Art teacher, Mr. Wrigley shares that this Thursday at 4:00 pm in the lecture hall, Dr. Theodore Kim, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Yale University will talk about computer animation as an intersection of mathematics and artistic thinking, and the limitations of both. He’ll talk about the interrelation between Asian Americans and STEM over the past several decades, and show examples of computer animation as applications of mathematics and physics. He’ll also detail the mysterious past of an early Asian American computer graphics pioneer whose algorithms are the reason why TOY STORY…is about toys.
Dr. Theodore Kim, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, previously worked as Senior Research Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios, where he received screen credits for Cars 3, Coco, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4. His algorithms have appeared in over 20 films, and he received Scientific and Technical Academy Awards in both 2012 and 2022.
"The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers." - James Baldwin
