Seminar 'Advanced Methods in Computer Graphics' - SS 14
Description
Course Topics
This seminar covers advanced topics in visual computing, including both seminal research papers as well as the latest research results. Topics include 3D reconstruction, image-based rendering (IBR), light fields, image processing, rendering, physics-based simulation and modeling, manufacturing, and interactive geometry.
Course Setup
Every participant has to present one of the papers in the list below. Additionally, you are required to read the paper that is presented in class beforehand and participate in a discussion during the seminar. An assistant will provide support when preparing the slides and in case technical questions arise.
Learning Objectives
The goal is to get an in-depth understanding of actual problems and research topics in the field of visual computing as well as improve presentations and critical analysis skills.
Prerequisites
The "Visual Computing", "Introduction to Computer Graphics" and "Computer Vision I" courses are recommended, but not mandatory.
Administration
Presence
Presence is mandatory to pass the seminar. If a student cannot attend a seminar session, the reason (e.g. medical certificate) has to be given before the session and must be accepted by one of the organizers. More than three missed seminar sessions will cause the student to fail this class. The dates for the presentations can not be moved except there is someone willing to switch. The students participation in the group discussions will be documented by the organizers and contributes 25% to the final grade.
Organization and Grading
| Number | 252-5704-00L |
| Organizers | M. Gross, O. Sorkine-Hornung, W. Jakob, H. Zimmer |
| Location | CAB G 52, Friday, 13-15 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
Links
- Don't forget to send two questions per paper to the course staff before the presentation. You can reach us at seminarss14@inf.ethz.ch
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IVC Powerpoint Template
(Required font set "ETH Fonts Stud" can be downloaded via IDES) -
Slides from previous talks:
intro_slides-SS14.pdf 03-Apr-2019 18:24 39364K
Schedule
| Date | Topic | Paper | Student | Supervisor |
| 21-Feb | Introduction | |||
| 28-Feb | Example talk | (slides + videos coming soon) | ||
| 07-Mar | 3D Reconstruction | Real-time 3D Reconstruction at Scale using Voxel Hashing | Michel Keller | Pascal Berard |
| Image-Based Reconstruction and Synthesis of Dense Foliage | Damian Karrer | Derek Bradley | ||
| 14-Mar | Rendering | Space Manipulation of Physically-Based Light Transport | Daniel Luginbühl | Wenzel Jakob |
| Interactive Albedo Editing in Path-Traced Volumetric Materials | Jascha Grübel | Wenzel Jakob | ||
| 21-Mar | Manufacturing | Fabrication-aware Design with Intersecting Planar Pieces | Shunta Furukawa | Emily Whiting |
| OpenFab: A Programmable Pipeline for Multi-Material Fabrication | —Talk cancelled— | (no need to read the paper) | ||
| 28-Mar | Faces | Augmenting Physical Avatars Using Projector-Based Illumination | Raphael Weibel | Amit Bermano |
| Realtime Facial Animation with On-the-fly Correctives | —Talk cancelled— | (no need to read the paper) | ||
| 04-Apr | Physical modeling | Measurement-Based Synthesis of Facial Microgeometry | David Chettrit | Romain Prévost |
| High-Quality Computational Imaging Through Simple Lenses | Monica-Andreea Dragan | Marios Papas | ||
| 11-Apr | Light Fields | Near-Invariant Blur for Depth and 2D Motion via Time-Varying Light Field Analysis | Sandro Huber | Anselm Grundhöfer |
| Near-Eye Light Field Displays | Christian Vonrüti | Nico Ranieri | ||
| 02-May | Geometry processing | Putting Holes in Holey Geometry | Gustavo Segovia | Kenshi Takayama |
| Content-Adaptive Image Downscaling (new date: moved from May 9 to May 2) | Ruben Wohlgenannt | Alexandre Chapiro | ||
| 09-May | Images | Globally Optimal Direction Fields (new date: moved from May 2 to May 9) | Rijad Nuridini | Olga Diamanti |
| Data-driven Hallucination for Different Times of Day from a Single Outdoor Photo | Renzo Roth | Oliver Wang | ||
| 16-May | Simulation | Artistic Simulation of Curly Hair | Mattia Gollub | Antoine Milliez |
| Versatile Surface Tension and Adhesion For SPH Fluids | Lukas Limacher | Daniel Saner | ||
| 23-May | Image-based Methods for Rendering | Adaptive Rendering with Non-Local Means Filtering | Xianghao Xu | Fabrice Rousselle |
| A Reconstruction Filter for Plausible Motion Blur | Thomas Müller | Henning Zimmer | ||
| 30-May | Backup / Wrap-up |
Seminar Papers
 | Real-time 3D Reconstruction at Scale using Voxel Hashing [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Image-Based Reconstruction and Synthesis of Dense Foliage [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Space Manipulation of Physically-Based Light Transport [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Interactive Albedo Editing in Path-Traced Volumetric Materials [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Fabrication-aware Design with Intersecting Planar Pieces [WWW] [pdf] |
 | OpenFab: A Programmable Pipeline for Multi-Material Fabrication [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Augmenting Physical Avatars Using Projector-Based Illumination [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Realtime Facial Animation with On-the-fly Correctives [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Measurement-Based Synthesis of Facial Microgeometry [WWW] [pdf] |
 | High-Quality Computational Imaging Through Simple Lenses [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Near-Invariant Blur for Depth and 2D Motion via Time-Varying Light Field Analysis [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Near-Eye Light Field Displays [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Putting Holes in Holey Geometry [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Globally Optimal Direction Fields [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Content-Adaptive Image Downscaling [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Data-driven Hallucination for Different Times of Day from a Single Outdoor Photo [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Artistic Simulation of Curly Hair [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Versatile Surface Tension and Adhesion For SPH Fluids [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Adaptive Rendering with Non-Local Means Filtering [WWW] [pdf] |
 | A Reconstruction Filter for Plausible Motion Blur [WWW] [pdf] |