1. Seminar aus Computergrafik 186.175 - WS 2012/2013 Przemyslaw Musialski Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms (E186) Vienna University of Technology http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/staff/PrzemyslawMusialski.html

2. Organization (1) Important: Register in TUWEL!TUWEL – This seminar is managed with the TUWEL platform. FORUM: All news will be announced in the News Forum.News Forum – Questions can also be posted in the forum. Registration is mandatory. – You can register starting on 02.10.2012 until 29.10.2012 on TUWEL.TUWEL 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20132

3. Organization (2) Starting today at 2pm the subscription will open in form of waiting lists – subscribe to 3 topics until today, 11pm. – Groups of two: write me an e-mail and subscribe to the waiting-lists as usual. The final topic assignments we be available tomorrow before noon. After that the subscription to the remaining topics will stay open until 29th of October 2012. 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20133

4. Organization (3) There will be regular meetings (up to 6) with the advisor – Meetings to be set up personally using TUWEL forum. Discussion per TUWEL-Forum is also possible – Ask questions – Explain your progress – Set up dates for appointments. Important: always submit any assignments to TUWEL! 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20134

5. 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 review the works of others Practice to give a talk Experience critical scientific discussion 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20135

6. Seminar Tasks: 1.Submit initial literature list 2.3 Lectures: – „Wie halte ich einen Vortrag“ (Prof. Purgathofer), – „Forschung und wie sie funktioniert“ (Prof. Gröller), – „How to write a scientific paper“ (Prof. Wimmer) 3.Write a draft of your state-of-the-art report 4.Review a draft of a colleague 5.Give a presentation 6.Active discussion participation 7.Revision of final document 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20136

7. Literature List Analyze some recent papers (select with advisor) – study relevant papers for topic understanding Use scientific portals and search engines: Citeseer Google Scholar The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies Graphics Papers ACM Digital Library, SIGGRAPH Proceedings IEEE Computer Society Digital Library Libra Academic Search Links are also online at TUWEL 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20137

8. Written Report State-of-the-Art Report: STAR – 8-12 pages per student Preferably in English Format reports in the style of a scientific paper – Use LaTeX (ACM template on TUWEL) – A not so short introduction to LaTeX A not so short introduction to LaTeX – MiKTeX, free distribution of LaTeX for Microsoft Windows MiKTeX – TexnicCenter is an IDE for developing LaTeX documents on Microsoft Windows TexnicCenter Students can work in groups of two – 15-16 pages common report 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20138

9. Scientific Review Review of a paper: – Draft of the report must be submitted – Everyone gets a draft to review Typical review form of a conference (Eurographics) Help author to improve the manuscript Read how to review a scientific paper: – Read Greg Turks Notes: http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/submissions/juried/papers/revi ew_writing.php Read Greg Turks Notes: http://www.siggraph.org/s2008/submissions/juried/papers/revi ew_writing.php Revision – You will receive 2 reviews (supervisor, student) – Improve final submission according to comments in reviews 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/20139

10. Talk Use PowerPoint template for presentations – (download on TUWEL) 15 + 10 minutes talk Preferable in English Active discussion participation is mandatory and will be graded (5%) 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201310

11. Grading The quality of the written report is worth 40% of the grade The quality of the talk is worth 30% of the grade The quality of the review is worth 20% of the grade Active discussion participation is worth 5% of the grade Attendance during the meetings is worth 5% of the grade 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201311

12. Important Dates Attend 3 lectures : – 08.11. 17:00, “Forschung und wie sie funktioniert” – 13.11. 17:00, “Wie halte ich einen Vortrag” – 20.11. 15:00, “How to write a scientific paper” 29.10.12 Deadline: list of literature 26.11.12 Deadline: draft of your paper 04.12.12 Receive paper for review 10.12.12 Deadline: review 24.01.13 Presentations 28.01.13 Deadline: final version 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201312

13. TOPICS (number of students) Please prepare to take some notes... 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201313

14. – gemeinsam mit Architekturstudenten! – Betreuung: Peter Ferschin, Michael Jenewein – Vorbesprechung: Diensteg 09.10.2012, 10:00 Ugr – Seminarraum IEMAR (Treitlstr. 3, 1.Stock) – Recherche zu gewähltem Thema – Auseinandersetzg., Strukturierg., Beurteilg. – Kurzvortrag und schriftl. Beitrag Special Topic: VR in der Architektur 14 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/2013

15. Topic: Image Stitching State-of-the-art Image Stitching methods for the generation of: – Large panorama views – Seamless import of source image regions into a destination region 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201315

16. Topic: Virtual Texturing History and state-of-the-art methods of texturing using one huge texture “ MegaTexture“ used by id software 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201316

17. Topic: Shape and Motion from Video Shape and Motion from Video (Smartphone Crowd) Different smartphones at different times register the same space – Characteristics are low quality, noisy data, missing data in both space and time, position through accelerometer, GPS. Review state-of-the-art techniques to achieve aspects of that specific goal, given its characteristics. 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201317

18. Topic: Simulation of Out-of-Core Data Review papers dealing with out-of-core data simulations, e.g. fluids (preferably with real- time and interactive focus). 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201318

19. Topic: Robust Surface Reconstruction Robustness in Surface Reconstruction: – How to deal with missing data – How to deal with noise – How to deal with outliers – How to reconstruct sharp edges from models State-of the art methods in robust surface reconstruction from point clouds 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201319

20. Topic: Wavelets in CG Give an overview of state-of-the-art uses of wavelets in computer graphics. 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201320

21. Topic: Video Stabilization Give an overview of state-of-the-art methods in video stabilization and related improvements of video sources. 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201321

22. Topic: Out-of-Core Surface Reconstruction Estimation of surfaces based on given point data Huge initial data sets Too big to fit into memory for processing 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201322

23. Topic: Complexity Analysis Multidimensional data structures are used in many fields in computer graphics Data structures are chosen dependent on actual requirements Operations on data structures can be classified according to time complexity TASK: research literature on multi-dimensional data structures and provide a State-of-the-Art Report. ?O(log n) 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201323

24. Topic: Point Cloud Navigation Visualization of architectural sites. Path planning, collision detection, and free navigation features. Point clouds, not geometric objects. Give overview on state of art 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201324 Snap of Hanghäuser in Ephesos taken from Terapoints a software for point clouds visualisation.

25. Topic: Point Cloud Compression Recent laser scanners produce enormous point clouds. Compression is one way to handle. Give an overview of 3D points compression techniques. 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201325

26. Research state of the art techniques for rendering of hair in games and movies. Topic: Hair Rendering 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201326

27. Research automatic algorithms for detection of man-made- objects or other human impact in satellite and aerial images. Topic: Detection of Man-Made-Objects 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201327

28. Topic: Procedural Texture Synthesis Procedural texture generation is well known as a powerful tool for synthesis of a large range of materials It is also known to be not easy to control Provide a State-of-the-Art Report on that Topic 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201328

29. Topic: Modeling with Quad-Meshes Quad Meshes are meshes which contain only quadrilateral elements (= quads) They are very useful in modeling and animation Provide a State-of-the-Art Report on that Topic 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201329

30. Topic: Overview of Interior Design Software Try out solutions for interior modeling and planning compare capabilities, Look for advanced features, Collect background info and Judge about the data structures and algorithms 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201330

31. Topic: Efficient BSP-Trees Provide an overview of state-of-the-art methods for: – manipulation, – compression, – optimization and – navigation in BSP-Trees. This involves identification of topologically connected regions, removal of redundant nodes and balancing 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201331

32. Topic: Autostereo Displays Review state-of-the-art – Software – Hardware Discuss – Technical Limitations – Perceptual Problems – User Acceptance – Future Trends 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201332

33. Topic: Gaze-Contigent Displays Gaze-contingent displays attempt to tailor visual information displayed to the actual focus of the observer, which is determined through real-time eye movement sensing. Research: 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201333 Gaze-contigent 3D collision detection Gaze-contigent multi-resolution – LOD Techniques Object space Image space – Eye-related effects Depth-of-field HDR Tonemapping 3D Stereo

34. Seminar Questions? Use TUWEL to communicate with your supervisor. https://tuwel.tuwien.ac.at/course/view.php?id=4186 10/8/2012 P. Musialski - Seminar aus Computergrafik WS2012/201334