Jack M. Wang, Ph.D.
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- jmwang@graphics.stanford.edu
- Gates Computer Science Building, Room 362
Research Interests
My interests center around automatic controller synthesis and computer models of human motion. In particular, I study how they can be used to improve our understanding of human motor control, as well as the quality of character animation in virtual environments. I'm also generally interested in visual applications of machine learning.
Degrees
Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2010
M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2005
B.Math. in Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 2004
Honors and Awards
Robert Lansdale/Okino Computer Graphics Fellowship, 2008
NSERC Summer Program in Taiwan Supplement, 2008
Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2006-2008
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, 2004-2006
University of Toronto Fellowship, 2004-2006
University of Waterloo: Graduated 'With Distinction - Dean's Honours List', 2004
Nortel Networks Undergraduate Scholarship, 1999-2004
Representative Publications
Jack M. Wang, Samuel R. Hamner, Scott L. Delp, and Vladlen Koltun. 2012. Optimizing Locomotion Controllers Using Biologically-Based Actuators and Objectives. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Proc. SIGGRAPH), Article 25, 11 pages.
Sergey Levine, Jack M. Wang, Alexis Haraux, Zoran Popović, and Vladlen Koltun. 2012. Continuous Character Control with Low-Dimensional Embeddings. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Proc. SIGGRAPH), Article 28, 10 pages.
Jack M. Wang, David J. Fleet, and Aaron Hertzmann. 2010. Optimizing Walking Controllers for Uncertain Inputs and Environments. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Proc. SIGGRAPH), Article 73, 8 pages.
Jack M. Wang, David J. Fleet, and Aaron Hertzmann. 2009. Optimizing Walking Controllers. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 28, No. 5 (Proc. SIGGRAPH Asia), Article 168, 8 pages.
Jack M. Wang, David J. Fleet, and Aaron Hertzmann. 2008. Gaussian Process Dynamical Models for Human Motion. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Vol. 30, No. 2. pages 283-298.
Hobbies
Looking for good restaurants, Netflix, playing violin poorly...