Seminar 'Advanced Methods in Computer Graphics' - SS 15
Description
Course Topics
This seminar covers advanced topics in visual computing, including both seminal research papers as well as the latest research results. The main topic areas are image and video processing, rendering as well as fabrication.
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.
Grading
The presentation of the selected paper contributes 75% to the final grade. Additionally, the students are required to submit a short abstract of each paper before the class as well as to participate in the group discussions after the presentations. Both will be documented by the organizers and contributes 25% to the final grade.
Organization and Grading
| Number | 252-5704-00L |
| Lecturers | M. Gross, O. Sorkine-Hornung |
| Assistants | M. Bächer, J. Novak, H. Zimmer |
| Location | CAB G 52, Friday, 13-15 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
Links
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Powerpoint Template
(Required font set "ETH Fonts Stud" can be downloaded via IDES) - Introduction slides
Schedule
| Date | Topic | Paper | Student | Supervisor |
| 20-Feb | Introduction | |||
| 27-Feb | Example talks | |||
| 06-Mar | No session | |||
| 13-Mar | No session | |||
| 20-Mar | Modeling | 3-Sweep: Extracting Editable Objects from a Single Photo | Mauro Guerini | Yeara Kozlov |
| Computational Design of Linkage-Based Characters | Zhi Bei | Vittorio Megaro | ||
| 27-Mar | Filtering & Flow | Rolling Guidance Filter | David Nigglli | Oliver Wang |
| EpicFlow: Edge-Preserving Interpolation of Correspondences for Optical Flow | Lukas Schneider | Henning Zimmer | ||
| 17-Apr | Light transport in participating media | Importance Sampling Techniques for Path Tracing in Participating Media | Dominik Borer | Jan Novak |
| The Beam Radiance Estimate for Volumetric Photon Mapping | Radek Danecek | Jan Novak | ||
| 24-Apr | Genetic Programming | Genetic Programming for Shader Simplification | Ribin Chalumattu | Fabrice Rousselle |
| 08-May | Panoramas | Panorama Weaving: Fast and Flexible Seam Processing | Manuel Kaufmann | Changil Kim |
| Rectangling Panoramic Images via Warping | Stefan Holdener | Kaan Yucer | ||
| 15-May | Panoramas & Caustics | Panoramic Video from Unstructured Camera Arrays | Jan Marti | Federico Perazzi |
| High-Contrast Computational Caustic Design | Hao Sun | Marios Papas | ||
| 22-May | Capture | Stylized Hair Capture | Miriam Tschanen | Derek Bradley |
| Coupled 3D Reconstruction of Sparse Facial Hair and Skin | Daniel Valerio Sampaio | Thabo Beeler | ||
| 29-May | Backup session |
Seminar Papers
 | Rolling Guidance Filter [WWW] [pdf] |
 | 3-Sweep: Extracting Editable Objects from a Single Photo [WWW] [pdf] |
 | EpicFlow: Edge-Preserving Interpolation of Correspondences for Optical Flow [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Importance Sampling Techniques for Path Tracing in Participating Media [WWW] [pdf] |
 | The Beam Radiance Estimate for Volumetric Photon Mapping [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Computational Design of Linkage-Based Characters [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Panorama Weaving: Fast and Flexible Seam Processing [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Rectangling Panoramic Images via Warping [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Panoramic Video from Unstructured Camera Arrays [pdf] |
 | High-Contrast Computational Caustic Design [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Genetic Programming for Shader Simplification [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Stylized Hair Capture [WWW] [pdf] |
 | Coupled 3D Reconstruction of Sparse Facial Hair and Skin [WWW] [pdf] |