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Researchers at the University of Bradford will be looking into ways of improving the computer modelling and animation used in such films as Shrek.

Researchers at the

will be looking into ways of improving the computer modelling and animation used in such films as Shrek, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and Jimmy Neutron.

Dr. Hassan Ugail and Dr. Ian Palmer from the University’s School of Informatics have been awarded a grant of around £300,000 to carry out fundamental research into developing new techniques for computer-based modelling and animation.

The grant, awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), will see a collaboration between the Bradford researchers, and Professor Phil Willis of the Department Computer Science at University of Bath.

Support for the research also comes from an external industrial leader, Alias, whose ‘MAYA’ software is presently the industry standard in the field.

The research, which will start this November and hopefully conclude by the end of 2008, will develop new techniques to address many of the existing issues in geometry modelling and animation.

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