谢里丹及其合作伙伴获得了一笔竞争激烈的200万美元赠款，以支持创建一个普遍可访问的开源解决方案，用于虚拟人的动画。 虚拟人在训练、模拟和保健方面越来越普遍，因此需要进行应用研究和开发，为程序生成的挑战提供创新的解决方案。

Sheridan’s Screen Industries 研究 and Training Centre (SIRT) will work in collaboration with Durham College’s Hub for Applied 研究 in Artificial Intelligence for Business Solutions (AI Hub) and Mixed Reality Capture Studio (MRC), Cégep de Matane’s Centre de développement et de recherche en intelligence numérique (CDRIN) and the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup’s Le Living Lab en innovation ouverte (LLio).

应用研究与技术伙伴关系（备选方案二）赠款将增强媒体和屏幕行业的区域能力，并通过改进其现有系统、流程和产品来提高效率和创造性控制。 研究团队将进行双语、跨部门的研究和开发，重点是程序动画工作流程，其中包括先进的、数据驱动的分析，并利用人工智能和机器学习，以实现复杂和复杂的虚拟人体运动（包括手、肢体和身体）的自动化和程序生成。

“Sheridan is thrilled to be a recipient of NSERC’s ARTP funding, this project just one out of seven projects nationally supported under stream two. This initiative presents a new level of partnership across academic institutions that marks a big step for Sheridan, and further underscores SIRT’s strong leadership in their sector. SIRT continues to be at the forefront of innovation for screen-based technologies,” said Andrea England, Vice Provost of 研究 at Sheridan.

A diverse and highly-skilled group of researchers and students from the four institutions will conduct research and development using a human-centred design approach in collaboration with 11 leading companies: 《圣城VR》; 马里昂手术; 变换人工智能; 育碧; 9故事传媒集团; 占领了虚拟现实; Kavtek; 重新定义AI; 自旋视效/ BrioVR; CloudConstable Inc .); and 高级微器件. 这些公司处于行业创新和MG游戏领先地位的最前沿，这项新的研究将使他们的虚拟人力管道得以扩展、增长和发展。

“我很高兴谢里登屏幕工业研究和培训中心获得资助，以支持他们在媒体行业的持续创新和MG游戏。” 虚拟人技术的发展是一项开创性的工作，将成为我们数字世界的重要补充，”多伦多-丹佛斯议员朱莉·达布鲁辛说。

“Science and innovation lead to a stronger and more resilient economy. 作为一个政府，我们将始终支持中小型企业采用新技术，我们的大学部门在支持这些企业方面发挥着至关重要的作用。 Today’s announcement will see strong partnerships that will foster innovation and support the next big idea all while providing top notch training to Canada’s future generation of skilled workers,” said The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.

“Sheridan’s SIRT Centre is grateful for the support of NSERC in this innovative project. 这种双语开源系统的开发对加拿大及其他地区企业的成功至关重要，并将使他们能够获得在竞争激烈的行业中快速发展所需的关键技术组件。 We also thank all our industry and academic partners for their participation in this leading-edge solution,” said David Dexter, Director, SIRT.

NSERC还宣布了Sheridan参与的另外三项ARTP资助：

• Awarded a 90万美元的ARTP第一流资助, the Sheridan Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT), Sheridan Centre for Mobile Innovation (CMI) and Sheridan Centre for Elder 研究 (CER), will join forces with three key partners in industry and community to develop tools and solutions for safe health technology applications.
• 这项拨款将由百年纪念学院牵头，与CMI和CAMDT、亨伯学院和大学健康网络Kite研究所合作，支持加拿大中小型企业开发功能性电子纺织品可穿戴设备，用于发展中的全球健康电子纺织品市场的商业化。
• Led by Niagara College, in collaboration with the Southern 安大略 Network for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (SONAMI) network of research centres that includes Sheridan’s CAMDT, this grant will support research undertaken to support economic recovery for small and medium-sized enterprises through sustainability, profitability and growth.

该合作项目得到了ARTP方案二的资助，由加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会（NSERC）与加拿大卫生研究院和社会科学与人文研究理事会合作，通过三机构学院和社区创新（CCI）方案提供。 ARTP方案二资助支持一组大学开展一系列针对国家或行业挑战的研究项目，这些项目由社区和/或行业合作伙伴参与。

额外的报价:

“Durham College is incredibly grateful for this funding and support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering 研究 Council. 虚拟人的程序动画是一个令人兴奋的研究领域，它将为我们的行业合作伙伴带来效率和改进，以增强他们在市场上的竞争力。 Our highly-skilled researchers at the AI Hub and Mixed-Reality Capture Studio are excited to put their specialized talent to work alongside these three academic institutions for such an innovative and cutting-edge project.” – Debbie McKee Demczyk, Dean, Office of 研究 Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Durham College.

“Cégep de Matane and the CDRIN are very grateful for this grant and NSERC's assistance in supporting college research in entertainment and leading-edge technologies. 加拿大是人工智能和娱乐领域最受认可的地方之一，这个项目将是私营部门和学术部门合作的一个很好的展示。 The transfer possible through this project for the industry is enormous and will confirm Canada's place among the world leaders in innovation.” – Brigitte Chrétien, Director of Studies at Cégep de Matane and Julien Coll, 研究 and Innovation Advisor at CDRIN.

“LLio很自豪也很高兴有机会加入并支持一个共同创造的过程，这个过程将把利益相关者和用户聚集在一起，共同想象人类数字自我的好处和局限性。” – David Guimont, Co-Coordinator, Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup’s Le Living Lab en innovation ouverte.

关于谢里丹’s Screen Industries 研究 and Training Centre (SIRT)

One of Sheridan’s six research and incubation centres, the Screen Industries 研究 and Training Centre (SIRT), located in a 10,000 sq. 松木多伦多工作室是一个国际公认的国家资助的研究空间，专注于技术和创意研究，以及创意和文化产业内人才和内容的孵化。 SIRT plays a key role as a research and development and innovation support hub for the cinema, television, and gaming sectors in one of North America’s leading production and post-production regions. For more information visit sirtcentre.com.

To learn more about research and innovation at Sheridan, please visit research.sheridancollege.ca.

关于杜伦学院

Durham College’s (DC) 研究服务、创新和创业办公室（ORSIE）, which facilitates all applied research at the college, has been leading the way in its support of small- to medium-sized businesses and student experiential learning through innovation and collaboration since its inception in 2009. ORSIE拥有五个独特的应用研究中心，包括精酿创新中心、人工智能中心、混合现实捕获工作室、网络安全创新中心和社会影响中心。 在过去的十年中，ORSIE与200多个行业合作伙伴合作了400多个项目，涉及近700名学生，使华盛顿大学通过前沿创新、增长和有影响力的工作，成为MG游戏领先的研究机构。

About the Cégep de Matane

Located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Cégep de Matane occupies a main campus in Matane, manages the Center matapédien d'études collégiales in Amqui in collaboration with another Cégep and welcomes students within of the Collégia Group in Matane and of the ADN Campus, which has a storefront in Montreal. In all its centers, the Cégep de Matane welcomes nearly a thousand students in initial training and continuing education. The Cégep de Matane stands out in the offer of training in the fields of art and digital as well as by its presence abroad with more than 100 international partners.

About Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup’s Le Living Lab en innovation ouverte (LLio)

The Laboratoire en innovation ouverte (LLio : Open Innovation Lab) is a center for research and transfer of open innovative practices integrated at the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup. 它也是公认的技术访问中心。 LLio’s field of intervention is the adoption of open innovation practices by companies, organizations, institutions, research centers, and communities. 从这个意义上说，无论是在社会创新还是技术创新的背景下，它都是一个介入创新社会实践的研究中心。 LLio是欧洲生活实验室网络（ENoLL）的认可成员，也是法语国家生活实验室的创始成员。 它也是Synchronex和Tech-Access的成员。 For more information visit llio.quebec.

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