CPSC 689-609Special Topics in Surface Deformation and ReconstructionDr. Scott SchaeferFall 2006Course Structure• Review/discuss recent papers in Geometric Modeling– Surface Deformation– Surface Reconstruction– Surface Parameterization• No textbook!!!– All papers online http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/schaefer/teaching/689_Fall2006Required Work• 30% Paper summaries• 30% Presentations• 30% Course project• 10% DiscussionPaper Summaries (30%)• Answers the following questions:– What is the contribution of the paper?– How did the authors accomplish this contribution?• Similar to a paper abstract (short)• Due at the beginning of class• Don’t copy sentences out of the paper• Spelling and grammar count!!!Paper Presentations (30%)• Become an expert on a paper and give a talk• May use figures or even talks found online• Practice giving a talk!• If you have problems understanding a paper, come see me well before your talkCourse Project (30%)• Pick one paper and implement the ideas• Demonstrate working code to me• Goal should be to impress (this is Graphics)• No overlap among students• Write your own codeDiscussion (10%)• Goal: understand the paper• What problem does this paper solve?• What is new about this paper?• What could be better about the method?• Can we improve upon their technique?Course Policies• Attendance: Mandatory• Late Policy: No late work• Exams: None!!!Course Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Deformation• Types of deformation handles• Desirable properties• Volumetric Deformation• Deformation intrinsic to the surfaceCourse Content: Reconstruction• Constructing implicit surface representations– Points, normals, polygons• Extracting polygons from implicit representations• Operations on implicitsCourse Content: Reconstruction• Constructing implicit surface representations– Points, normals, polygons• Extracting polygons from implicit representations• Operations on implicitsCourse Content: Reconstruction• Constructing implicit surface representations– Points, normals, polygons• Extracting polygons from implicit representations• Operations on implicitsCourse Content: Reconstruction• Constructing implicit surface representations– Points, normals, polygons• Extracting polygons from implicit representations• Operations on implicitsCourse Content: Reconstruction• Constructing implicit surface representations– Points, normals, polygons• Extracting polygons from implicit representations• Operations on implicitsCourse Content: Parameterization• Flattening surface for texturing– Automatically, desirable properties• Cross-shape parameterizationCourse Content: Parameterization• Flattening surface for texturing– Automatically, desirable properties• Cross-shape parameterizationPapers• Choose papers you want to present• http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/schaefer/teaching/689_Fall2006• I will give first talk and several othersthroughout the semester• Check the course web page for the latest
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