. On the use of Particle-in-Cell methods in Visual Effects. In: {UK} Fluids Network {SPH} Special Interest Group Meeting 18 December 2018 CFMS Bristol and Bath Science Park.
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• Jones, R. and Southern, R., 2017. Physically-based droplet interaction. Proceedings - SCA 2017: ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation.
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• Mewada, P., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2016. An adaptive 3D bipedal locomotion model. In: Workshop on Dynamic Locomotion and Manipulation 13-15 July 2016 ETH Zurich.
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• Jiang, M., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2015. A particle-based dissolution model using chemical collision energy. In: GRAPP 11 March-14 October 2015 Berlin. GRAPP 2015 - 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications; VISIGRAPP, Proceedings, 285-293 SciTePress.
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• Salunkhe, P., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2014. Motion adaptation controllers of a passive walker with flat feet and ankles. In: Hutter, M., ed. Dynamic Walking 10-13 June 2014 ETH Zurich.
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• Southern, R., Guo, S., Liu, F. and Zhang, J.J., 2012. A biologically inspired latent space for gait parameterization. ACM SIGGRAPH 2012 Posters, SIGGRAPH'12.
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• Berman, S., Southern, R., Vasey, A. and Ziskind, D., 1998. Spatio-temporal Access in Persistent Java. POS/PJW, 250-258 Morgan Kaufmann.
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• Yang, X., Chang, J., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J.. Automatic Muscle Retargeting for Character Animation. In: Computer Graphics International June 2012 Bournemouth.
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Reports

• Southern, R., 2011. Compact elliptical basis functions for surface reconstruction. Poole, England: Bournemouth University.
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• Southern, R., 2011. The force density method: A brief introduction. Poole, England: Bournemouth University.
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• Yang, X., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2009. Fast Simulation of Skin Sliding. Poole, England: National Centre for Computer Animation Bournemouth Media School, Bournemouth University.
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• Southern, R. and Dodgson, N.A., 2007. A smooth manifold based construction of approximating lofted surfaces. University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory. Available from: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-699.html.
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PhD Students

• Min Jiang. Simulation of Dynamic Foam
• Paras Salunkhe. Passive Dynamics for Computer Animation
• Paramtap Mewada, 2018. ROBOTIC CONTROLLER FOR VIRTUAL CHARACTER ANIMATION
• Richard Jones, 2017. Controllable Fluid
• Declan Russell, 2019. Sampling methods in Rendering

Profile of Teaching UG

• Principles of Rendering
• Final Major Project and Dissertation
• Advanced Graphics Software Development Techniques

Invited Lectures

• SPH Sampling and its Applications, Manchester University, 12 Apr 2018 more
  

  Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Special Interest Group. Talk available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uaSFeXfCbWLNmTKron4Evh0l-qwoD2ndz0fWhM-sdDU/edit?usp=sharing .

Grants

• MFS 2020 MULTIMODAL EMOTION EXPRESSIONS FOR VIRTUAL AVATARS (BU / CDE2 Matched Funded, 01 Jan 2021). Awarded
• Proposal to upgrade of existing production facilities to support Virtual Production (World Class Laboratories Fund, 11 Dec 2020). Awarded
• Robot Controllers for Character Animation (CDE / BU, 01 Jan 2015). Awarded
• How Do We Move? Building a mathematical model for motion adaptation from biological principles (Center for Digital Entertainment, 01 Feb 2013). Awarded

Consultancy Activities

• Double Negative C++ short course, A series of lectures delivered at Double Negative on programming.. Double Negative studios, London, Jon Macey, 01 Nov 2014

Qualifications

• PGCE in Education Practice (HEFCE, 2013)
• PhD in Computer Science (Cambridge University, 2007)
• MSc in Computer Science (University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2003)
• BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2001)

Memberships

• Special Interest Group in Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Member (2017-), https://fluids.ac.uk/sig/SPH
• Bournemouth University Senate, Member (2015-),
• Higher Education Academy, Associate Fellow (2012-),
• Faculty Research Degrees Committee, Member (2011-),
• ACM Siggraph, Member (2009-),

Website Links

• http://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/rsouthern/