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Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Agent-based movie simulation
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gepr |
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Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Agent-based movie simulation |
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Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:34:33 -0800 |
The following is from:
2004 O'Reilly Open Source Convention Call for Participation:
Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2004/
> The keynote speakers for the next OSCON exemplify the event's
> wide-ranging mix: Freeman, George, and Esther Dyson, presenting a
> joint keynote address; Robert Lefkowitz, who was one of OSCON 2003's
> most thought-provoking speakers; Milton Ngan of Weta Digital, the
> company that created the digital effects for "The Lord of the Rings"
> films; and Tim O'Reilly. Other influential open source leaders will
> come to OSCON to accept the first Open Source Awards, produced by the
> Open Source Institute (OSI) and ZDNet (winners will be announced in
> stages during the winter and spring of 2004).
I assume that means Milton Ngan will be speaking about Massive. I
don't know if I'll go to this, though. The price is a bit too high
for me and I quickly tire of "open source" rhetoric.
address@hidden writes:
>
> In particular, if we could get someone to come talk about Massive,
> that would be ideal. And it would be a citable example of an ABM tool
> being considered useful.
>
> Rick Riolo writes:
> > I've not listened to this, so i don't know who
> > was talking to whom about what.
> >
> > Karl Sims is most famous for some work he
> > did maybe 10 years ago or so (on the
> > now defunctConnection Machine) producing really
> > compeling graphics of evolved creatures swimmming,
> > crawling, and sumo wrestling.
> >
> > we have had him here at cscs to talk in the past.
> > he would be a great keynote speaker for
> > some future swarmfest if you could get him.
> >
> > - r
> >
> > --
> > Rick Riolo address@hidden
> > Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS)
> > 4477 Randall Lab
> > University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
> > Phone: 734 763 3323 Fax: 734 763 9267
> > http://cscs.umich.edu/~rlr
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Andy Cleary wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:34:38 -0800
> > > From: Andy Cleary <address@hidden>
> > > Reply-To: address@hidden
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Subject: Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Agent-based movie simulation
> > >
> > > The guy they interview most heavily has the name Karl *Sims*... ;-)
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > At 09:41 AM 1/14/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Here is an article on the agent-based simulation used in "Lord of the
> > > >Rings":
> > > >
> > > >http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,390918-1,00.html
> > > >
> > > >Does anyone know more about how the agent behaviors were defined?
> > > >
> > > >(Perhaps we should get these people to attend SwarmFest!)
> > > >
> > > >Steve Railsback
> > > >
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