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Xin Wei, Sha Assistant Professor School of Literature, Communication and Culture
(LCC)Georgia Institute of Technology It may be helpful to compare experiences with parallel experiences in the community of geometers who have used computer tools for visualization, computation and simulation, and with electronic music performers who have used gesture-based realtime controllers for performance. In
geometry and topology, pepople have built and used detailed representations
of topological and geomettrical structure, structural operators, and
numerical methods (for evolution and simualtion problems).
There are interestimg parallels in needs and debates. Here
are some long-standing experts in differential geometry and computer
tools for "visualzation" and "simulation":
Ulrich Pinkall, Technische Universität Berlin,
Fachbereich Mathematik MA 8-3 Sgb 288 , differential geometry, pinkall@math.tu-berlin.de, www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/
William Thurston, hyperbolic manifolds (Fields
medal, Geometry Center, MSRI, etc.), UC Davis
Paul Burchard (Geometry Center), Princeton CS http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~burchard/
Charlie Gunn, (Geometry Center),
Oorange ...
On capillary Surfaces (perhaps useful for contact phenomena like wet threads, films):
John McCuan, Georgia Tech Mathematics, mccuan@math.gatech.edu
Robert Finn, Stanford Mathematics, finn@math.stanford.edu
On
soap films, minimal surfaces: John Sullivan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Mathematics At GaTech, John McCuan is interested in investigating
physical phenomena related to minimal surfaces and capillary surfaces,
and has a long experience with
lab-driven physical problems. Groups:
Geometry
Center (defunct NSF center) http://www.geom.umn.edu/
GANG | Geometry Analysis Numerics Graphics http://www.gang.umass.edu/
Mathematical Sciences Reseach Institute http://www.msri.org/ eg. David Hoffman, Scientific
Graphics Project
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