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Marc N Downie

from Chicago, IL
Age ~48
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Marc Downie Phones & Addresses

  • Chicago, IL
  • 71 Elm St, Cambridge, MA 02139
  • Somerville, MA
  • New York, NY

Work

Company: Openendedgroup 2005 Position: Artist and co-founder

Education

Degree: Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy

Skills

Human Computer Interaction • User Interface Design • Algorithms • Visual Arts • Python • Art • Animation • Artificial Intelligence • Rapid Prototyping • Statistics • Interaction Design • Research • User Experience • Experience Design • Game Development • Computer Animation • User Interface • Curating • Storyboarding • Data Visualization

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Arts And Crafts

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Artist And Co-Founder

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Location:
Chicago, IL
Industry:
Arts And Crafts
Work:
Openendedgroup
Artist and Co-Founder
Education:
University of Cambridge 1994 - 1998
Skills:
Human Computer Interaction
User Interface Design
Algorithms
Visual Arts
Python
Art
Animation
Artificial Intelligence
Rapid Prototyping
Statistics
Interaction Design
Research
User Experience
Experience Design
Game Development
Computer Animation
User Interface
Curating
Storyboarding
Data Visualization

Publications

Us Patents

Integrated Learning For Interactive Synthetic Characters

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US Patent:
20110099130, Apr 28, 2011
Filed:
Jul 15, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/891657
Inventors:
Bruce M. Blumberg - Concord MA, US
Marc Norman Downie - Cambridge MA, US
Yuri Ivanov - Arlington MA, US
Matthew Roberts Berlin - Concord MA, US
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge MA
International Classification:
G06F 15/18
US Classification:
706 12
Abstract:
A practical approach to real-time learning for synthetic characters grounded in the techniques of reinforcement learning and informed by insights from animal training. The approach simplifies the learning task for characters by (a) enabling them to take advantage of predictable regularities in their world, (b) allowing them to make maximal use of any supervisory signals, and (c) making them easy to train by humans. An autonomous animated dog is described that can be trained with a technique used to train real dogs called “clicker training.”
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