On Wednesday 20.11.2024 we will have our lecture between 10:00 - 11:45 in BBG 2.14!
(21-10-2024) The course schedule for the 2024-25 academic year is updated. Lecture material will be updated in due time.
2023-24 Projects can be viewed here
The course Computer Animation is given as part of the GMT Master programme at Utrecht University. The course consists of a number of lectures, as well as presentations by participants. Next to an introduction to basic animation techniques such as interpolation, blending, skeleton animation, facial animation, kinematics and motion synthesis, we will focus on a selection of relevant animation-oriented research papers. As part of the course, participants will make a short animation movie or work on a small research project on speech-driven 3D facial animation synthesis.
| Week | Date | Time | Room | Lecture | By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 46 | 11th Nov | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Introduction & Animation Basics | Kazi I. Haque |
| Week 46 | 13th Nov | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- K.62 (Basement) | MoCap Lab Tutporial | Kazi I. Haque |
| Week 47 | 18th Nov | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Interpolation and Blending | Metehan Doyran |
| Week 47 | 20th Nov | 10:00-11:45 | BBG- 214 | Skinning and Facial Animation | Metehan Doyran |
| Week 48 | 25th Nov | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Deep Learning Introduction | Metehan Doyran |
| Week 48 | 27th Nov | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Advanced Facial Animation and Deep Learning Tutorial | Kazi I. Haque |
| Week 49 | 2nd Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 1,2; Project Intermediary Deadline (until 23:59) | |
| Week 49 | 4th Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 3,4 | |
| Week 50 | 9th Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 5,6 | |
| Week 50 | 11th Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 7,8 | |
| Week 51 | 16th Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 9,10 | |
| Week 51 | 18th Dec | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 11,12 | |
| Week 52 & 1 | No lecture (Christmas & New Year Holidays) | ||||
| Week 2 | 6th Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 13,14 | |
| Week 2 | 8th Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 15,16 | |
| Week 3 | 13th Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 17,18 | |
| Week 3 | 15th Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 19,20 | |
| Week 4 | 20th Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 21,22 | |
| Week 4 | 22nd Jan | 09:00-10:45 | BBG- 214 | Paper 23,24 | |
| Week 5 | 29th Jan | 09:00-12:45 | BBG- 214 | Project Festival; Project Submission Deadline (until 23:59) | |
| Week 6 | 3rd Feb | Essay Submission Deadline (until 23:59) |
Introduction and Animation Basics
Supplementary Material on Linear Algebra
Motion Capture System
Interpolation and Blending
Skinning
Facial Animation
Deep Learning Introduction
Advanced Facial Animation and Deep Learning
During the course, you will read research papers and give a presentation in teams of three. You will also produce a short animation movie or work on a mini research project on speech-driven facial animation, in teams of five. Roughly halfway the course, you will send an intermediary planning report for your preferred project assignment. The final animation movies and demos of the programs will be shown at the last session. You will also write an essay on a topic within the animation research area.
You will get a grade for the research papers (R), project (P) and essay (E). R includes the paper presentation and the 6 paper reviews. You will get a grade for your presentation and this will be counted complete only if all 6 paper reviews are also delivered. Paper reviews and essay are to be done individually. Presentation and project are group assignments.
The final grade is then calculated as 0.3 * R + 0.4 * P + 0.3 * E. In order to complete the course, there is an additional restriction that E >= 5.
Retake essay: If you didn't get a sufficiently high grade, you may do a retake essay to still complete the course. Exactly the same rules as the regular essay apply. The grade you get for the retake essay will replace the (missing) grade of the regular essay. You may improve the essay you originally handed in, taking into account the feedback from the teacher, and hand in as the retake essay, or choose a new topic and write an essay about that. Note that you can only qualify for a retake essay if you have done all the parts of the course (give a presentation and deliver paper reviews, do project assignment, hand in the essay) and have a final grade of at least 4.
Attendance overall is not mandatory. However, you are required to attend the paper presentations for the papers that you write a summary.
Year 2023-24: Dr. Zerrin Yumak, Kazi Injamamul Haque, Fabien De Costa Barros
Year 2022-23: Dr. Zerrin Yumak, Kazi Injamamul Haque, Stefan Stan
