Kelly Ward
Kelly Ward is currently a software engineer at Walt Disney Feature
Animation, where she works on look development and hair generation tools
for feature films. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer
Science from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2002 and
2005, respectively. She received a B.S. with honors in Computer Science
and Physics from Trinity College in 2000 where she was named the
President's Fellow in Physics in 1999-2000. During the summers of
2002 and 2003, she worked at Intel Corporation and Rhythms and Hues Studios.
Her research interests include hair modeling, physically-based
simulation, and computer animation. She has given several presentations
and invited lectures on her hair modeling research at international
venues.