Christopher Batty
Assistant Professor
Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. Christopher Batty is an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Research Interest
Professor Batty's research interests lie in the areas of computer graphics and scientific computing. In particular, his work focuses on physics-based animation, which combines elements of mechanics, geometry, numerical methods, and computer animation to approximate and predict the motion of objects and materials, with applications to entertainment and visual effects. His past work has considered a wide range of fundamental fluid phenomena, from simulating the unique coiling and folding motions of viscous liquids like honey, to representing and evolving the detailed geometry of a liquid surface as it undergoes complex topological merging and splitting. The techniques developed by Professor Batty for solid-fluid interaction and highly viscous liquids have been widely adopted within the film and visual effects industries, and incorporated into fluid animation software such as Side Effects Software's Houdini and Autodesk's BiFrost.
Publications
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F Da, C. Batty, C. Wojtan, and E. Grinspun. Double Bubbles Sans Toil and Trouble: Discrete Circulation-Preserving Vortex Sheets for Soap Films and Foams. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2015), 34(4).
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Y. Yue, B. Smith, C. Batty, C. Zheng, and E. Grinspun. Continuum Foam: A Material Point Method for Shear-Dependent Flows. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 34(5), 2015.
