Seminar SS2009: Current Topics in Computer Graphics, Geometry Processing, and Computer Vision
Computer Graphics, Geometry Processing and Computer Vision are highly active research fields 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. Hence, the three topics covered in this seminar are among 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.
In this semester the seminar is jointly organized by Prof. Kobbelt and Prof. Leibe.
Possible topics include
- Surface modeling
- Mesh segmentation
- Parameterization and texturing
- Point cloud reconstruction
- Real-time global illumination techniques
- Image and video editing
- Reconstruction from images
- Camera calibration and structure from motion
- Object recognition and tracking
- Machine learning techniques
Important Dates
12.02.2009, 17.00h Introductory Meeting, Room 6317
18.05.2009, Deadline for report outlines
15.06.2009, Deadline for reports
13.07.2009, Deadline for slides
29.-31.07.2009, Presentations
10.08.2009, Deadline for final reports
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.