loki@physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson Rm421) (10/26/90)
Hey ho...
I need some help/suggestions/advice from the great, unabashed
masses out there. A mathematics professor I know well has developed
some really impressive approaches to describing curves, and, more
generally, surfaces. They are a truly original collection of descriptions
which beat bsplines, cardinals and bezier curves hands down! He is
still working on them, optimizing them and examining other approaches
and he could really use some support from an interested group or
corporation.
The development platforms that I have seen prompt me to thinking
that I am looking at the next great thing in curves and surfaces. This
is basically because of the amount of intuitive control one has over
them. However, he is working on a borrowed Personal IRIS (for the graphics)
and a Mac II (for the Mathematica) with one underpaid assistant and, thus, not
progressing as quickly as he ought to be able to for the lack of funding.
Who does one turn to for support? How does one form a
partnership which permits the good professor to fund his research
and maximize the benefit the rest of us? Has anyone done anything
similar? Is there a mailing list for progressive graphics software
companies who are into R&D?
Appreciative of any comments or opinions,
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<_< Anatomically incorrect and proud of it >_>peter@stonehenge.ccs.uwo.ca (Mr. Peter Budgell) (10/26/90)
In article <9010260338.AA09411@gollum.Physics.McGill.CA> loki@physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson Rm421) writes: (edited) > A mathematics professor I know well has developed >some really impressive approaches to describing curves, and, more >generally, surfaces. They are a truly original collection of descriptions >which beat bsplines, cardinals and bezier curves hands down! He is >still working on them, optimizing them and examining other approaches >and he could really use some support from an interested group or >corporation. > > Who does one turn to for support? How does one form a >partnership which permits the good professor to fund his research >and maximize the benefit the rest of us? Has anyone done anything >similar? Is there a mailing list for progressive graphics software >companies who are into R&D? All too real a problem. Can't interest NSERC? The prof would need to expose the possibilities of the techniques to some of the commercial software development companies (without letting the secrets loose). At least one rendering software company is in this country (in Toronto); of course most of the work is in the U.S. It is hard to keep control of the inventions once they get loose. How does one balance public funding with the need to get funding from commercial concerns? This sounds too much like a basic Canadian problem: culturally, we are not marketing oriented people. Any comments? Peter Design Automation and Manufacturing Research Laboratory University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada peter@engrg.uwo.ca