Dr Richard Southern
- 01202 961877
- rsouthern at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1933-3951
- Head Of Computer Animation Department
- Weymouth House W243, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
- Keywords:
- Computer animation
- Robotics
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Biography
Richard is Head of Department at the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University, the leading school for education and research in Computer Animation and Visual Effects in the UK and one of the top 5 worldwide. He has undertaken research in many areas of Computer Graphics, including dynamical modelling, fluid simulation, geometry processing, virtual reality and real-time rendering. In collaboration with partners in the Visual Effects industry he continues to develop high performance and practical solutions to many problems related to film production.
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).
- 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).
- 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.
- Southern, R., Guo, S., Greer, D., Chang, J. and Zhang, J.J., 2014. Adaptive Motion Synthesis for Virtual Characters: A Survey. The Visual Computer.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Yang, X., Chang, J., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J., 2012. Automatic Cage Construction for Retargeted Muscle Fitting. Visual Computer, 29, 369-380.
- 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.
- Yang, X., Southern, R. and Zhang, J., 2009. Fast simulation of skin sliding. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 20 (2-3), 333-342.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Jones, R. and Southern, R., 2017. Physically-based droplet interaction.
- 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.
- 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. SciTePress, 285-293.
- 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.
- Southern, R., Guo, S., Liu, F. and Zhang, J.J., 2012. A biologically inspired latent space for gait parameterization.
- Berman, S., Southern, R., Vasey, A. and Ziskind, D., 1998. Spatio-temporal Access in Persistent Java. Morgan Kaufmann, 250-258.
- Yang, X., Chang, J., Southern, R. and Zhang, J.J.. Automatic Muscle Retargeting for Character Animation. In: Computer Graphics International June 2012 Bournemouth.
Reports
- Southern, R., 2011. Compact elliptical basis functions for surface reconstruction. Poole, England: Bournemouth University.
- Southern, R., 2011. The force density method: A brief introduction. Poole, England: Bournemouth University.
- 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.
- 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.
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
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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-),
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