The twenty-second Virtual Encounter with Outstanding Mathematicians took place on Friday, May 14th, 2021 from 12 pm until 1 pm. as our invited speaker. Ana Romero, Professor at the University of La Rioja in Spain, was our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
On this twenty-second Encounter, Dr. Ana Romero shared anecdotes of her personal life and her professional journey as a female mathematician. The speaker also presented on “The Mathematics Behind the Animated Movies,” in which she explained that geometric modeling consists of constructing and representing objects of three dimensions in a computer. The speaker also described other techniques like polygonal meshes, interpolation, approximation, constructive models, 3D reconstruction and photogrammetry. Dr. Ana Romero showed several examples like Woody from the Toy Story movie, Joy from the Inside Out movie and Yoda from the Star Wars movie.
