Convergent Media Lab

May 28, Convergent Media Laboratory Seminar: "Games Technology and Games Programming Courses in Bournemouth University and UK"

By admin April 9, 2013 EVENTS

Date: 13:30-14:30, May 28, 2013
Place: E31
Title: Games Technology and Games Programming Courses in Bournemouth University and UK
Speaker: Dr. Feng TIAN
Associate Professor in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing (DEC), Bournemouth University

Abstract:
Many universities in UK are now offering game related courses. In my presentation I will first give an outline about the overall game education in UK. Then, going a bit deeper, I will introduce the two game-related courses: games technology (GT) and games programming (GP), offered by my department which is what we call Creative Technology Framework, in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing (DEC), Bournemouth University (BU), UK. The differences between two courses, including their rationale, design and structure will be outlined. I may also give a brief introduction to my school DEC and BU if time allows.
In the second part I will share a novel approach to address the feature-agnosticism of linear blending for terrain texturing by making the distinction between features (bricks, cobble stone, etc.) and non-features (cement, mortar, etc.). The intermittent texture transitions are generated on the fly without the need for artistic intervention. The scalability and diversity of the approach can be tailored to a wide range of hardware and can utilize textures of any size and shape. Results and performance analysis will be given during the presentation.

tianfengBiography:
Dr. Feng TIAN is an Associate Professor in the School of Design, Engineering & Computing (DEC), Bournemouth University. He has been researching in the areas of Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, NPR, etc. and has published over 50 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences. Prior to joining in Bournemouth University, he was an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. As a visiting scholar, he has been visiting and collaborating with a number of universities, including Paris University XI, France, New South-Wales University, Australia, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, etc.