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Indepth Arts News:
"Ohio State University Receives $6 Million Software Grant
from Alias|Wavefront"
1999-08-13 until 0000-00-00
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) at The Ohio
State University
Columbus, OH,
USA United States of America
Alias|Wavefront, a Silicon Graphics Inc. company, has awarded a computer
animation software grant, valued at more than $6 million, to the
Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) at The Ohio
State University. The award provides a significant number of licenses
for the industry‚s leading 3D computer animation and design software.
Ohio State, the academic leader in computer animation and design
programs, will use the software for inter-disciplinary teaching and
research at ACCAD, according to Judith Smith Koroscik, dean of Ohio
States College of the Arts. Ohio State has built a superior teaching
and research program in computer animation and design, and this generous
award will help us maintain our international stature, says Dean
Koroscik. Our students will use the most advanced technology, and our
state-of-the-art research will forge continual innovations for
Alias|Wavefront and other industry leaders. This award creates a
research partnership that is truly an investment in innovation by the
College of the Arts at Ohio State and private industry.
With the award, Alias|Wavefront will provide Maya ® and Studio software
licenses for 110 computer stations at ACCAD and the Department of
Industrial, Interior & Visual Communication Design. Says Maria Palazzi,
new associate director of ACCAD and assistant professor of industrial
design, Maya ® is professional level software being utilized by some of
the most prestigious studios in the design and entertainment industry.
It provides sophisticated tools for character animation, simulated
cloth and dynamics, 3D paint capabilities, spectacular rendering, and
a programming language that allows users to create their own tools to be
used within the software.
When announcing this award at SIGGRAPH (the computer animation
industry‚s annual conference of computer graphics and interactive
effects) today, Alias|Wavefront‚s Tracey Hawken, manager of global
education and training, said, We believe the hallmark of a successful
industry-education partnership is a win-win-win scenario when the
students, the educational institution and industry employers all
benefit. Ohio State University is ensuring that both the entertainment
and design industries will be well supplied with talented, skilled and
professional graduates. We are pleased to include Ohio State in our
Academic Provider Program.
With ACCAD, Ohio State provides an interdisciplinary environment for
sophisticated research and graduate-level instruction in computer
graphics and the arts, and is one of the only programs of its kind in
America. Graduates of Ohio State who have studied at ACCAD have
significant influence in the area of special effects in the
billion-dollar film industry. Every major production facility in the
business has the college‚s former students involved in current projects.
Wayne Carlson, director of ACCAD, says that education and research
opportunities at Ohio State will be enhanced by the acquisition of the
new software. Maya ® offers the most powerful and complete, integrated
solution for digital artists and animators on the market today, he
explains. Partnership with Alias|Wavefront allows us to enrich our
academic programs and to directly integrate our research with production
software.
About The College of the Arts at The Ohio State University
Ohio States College of the Arts includes the School of Music and the
departments of Art, History of Art, Art Education, Theatre, Dance, and
Design, along with the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
(ACCAD). More than 1,500 undergraduate students and more than 500
graduate students currently are seeking bachelors‚ masters‚ and doctoral
degrees through the college. The college is widely known for its
academic programs, innovative partnerships, and sophisticated research.
It also seeks to expand the influence of the arts by offering a wide
range of performances and public programs in the community.
For more information about The College of the Arts at The Ohio State
University, and ACCAD, contact Pattie Charles at: 614-292-8835.
About Alias|Wavefront
Alias|Wavefront provides artists with open workflow solutions for
creative advantage. As the worlds leading innovator of 2D and 3D
graphics technology, Alias|Wavefront develops software for the film and
video, games, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization
markets.
Alias|Wavefronts film and video customers include Blue Sky, Cinesite,
CNN, Digital Anvil, Digital Domain, Dream Quest Images, Industrial
Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images, Pixar, Santa Barbara Studios, Sony
Pictures Imageworks, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Feature
Animation. Games/Interactive customers include CAPCOM, Electronic Arts,
Iguana Entertainment, Interplay, Kronos Digital Entertainment, NAMCO,
Naughty Dog, Nintendo, Rare, SEGA, 989 Studios, Square, Virtual Worlds
Entertainment and Williams/Bally Midway.
Alias|Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of
Silicon Graphics Inc. with headquarters in Toronto and technical centers
in Seattle and Santa Barbara. Please visit the Alias|Wavefront web site
at www.aliaswavefront.sgi.com or call 1-800-447-2542 or 1-978-466-7623
(outside North America) for additional product information or the
location of an authorized Alias|Wavefront dealer.
For information about Alias|Wavefront, contact Tracey Hawken at
Alias|Wavefront Inc, 416-362-9181, ext. 8265.
Alias is a registered trademark, and Alias|Wavefront and the
Alias|Wavefront logo are trademarks of Alias|Wavefront, a division of
Silicon Graphics Limited. Silicon Graphics and IRIX are registered
trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Maya and the Maya logo are
trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., exclusively used by
Alias|Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Windows and
Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Alias|Wavefront, 210 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A
1J7, Tel: 416-362-9181, FAX: 416-369-6140. PR Contact: Kelly Dove,
The Dove Group, 254-675-2634. Email k3ddove@aol.com.
> Ohio State, the academic leader in computer animation and design
programs, will use the software for inter-disciplinary teaching and
research at ACCAD, according to Judith Smith Koroscik, dean of Ohio
States College of the Arts. Ohio State has built a superior teaching
and research program in computer animation and design, and this generous
award will help us maintain our international stature, says Dean
Koroscik. Our students will use the most advanced technology, and our
state-of-the-art research will forge continual innovations for
Alias|Wavefront and other industry leaders. This award creates a
research partnership that is truly an investment in innovation by the
College of the Arts at Ohio State and private industry.
With the award, Alias|Wavefront will provide Maya ® and Studio software
licenses for 110 computer stations at ACCAD and the Department of
Industrial, Interior & Visual Communication Design. Says Maria Palazzi,
new associate director of ACCAD and assistant professor of industrial
design, Maya ® is professional level software being utilized by some of
the most prestigious studios in the design and entertainment industry.
It provides sophisticated tools for character animation, simulated
cloth and dynamics, 3D paint capabilities, spectacular rendering, and
a programming language that allows users to create their own tools to be
used within the software.
When announcing this award at SIGGRAPH (the computer animation
industry‚s annual conference of computer graphics and interactive
effects) today, Alias|Wavefront‚s Tracey Hawken, manager of global
education and training, said, We believe the hallmark of a successful
industry-education partnership is a win-win-win scenario when the
students, the educational institution and industry employers all
benefit. Ohio State University is ensuring that both the entertainment
and design industries will be well supplied with talented, skilled and
professional graduates. We are pleased to include Ohio State in our
Academic Provider Program.
With ACCAD, Ohio State provides an interdisciplinary environment for
sophisticated research and graduate-level instruction in computer
graphics and the arts, and is one of the only programs of its kind in
America. Graduates of Ohio State who have studied at ACCAD have
significant influence in the area of special effects in the
billion-dollar film industry. Every major production facility in the
business has the college‚s former students involved in current projects.
Wayne Carlson, director of ACCAD, says that education and research
opportunities at Ohio State will be enhanced by the acquisition of the
new software. Maya ® offers the most powerful and complete, integrated
solution for digital artists and animators on the market today, he
explains. Partnership with Alias|Wavefront allows us to enrich our
academic programs and to directly integrate our research with production
software.
About The College of the Arts at The Ohio State University
Ohio States College of the Arts includes the School of Music and the
departments of Art, History of Art, Art Education, Theatre, Dance, and
Design, along with the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
(ACCAD). More than 1,500 undergraduate students and more than 500
graduate students currently are seeking bachelors‚ masters‚ and doctoral
degrees through the college. The college is widely known for its
academic programs, innovative partnerships, and sophisticated research.
It also seeks to expand the influence of the arts by offering a wide
range of performances and public programs in the community.
For more information about The College of the Arts at The Ohio State
University, and ACCAD, contact Pattie Charles at: 614-292-8835.
About Alias|Wavefront
Alias|Wavefront provides artists with open workflow solutions for
creative advantage. As the worlds leading innovator of 2D and 3D
graphics technology, Alias|Wavefront develops software for the film and
video, games, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization
markets.
Alias|Wavefronts film and video customers include Blue Sky, Cinesite,
CNN, Digital Anvil, Digital Domain, Dream Quest Images, Industrial
Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images, Pixar, Santa Barbara Studios, Sony
Pictures Imageworks, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Feature
Animation. Games/Interactive customers include CAPCOM, Electronic Arts,
Iguana Entertainment, Interplay, Kronos Digital Entertainment, NAMCO,
Naughty Dog, Nintendo, Rare, SEGA, 989 Studios, Square, Virtual Worlds
Entertainment and Williams/Bally Midway.
Alias|Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of
Silicon Graphics Inc. with headquarters in Toronto and technical centers
in Seattle and Santa Barbara. Please visit the Alias|Wavefront web site
at www.aliaswavefront.sgi.com or call 1-800-447-2542 or 1-978-466-7623
(outside North America) for additional product information or the
location of an authorized Alias|Wavefront dealer.
For information about Alias|Wavefront, contact Tracey Hawken at
Alias|Wavefront Inc, 416-362-9181, ext. 8265.
Alias is a registered trademark, and Alias|Wavefront and the
Alias|Wavefront logo are trademarks of Alias|Wavefront, a division of
Silicon Graphics Limited. Silicon Graphics and IRIX are registered
trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Maya and the Maya logo are
trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., exclusively used by
Alias|Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Windows and
Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Alias|Wavefront, 210 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A
1J7, Tel: 416-362-9181, FAX: 416-369-6140. PR Contact: Kelly Dove,
The Dove Group, 254-675-2634. Email k3ddove@aol.com.
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