Richard Southern

Experience

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  EM Software & Systems S.A. (Pty) Ltd

  Nov 2001 - Oct 2003

  Software Engineer

  Richard led the team developing POSTFEKO to an alpha release, and developed an early prototype for the modelling system CADFEKO. http://www.feko.info/

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  Bournemouth University

  Jul 2008 - Oct 2022

  I am Head of Education at the National Centre for Computer Animation, responsible for quality and delivery of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Computer Animation programmes. I teach programming, parallel programming and real-time rendering. I currently undertake research into the dynamics of bipedal locomotion and fluid dynamics, and supervise 5 PhD or EngD students. I am full time research and lecturing staff at the National Center for Computer Animation (NCCA). I am a unit leader for the new BSc SDAGE course offered at the Media School. Actively engaged in research into character modeling and animation. The Bystander Project is a collaborative project between 4 universities to determine the factors affecting a bystander's likelihood of intervening in a violent emergency. This phenomenon will be evaluated objectively by simulating a violent scenario in an immersive virtual environment. Richard leads the Bournemouth University research team responsible for modeling and animation capture of interacting, violent and expressive virtual characters.

  • Head of Department, National Centre for Computer Animation

    Sept 2019 - Oct 2022

  • Principal Academic

    Oct 2016 - Oct 2022

  • Senior Lecturer

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2016

  • Research Lecturer

    Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

  • Research Fellow

    Jul 2008 - Jul 2011
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  Foundry

  Oct 2022 - now

  Leading the Chimera team, focused on performance and optimization of Katana.

  • Lead Research Engineer - Machine Learning

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Lead Developer

    Oct 2022 - Sept 2023