Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. Increasingly it is created by means of 3D computer graphics, ...

When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

The gig: Animator Hao Li, 34, is an assistant professor of computer science at USC, running a small, newly renovated lab with five graduate students at the university’s school of engineering. His team ...

In November 2009, golfer Tiger Woods’ life changed forever. So did TV news in Taiwan. Woods was involved in a traffic altercation that resulted in a wrecked Cadillac Escalade, minor cuts on his face ...

Animated movies are just as popular as ever, and thanks to Pixar’s vision the computer-animated movie has been the favored format for over a decade. That’s not to say it’s the best format. Give me ...

Most astonishing of all, these links imply that mathematical patterns are not icy abstractions forced upon a universe that does not want them. Anywhere there is vibration, frequency, and time, they ...

This past weekend, you relived the wonder of Jurassic Park and remembered the first time you saw convincing CG effects on screen. But Jurassic Park built on a long legacy of computer innovation, more ...

From award-winning animation artists on four continents comes COMPUTER ANIMATION MARVELS, a spectacular collection of computer-animated short films from today’s top CGI artists and storytellers. Watch ...

Ed Catmull, the Pixar Animation Studios co-founder who helped pioneer the computer-animation industry and led Walt Disney Co.’s animation business to its contemporary renaissance, is retiring. Catmull ...