Miki Grahame 98 Holders Hill Road

Bournemouth University Master's degree (MSc) in Computer Animation, with Distinction

Bournemouth, UK September 2001

Master's Project: ‘HandsOn’ - A Tool for Synthesizing Animation of Sign Language

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  Created a tool to translate a sign language gesture description into life-like animation
  
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  Implemented in C++, OpenGL, MEL (Maya Embedded Language) and Perl
  
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  First known tool that enables synthesized sign language gestures to be ported to a high quality model (in Maya) and rendered at high-resolution.
  
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  Original research into gesture quality (e.g. investigating how a "smooth" gesture could be simulated), as part of a collaboration with the ViSiCAST project (www.visicast.co.uk)
  
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  Won a British Telecom prize for best Master’s Project
  

University of Cambridge Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Awarded two scholarships for academic excellence

Cambridge, UK June 1998

J.F.S. Comprehensive and South Hampstead High School 4 A-levels: Maths, Further Maths, Art, Physics (All grade 'A') 9 GCSEs (All grade 'A')

London, UK June 1994

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Technical Artist

London, UK November 2001 - present

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  Developing Maya Tools for artists and animators working on PlayStation2 games
  
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  Writing MEL scripts and Maya plug-ins
  

Institute of Education, University of London Research Officer on the Playground Project

London, UK January 1999 - August 2000

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  Design and implementation of software tools for young children
  
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  Producing appealing interfaces and animations to encourage exploration and creativity
  
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  Presenting workshops and writing papers for academic and commercial audiences
  

Technion University Research Student Conducting research in the field of software verification

Haifa, Israel July -August 1998

Data Connection Ltd. Software Engineering placement	London, UK July - September 1995
Programming in C, UNIX shell scripting, and PostScript Designing and implementing one module of a large scale product

Computer Skills

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  Portfolio of animation, life drawing, painting, printing, sculpture and photography
  
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  Worked on "Blue" – a stop-frame clay animation produced with the Computer Graphics and Animation Society in 1998. It won "Best Animation" and "Best Comedy" awards in the Guernsey Film Festival and was screened in the Museum of the Moving Image, London, UK. My contribution included animating, modeling and composing the soundtrack.
  
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  Attended the Summer Masterclass in Drawing at the Slade School of Art, London, UK
  
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  One semester of Art foundation at Middlesex University, London, UK
  
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  I compose acappella music and play piano