Jessica Hodgins

Jessica Hodgins is Allen Newell University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research creates control algorithms for physically simulated characters and robots, including human motion synthesis for animation, robotic manipulation, and dynamic simulations of clothing/fluids. Recent publications focus on kinematic motion retargeting, volumetric hairstyle modeling, and translating facial expressions to robot gestures.

Her lab integrates motion capture with reinforcement learning to develop robust controllers for humanoid robots performing complex tasks. Additional work explores physics-based simulation for virtual characters and computational fabrication methods.