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Professor Komura, Taku 幸村琢

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Professor Komura, Taku 幸村琢

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Taku Komura joined Hong Kong University in 2020. Before joining HKU, he worked at the University of Edinburgh (2006-2020), City University of Hong Kong (2002-2006) and RIKEN (2000-2002). He received his BSc, MSc and PhD in Information Science from University of Tokyo. His research has focused on data-driven character animation, physically-based character animation, crowd simulation, 3D modelling, cloth animation, anatomy-based modelling and robotics. Recently, his main research interests have been on physically-based animation and the application of machine learning techniques for animation synthesis. He received the Royal Society Industry Fellowship (2014) and the Google AR/VR Research Award (2017).

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
The University of TokyoBSc
The University of TokyoMSc
The University of TokyoPhD
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2022-08-11Best Paper Award, SIGGRAPH 2022
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
12/2025-12/2028Commitee MemberSIGGRAPH The SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group
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