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Doug L. James is the LeRa Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he has been since June 2015. In addition to his role at Stanford, he holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Music and is a member of the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) and the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME). He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia in 2001 and served as an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute before becoming an Associate Professor at Cornell University from 2006 to 2015. His research interests encompass computer graphics, computer sound, and physically-based modeling for animation, along with reduced-order physics models. Doug has received several prestigious accolades, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award in 2021. He has also contributed significantly to industry as a consulting Senior Research Scientist for Pixar Animation Studios and NVIDIA Research.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science.
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University • Stanford, California
Affiliated faculty member supporting research in music and acoustics.
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME), Stanford University • Stanford, California
Affiliated faculty member involved in computational engineering research.
Pixar Animation Studios • Emeryville, California
Provided consulting in computer graphics and animation.
Cornell University • Ithaca, New York
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor in the Robotics Institute.
Patent related to acoustic simulation methods.
Patent focused on sculpting brushes used in elasticity modeling.
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