And the Oscar goes to . . .

Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering Award). To Jim Hourihan for the primary design and development of the interactive language-based control of particle systems as embodied in the Dynamation software package.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To John R. Anderson, Jim Hourihan, Cary Phillips and Sebastian Marino for the development of the ILM Creature Dynamics System. This system makes hair, clothing, skin, flesh and muscle simulation both directable and integrated within a character animation and rigging environment.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Florian Kainz, Jeffery Yost, Philip Hubbard and Jim Hourihan for the architecture and development of the Zeno application framework. For more than a decade, Zeno’s flexible and robust design has allowed the creation of a broad range of Academy Award-winning visual effects toolsets at ILM.

Scientific and Technical Award (Technical Achievement Award). To Jim Hourihan, Alan Trombla and Seth Rosenthal for the design and development of the Tweak Software RV system, a highly extensible media player system. RV’s multi-platform toolset for review and playback, with comprehensive APIs, has allowed studios of all sizes to take advantage of a state-of-the-art workflow and has achieved widespread adoption in the motion picture industry.