Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, October 28, 1998

Location:

CGL

Time:

1:30

Chair:

Celine Latulipe

Attendance: Shalini Aggarwal, Blair Conrad, Patrick Gilhuly, Eric Hall, Jan Kautz, Rick Knowles, Tim Lahey, Celine Latulipe, Viet-Tam Luu, Marryat Ma, Stephen Mann, Michael McCool, Dan Milgram, Liddy Olds, Paulo Ramos, Mark Riddell, Selina Siu, Ian Stewart, Daming Yao

1. Adoption of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour this week: Steve's making Pumpkin ice cream and Paulo is bringing something else.

Coffee hour next week: Mark Riddell

3. Next meeting

Date:

Wednesday, November 4, 1998

Location:

DC 1304

Time:

1:30

Chair:

Josée Lajoie

 

Technical presentation:

Celine Latulipe

4. Forthcoming

Chairs:

1. Viet-Tam Luu (November 11th) 
2. Marryat Ma (November 18th) 
3. Steve Mann (November 25th) 

Tech Presenters:

1. Josée Lajoie (November 11th) 
2. Viet-Tam Luu (November 18th) 
3. Marryat Ma (November 25th) 

5. Technical Presentations

Presenter:

Tim Lahey

Title: Fabric Mechanical Behaviour and Computational Models

Abstract:

Fabric behaviour has been a topic of study in textile engineering since 1930. In order to develop accurate simulations of fabric, this body of knowledge combined with the knowledge of tailors and pattern drafters should be used in the development of computational models of fabric. However, most of the models used in computer graphics do not use this knowledge. This presentation examines some of the textile engineering research and contrasts it with some of the computer graphics models of fabric. In particular, models by Baraff and Witkin, and Breen, House, and Wozny are examined.

6. General Discussion Items

7. Action List

• DGP Visit: Ian Stewart. Rides are needed. Contact Ian if you can provide a ride.
• New Lamps: Bill and Celine (What does everyone think?). This item will henceforth be gone. Eric is going to look into light bulbs for overhead lighting.
• CGL lab member photo -- TODAY. Taken.

8. Director's Meeting

Steve reported that we are getting a CD-ROM burner and also new memory for one of the PCs.

9. Seminars

• ICR short courses

``You should register early as space is limited.''
 

•      Wednesday, October 28, 1998
            The infraNET Project Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series
            ``The State of High-Tech Venture Capital: A Provincial Opportunity''
            Dennis Bennie, CEO, XDL Capital Corporation
            Registration is required x5611 URL:http://infranet.uwaterloo.ca/
            2:30 - 4:00 p.m; DC1302
  
       Thursday, October 29, 1998
            TRACE Workshop
            ``Using Student Feedback on Teaching: on integrating student
            and course evaluation feedbak into the practice of teaching''
            Trevor Dickinson, Engineering Department
            Register with Helen Martin, x2973, 824-4120  hmartin@tss.uoguelph.ca
            10:30-12:00 noon, Teaching Resource Centre, Day Hall,Rm 125,U.Guelph
  
       Friday, October 30, 1998
            Computer Science Graduate Seminar Presentation
            ``Mining and Visualizing Association Rules from Large Data Sets''
            Jianchao Han, CS Ph.D. Candidate, U. of Waterloo
            11:30a.m. - 12:30p.m.; DC1331
  
           TRACE Teaching Event
               ``Problem Solving in Your Classroom''
               Claire Bilodeau, Laval University
               Enrolment limited to 40:
               register by Wed Oct 28th at trace@watserv1
               1:30 - 3:30 p.m.; MC4040
  
       Monday, November 2, 1998
            University of Waterloo Bioinformatics Day
            Sponsored by CITO
            ``Invited and submitted presentations on current research trends
            in the area of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.''
            Local arrangements can be arranged through the organizers,
            Paul Kearney, pkearney@math and Ming Li, mli@math
            http://www.uwaterloo.ca/        (includes directions)
            http://wh.math.uwaterloo.ca/
  
       Wednesday, November 4, 1998
            Sun Microsystems Presents
            ``JAVA Technology Past, Present and Future''
            James Gosling, Father of Java Technology, Sun Microsystems
            9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; Humanities Theatre, UofW
  
  

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10. Lab Beautification