Vienna University of Technology 186.162 Seminar (mit Bachelorarbeit) 186.175 Seminar aus Computergraphik WS 2010 Organizer: Peter Sikachev Teaching staff: Martin Haidacher, Peter Rautek, Andrej Varchola, Dan Shao, Eduard Gröller Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms Vienna University of Technology

Get an idea how scientific work is carried out (in CG) Seminar Mission statement: Get an idea how scientific work is carried out (in CG) Practice to review literature and get familiar with a particular scientific topic Selecting, reading and understanding Summarizing and explaining (orally and written) Comparing and discussing Practice to give a talk Experience critical scientific discussion Peter Sikachev

processing.org Open source Programming language Environment Visual Artwork Your task Introduction to the language and programming environment Overview of the community Showcase projects     Peter Sikachev

Shadows in Computer Graphics Basic algorithms shadow mapping shadow volumes Advanced algorithms Percentage-close filtering Variance shadow mapping …     Peter Sikachev

Caustics, Light Shafts, God Rays Water Reflected/refracted Multiple bounces Light shafts Dust God rays Underwater     Peter Sikachev

Interactive Ambient Occlusion Interactive methods Methods with preprocessing Precomputed radiance transfer     Peter Sikachev

Vis. and Interaction of vy Large Data Sets Size and resolution grow fast High resolution => small piece of the data can be shown on the screen Find and summarize methods which are able to visualize large data sets and furthermore help to interact with them for a better investigation     Peter Sikachev

3D Medical Volume Segmentation Extract the region of interest, or anatomical organ Important part of medical applications for analysis of anatomical data     Peter Sikachev

Aesthetic Measures in Visualization How to define nice image? Parameters that are important colors lights material …     Peter Sikachev

Visibility Algorithms How to modify the visibility of the objects? Research in context cut-away opacity modulation exploded views ...     Peter Sikachev

Seminar Tasks: Submit initial literature list 3 Lectures: „Wie halte ich einen Vortrag“ (Prof. Purgathofer) „Forschung und wie sie funktioniert“ (Prof. Gröller) „How to write a scientific paper“ (Prof. Wimmer) Write draft of your thesis Review a draft of a colleague Give a presentation Active discussion participation Revision of final document Peter Sikachev

Use Institute’s PowerPoint template for presentations Talk Use Institute’s PowerPoint template for presentations 20 + 5 minutes talk In English Active discussion participation is mandatory and will be graded Reviewer has to begin the discussion Peter Sikachev

Seminar Thesis (186.175) : STAR 8-12 pages per student Bachelor Thesis (186.162): book chapter 16-24 pages per student In English Format reports in the style of a scientific paper Use LaTeX Students can work in groups of two Peter Sikachev

Scientific discussion Review of a paper: Draft of thesis one week before presentation Everyone gets one draft to review Typical review form of a conference (Eurographics) Help author to improve the manuscript Reviewer begins discussion after the talk Revision Improve final submission according to reviewers comments Peter Sikachev

Wed, 20.10., Deadline list of literature Important Dates Attend 3 lectures : Fr 22.10., 15:00, “Forschung und wie sie funktioniert” Thu, 28.10., 13:15, “How to write a scientific paper” Tue 14.12., 14:30, “Wie halte ich einen Vortrag” Wed, 20.10., Deadline list of literature Sun, 5.12., Deadline draft of your paper Mon, 6.12., Receive paper for review Wed, 15.12., Deadline review Thu, 16.12., 8:00 - 16:00: Presentations End of the semester: Deadline for final paper 24th Nov, 2008. 17:00-18:30, FH Hörsaal 6 Peter Sikachev

Topics Assignment Important Dates 24th Nov, 2008. 17:00-18:30, FH Hörsaal 6 Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX „Programming“ a text document Similarities to HTML No WYSIWYG Most convenient to use a LaTeX distribution and a LaTeX IDE (integrated development environment) What You See Is What You Get Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX First install a LaTeX Distribution MiKTeX Then a LaTeX IDE TeXnicCenter Texmaker LEd Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX MiKTeX "Basic MiKTeX" Installer Adds the MiKTeX \bin directory to the PATH Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX Extract the archive acmsiggraph.zip Open a command line window Go to the directory where template.tex is On command line type: epstopdf sample.eps In LaTeX IDE open template.tex Change all sample.eps to sample.pdf Produce PDF document In TeXnicCenter open template.tex Select LaTeX=>PS output profile Produce a PS document Convert PS to PDF using Adobe Distiller Peter Sikachev

A very short introduction to LaTeX Work with 2 files: A .tex file for the text A .bib file for the bibliography which is used by the citations command \cite Peter Sikachev

Seminar Questions? http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/courses/Seminar/index.html Peter Sikachev