Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms
Vienna University of Technology
W. Purgathofer, E. Gröller and
M. Wimmer
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The Institute
! Teaching
! Basic Research
! 25 researchers
! 25 years of history
! 2 Spin-offs
Research Areas and Topics
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Modeling
Shape Editing Procedural Modeling
Reconstruction
Rendering
Perception Augmented Reality
Point Clouds
Visualization
Virtual Story Telling Fetascopy Processes Angiography
Various
Optics Radioactivity Social Games
ViMaL - The Visualization Mapping Language
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[Viola, Bruckner, Rautek, et al.]
[Schmidt et al.]
[Mindek et al.]
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Natural Fetascopic Rendering
! Goal: to show a baby on an ultrasound machine as if looking with a fetascope
! Add realism to images with shadows and light scattering
Reciprocal Shading For Mixed Reality
! Simulate mutual light interaction between real and virtual objects
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Terapoints
! Out-of-core rendering of point clouds and textures
Claus Scheiblauer
Gauss-Splats
Virtual Texturing
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Bayesian Inference Attention Model
! Method: Bayesian Network to infer attended objects from gaze data
! Result: Posterior Gaze PDF in object space
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GeigerCam
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! Measure radioactivity with webcams
! Using GPU image processing
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Receptor Sarcoplasmatic
Reticulum and T-Tubule Intracellular
space and Membrane Biomechanics
Processes Visualization
Teaching – Visual Computing Curriculum
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Bachelor
! Introduction to
! Visual Computing
! Computer Graphics
! Visualization
Master
! Visualization
! Medical Data
! Information
! Real-Time Graphics
! Rendering
! Game Engines
! Augmented Reality
! Computer Animation
! ...
Central European Seminar on CG
! 17th Edition
! 100 Participants
! Undergraduates
! 3 Days
! Conference-Like
! Reviewing
! Sessions
! Proceedings
! http://www.cescg.org
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