Computer Graphics Seminar

CS 718
Mondays, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
5126 Upson Hall

Last semester we had a good showing of students and staff talking about their research. This semester we are broadening the scope a little and talking about topics that are interesting to Computer Graphics researchers. Presentations could include:

Your research
Somebody else's research (a seminal paper in CG, and the work it has sparked off)
Topics relevant to CG. Examples: important mathematical techniques relevant to CG (wavelets, spherical harmonics, Monte Carlo, ...)
State of the art in X, where X could be interactive rendering, animation, acquisition hardware, surface modeling, hardware architecture, etc.

Schedule for Spring 2003

February 5	John Mollis Topic: Interactive tone mapping with applications to low vision simulation
February 12	Adam Kravetz Topic: Realtime Geometric Reconstruction
February 19	Vikash Goel Topic: Medical Imaging and Visualization
February 26	Will Stokes Topic: Perceptually-Based Rendering
March 5	No seminar. BOOM 2003!
March 10 (NOTICE THE CHANGE IN DATE!)	Ryan Ismert and Steve Westin Topic: Factors affecting real-world camera performance
March 17	No seminar. Spring Break.
March 24	No seminar. Admit Day.
March 31	Sebastian Fernandez Topic: Local Illumination Environments
April 7	Jacky Bibliowicz Topic: Facial Animation in MPEG-4
April 14	Bruce Walter Topic: Exploiting image coherence for interactive global illumination
Wednesday, April 23 (SPECIAL DATE ONLY THIS WEEK!)	Jim Ferwerda Topic: Living in the material world
April 28	No seminar.
May 5	Hong Song Topic: Sub-surface scattering
May 12	Kavita Bala Topic: I3D review

Schedule for Fall 2002

The seminar's primary goal is to give everyone in the PCG and CS department who's interested in graphics a chance to learn about what others are working on and thinking about. The basic format is work-in-progress talks by graduate students, faculty, and research staff, with some presentations of papers from the literature mixed in.

October 30 Steve Marschner
Seminar overview and logistics and
Reciprocity in Image-based Modeling
November 6 Steve Westin
Subsurface Scattering: Basics and Challenges
November 13 Ryan Ismert
Improving the Quality of Image-based Textures
November 20 Bruce Walter
Interactive Rendering
November 27 (no seminar—Thanksgiving break)
December 4 Jacobo Bibliowicz
Facial Animation from a Cyberware Scan
December 11 Mike Donikian
A Light Source Acceleration Structure for Scenes with Complex Lighting

Kavita Bala (kb@cs.cornell.edu) and Steve Marschner (srm@cs.cornell.edu)

October 30	Steve Marschner Seminar overview and logistics and Reciprocity in Image-based Modeling
November 6	Steve Westin Subsurface Scattering: Basics and Challenges
November 13	Ryan Ismert Improving the Quality of Image-based Textures
November 20	Bruce Walter Interactive Rendering
November 27	(no seminar—Thanksgiving break)
December 4	Jacobo Bibliowicz Facial Animation from a Cyberware Scan
December 11	Mike Donikian A Light Source Acceleration Structure for Scenes with Complex Lighting