Cognitive modeling for games and animation explores the provocative but largely uncharted interface between computer graphics and artificial intelligence. That interface is now on the verge of explosive growth as a new breed of highly autonomous, quasi-intelligent graphical characters begins to populate the domains of production animation, game development, and multimedia content creation, as w...

In this paper we describe the application of the Golden Ratio to three-dimensional facial scans. The Golden Ratio is believed to be a blueprint for facial features that conform to beauty. Faces are scanned using the Minolta VI-700 range data scanner. The acquired 3D meshes are viewed and manipulated using 3DS Max and MAXScript. A Golden Mask, constructed based on the Golden Ratio is used to ind...

We want to build animated characters and robots capable of rich social interactions with humans and each other, and who are able to learn by observing those around them. An increasing amount of evidence suggests that, in human infants, the ability to learn by watching others, and in particular, the ability to imitate, could be crucial precursors to the development of appropriate social behavior...

Let E be an elliptic curve over Q with complex multiplication by the ring of integers of an imaginary quadratic eld. Let be the Hecke character associated to E by the theory of complex multiplication. Let be the complex conjugate character of. For a pair of integers k and j, deene the Hecke character ' = '(k; j) = k j. Let p be a prime where E has good, ordinary reduction. Let p be a xed prime ...

Species-level taxonomy of Bryopsidalean genera is often based on quantifiable morphological characters. Yet there are relatively few examples of statistically founded morphometric studies within this group of siphonous algae and macroalgae in general. Molecular phylogenetic studies have revealed cases of cryptic diversity in several Bryopsidalean genera and call for new approaches toward taxono...

we say that a finite group $g$ is conjugacy expansive if for anynormal subset $s$ and any conjugacy class $c$ of $g$ the normalset $sc$ consists of at least as many conjugacy classes of $g$ as$s$ does. halasi, mar'oti, sidki, bezerra have shown that a groupis conjugacy expansive if and only if it is a direct product ofconjugacy expansive simple or abelian groups.by considering a character analo...

In this paper, we propose a character recognition method for thick books with curved surfaces using a stereo vision system. Characters in images of thick book's pages acquired with an image scanner are difficult to recognize because they are deformed under the influence of curved surface. In our method, the 3D shape reconstruction of the book's surface is executed from the result of the stereos...

The modeling of human characters consists of two distinguished processes, namely the definition of 3D shape and 3D movement of the body. To achieve realism, both shape and motion information should be acquired from real persons. The two procedures are usually considered separately, by using full body scanners and motion capture systems. In this paper, we report about deterministic methods devel...

I t is well known that radium rays, as well as x-rays, are capable of affecting the living cell. Bergoni~ and Tribondeau 1 from extensive experimental studies made the generalization 2,3 that: "Immature cells and cells in an active state of division are more sensitive to the x-rays than are cells which have already acquired their fixed adult, morphological or physiological characters. ''2 Subse...