Seminar WS2008/2009: Current Topics in Computer Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Computer Vision
Computer Graphics is a highly active research field combining aspects of several areas of practical as well as theoretical Computer Science: For example, compact data structures and efficient algorithms are required for real-time renderings and simulations. The generation of photo-realistic images and visualizations is often derived from physical processes observed in the real world. On the other hand, the area of Geometry Processing is founded on classical results of mathematics and many problems in Computer Vision can efficiently be solved using advanced optimization techniques and geometric methods. Hence, Computer Graphics is one of the most inter-disciplinary research fields in Computer Science.
The conferences with the strongest impact on the graphics world are SIGGRAPH and Eurographics, whereas CVPR and ICCV have the strongest impact on the Computer Vision community. In this seminar we will discuss results presented recently at those conferences with a focus on the most interesting and innovative ideas. Participating students have the chance to get familiar with state-of-the-art solutions to problems in Computer Graphics, Modeling and Visualization, and Computer Vision and will get an insight into the involved techniques.
Topics
1 | Surface Modeling | Dirk Wilden |
2 | Mesh Segmentation | David Bilge |
6 | Image Editing | Mario Fraikin |
7 | Video Editing | Johannes Frohn |
8 | Real-Time Global Illumination | David Geier |
9 | Smoke Simulation & Rendering | David Bulczak |
10 | Hair Simulation & Rendering | Lars Mahnkopf |
11 | Image Segmentation | Mohammad Abbas |
12 | Optical Flow | Wolfgang Mehner |
13 | Depth Map Recovery | Johannes Laudenberg |
14 | Structure From Motion | Eduard Feicho |
16 | Camera Projector Systems | Philipp Fischer |
Important Dates
18.07.2008, 15:00 | Introductory Meeting, Room 6317 |
01.12.2008 | Deadline for Reports |
06., 09., 10.02.2009 | Slide Review |
16.-18.02.2009 | Presentations |
Downloads
Slides of the introductory meeting.
Ethical Guidelines for the Authoring of Academic Work in German and English.
Declaration of Compliance in German and English.
Latex Template
As noted in the introductory meeting, the use of LaTeX and our LaTeX template is mandatory. On Linux, please perform the following steps:
- Download the archive from here: reports.tar.gz
- Unpack the archive with "tar xzf reports.tar.gz"
- Enter the directory: cd reports
- Generate the file reports.pdf by running the script "doit"
The newly generated file contains a description of the template and how to use it. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Furthermore, there are two introductions to LaTeX online, one in German and one in English.
Slide Templates
There are slide templates available for PowerPoint, OpenOffice and Keynote. If you prefer to use your own template that is also ok. In our seminar room we have a computer with PowerPoint and OpenOffice installed, but you can bring your own laptop if you like.
Final Reports
The final reports can be downloaded here.