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Course Outlines

Spring 2023 - CMPT 764 G100

Geometric Modelling in Computer Graphics (3)

Class Number: 6936

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Th 2:30 PM – 5:20 PM
    ASB 9838, Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 361, MACM 316.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Advanced topics in geometric modelling and processing for computer graphics, such as Bezier and B-spline techniques, subdivision curves and surfaces, solid modelling, implicit representation, surface reconstruction, multi-resolution modelling, digital geometry processing (e.g., mesh smoothing, compression, and parameterization), point-based representation, and procedural modelling. Students with credit for CMPT 464 or equivalent may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

The course covers 3D modeling, as well as the basics of non-linear optimization for inverse problems. It introduces classical "Polygonal Mesh" representations, as well as the emerging "Neural Fields" (i.e. coordinate neural networks): a new representation of signals that is quickly revolutionizing computer vision/graphics. We will discuss acquisition, processing, and synthesis of 3D content, with applications to 3D machine vision, robotics, real-time 3D graphics, computational design, medical imaging, AR/VR, as well as digital art.


Notes
- The language of choice for practical exercises is Python
- This course will be cross-listed with CMPT 764

Topics
- The history of 3D scanning (and Neural Radiance Fields)
- Basics of differential geometry (Laplace Beltrami operator)
- Fairing and reconstruction (basics of Variational Calculus)
- Inverse modeling (maximum likelihood and maximum a-posteriori)
- Registration (robut least squares optimization)
- Deformation (sparse linear systems, matrix factorization)
- Compression (singular value decomposition, and transforms)
- Neural Fields (auto-decoding, neural hashing, ...)

Grading

  • One midterm 40%
  • Two homeworks 30%
  • Final Project 30%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

"Polygon Mesh Processing" by Mario Botsch, Leif Kobbelt, Mark Pauly, Pierre Alliez, Bruno Levy. October 7, 2010 by A.K. Peters/CRC Press.
ISBN: 9781568814261

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

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Graduate Studies Notes:

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Registrar Notes:

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