Bio: to be announced

Abstract: to be announced

12 Nov. 9.15am
Crash course in articulated human motion visual tracking
Kim Steenstrup Pedersen, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (DIKU)

Bio: Kim Steenstrup Pedersen received a M.Sc. degree in 1999 and a Ph.D. degree in 2003 both in computer science from DIKU, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and he also holds a B.Sc. degree in physics from the University of Copenhagen. During his Ph.D. studies he spent half a year in 2001 at Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. After his Ph.D. he was briefly employed as an assistant research professor at DIKU. From spring 2003 throughout 2006 he was assistant professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He currently holds a position as associate professor at DIKU, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen. Presently (from November 2009), he also holds the position of Vice Head of Department for Teaching at Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen. His primary research interests include topics from computer vision and image analysis, especially scale-space theories, natural image statistics, stochastic image models, and image features.

Abstract: to be announced

12 Nov. 10.30am
Computer Haptics in Simulation for Virtual Training and Rehabilitation
Jinah Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Bio: Prof. Jinah Park received a Bachelor of Science (1988) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Columbia University in New York, and Master of Science & Engineering (1991) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees from the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her major contributions to the medical imaging field include developing a computational technique to analyze cardiac motion based on MR tagging data. She is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), and is leading Computer Graphics and Visualization Research Laboratory. She is currently with the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh as a visiting professor.

Abstract: As Computer Graphics deals with generating pictures using a computer, Computer Haptics provides force feedbacks of the virtual objects to users. Recent advances in technology open many possible directions in developing and applying haptics in virtual environment. We have looked at computer haptics as a means for visualization and developed haptic rendering algorithms to convey the information of the material properties for more effective virtual training through simulation. In this talk, I will introduce the related projects performed at the Computer Graphics and Visualization (CGV) Research Lab at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and also discuss prospective researches going forward to rehabilitation.

Travel instructions from conference venue (approx. 25 min.)
From Nørre Allé (the main road outside the university campus), take any of the buses 42, 43, 184, 185 or 150S (headed for Nørreport St.) and go to the final stop Nørreport station. At Nørreport station, walk down Nørre Voldgade (in the direction leading away from the train station) when you reach the intersection of Nørre Voldgade and Gothersgade, turn right. Follow Gothersgade until you reach the open plaza (Kongens Nytorv), here you turn left at Store Kongensgade and continue until you reach number 66 (approximately 300m up the street). Show route on large map

Travel instructions from Comfort Hotel Østerport (approx. 10 min.)
From Østerport train station (just outside the hotel), take any of the buses 1A, 15 or 25 (from the same side of the road as the hotel) to the stop Fredericiagade (on Store Kongensgade). Just follow Store Kongensgade until you reach number 66 (approximately 200m).

• Topology-based physical simulation
  Philippe Meseure, Emmanuelle Darles and Xavier Skapin
• Optimization-based Fluid Simulation on Unstructured Meshes
  Marek Krzysztof Misztal, Robert Bridson, Kenny Erleben, Andreas Baerentzen and Francois Anton
• A Geometry-Shader-Based Adaptive Mesh Refinement Scheme Using Semiuniform Quad/Triangle Patches and Warping
  Martin Knuth, Arjan Kuijpera and Jörn Kohlhammer
• A Triangle Bending Constraint Model for Position-Based Dynamics
  Micky Kelager, Kenny Erleben and Sarah Niebe

Session #2 (Thursday Nov. 11, 4pm):

• A Modular Physics Methodology for Games
  Philip Willis and Florian Schanda
• 3D Sketch Recognition for Interaction in Virtual Environments
  Dominik Rausch, Ingo Assenmacher and Torsten Kuhlen
• Simulating Human Collision Avoidance Using a Velocity-Based Approach
  Ioannis Karamouzas and Mark Overmars
• A Framework for GPU Accelerated Needle Insertion Simulation
  Aria Shahingohar, Roy Eagleson and Sandrine deRibaupierre

Session #3 (Friday Nov. 12, 10.30am):

• Boundary handling and adaptive time-stepping for PCISPH
  Markus Ihmsen, Nadir Akinci, Marc Gissler and Matthias Teschner
• Normal and Friction Stabilization Techniques for Interactive Rigid Body Constraint-based Contact Force Computations
  Morten Silcowitz, Sarah Niebe and Kenny Erleben
• Accelerated Hierarchical Collision Detection for Simulation using CUDA
  Jimmy Jorgensen, Andreas Rune Fugl and Henrik Gordon Petersen

Session #4 (Friday Nov. 12, 1.30pm):

• Interactive Deformations with Multigrid Skeletal Constraints
  Joachim Georgii, Daniel Lagler, Christian Dick and Rüdiger Westermann
• Interactive Simulation of a Continuum Mechanics based Torsional Thread
  Karl Larsson, Göran Wallgren and Mats G. Larson
• Asynchronous Preconditioners for Efficient Solving of Non-linear Deformations
  Hadrien Courtecuisse, Jeremie Allard, Christian Duriez and Stephane Cotin
• Edge collision detection in complex deformable environment
  Thomas Jund, David Cazier and Jean-François Dufourd

Title:
Non-rigid Modeling and Simulation

Date:
8th-10th November 2010

Place:
eScience Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Description:
The focus is on computational and mathematical aspects of non-rigid modeling in interactive physics simulation. The targeted audience is PhD students in Science (mainly eScience, Computer Science, IT and Physics) working with computational and mathematical modeling and simulation. The scope is to show the audience how a modeling process takes on from a physical problem to a discrete method suitable for computations. Advanced applications and perspective of the topics are given with weight on latest developments and research results taking outset in the invited teachers.

Teachers:
Professor Matthias Teschner
Assistant Professor Miguel A. Otaduy
Professor Brian Vinter
Associate Professor Andreas Bærentzen
Associate Professor Kenny Erleben

Credit:
2.5 ECTS

Read more at

http://www.diku.dk/begivenheder/2010/phd_course_escience/

Joint event with VRIPHYS ‘10 Conference

Comfort Hotel Østerport
For the PhD course and workshop participants, we recommend the Comfort Hotel Østerport where a limited number of rooms have been pre-booked for the period November 7th-12th 2010.

To obtain one of these rooms, either write to group @ choice.dk or call the number +45 33382505. When booking, ask for a superior room at Comfort Hotel Østerport and refer to the booking number 59354, this way you will get a favorable discount. You will need to leave your credit card number and expiration date as a guarantee. This offer is only valid for a limited number of rooms and only until October 7th 2010.

The Comfort Hotel Østerport is within a 20 minute commute of the conference venue, and a 5-10 minute commute from central Copenhagen. The airport is easily reached by metro and train. For more, see travelling instructions.

Azam Khan
Azam Khan is the Head of the Environment & Ergonomics Research Group at Autodesk Research. Starting in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, Azam focused on advanced 3D camera navigation interaction techniques, large displays, and pen-based interaction and has been chair of alt.chi. More recently, Azam has been exploring modeling and simulation including physics-based generative design, air flow and occupant flow in an architectural context, and simulation visualization and validation based on sensor-networks. In 2009, Azam founded and chaired SimAUD, the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design, to foster collaboration between the simulation research and the architecture research communities.

Participants staying at Comfort Hotel Østerport
From airport to hotel: Take the Metro to Nørreport station, all the metro trains from the airport stop at Nørreport station. At Nørreport, change to any S-train headed for either Klampenborg, Hillerød, Holte, Farum or Østerport. Get of at Østerport station (only one stop from Nørreport station), and when you get to street level you find the hotel opposite the station building. The trip is through 3 zones, costing you 34.30DKK if you buy a single ticket. It is recommendable to buy a ten trip discount card at the airport for 2 zones and stamp it twice before entering the Metro, this way the trip will cost you 27DKK. The discount card can also be used when getting to an from the conference venue by bus.

From hotel to conference: Take bus number 15 from just outside the hotel, in the direction of Østerbro(Ryparken). Get of at Vibenhus Runddel and walk the 9 minute walk. The trip is through one zone, but since you have to buy at least two zones it will cost you either 23DKK for a ticket bought on the bus or a single stamp on a 2 zone discount card (13.50DKK).

Public Transportation in Copenhagen
The site Journey Planner connects all three major means of public transportation in Copenhagen; metro, trains and buses.

You use the same ticket in the bus, on the train and metro. Tickets can be purchased from ticket offices, from vending machines at stations or from bus drivers. The tickets are stamped with time, date and departure zone. You pay for the number of zones you need, but the minimum fare is for 2 zones and the maximum for 9 (all) zones.

Discount cards are available for 10 journeys within two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight or all zones. It is cheaper per journey to use a discount card than to buy a ticket.

When starting your journey, you must punch the card in a yellow card-clipping machine on the bus or at the station. One clip entitles you to travel within the number of zones printed on the face of the card. Several simultaneous clips extends your period of travel and increase the number of zones you can travel in. You can clip for a maximum of nine zones, which enables you to travel in all zones for a period of two hours.

All discount cards are available from manned stations and from ticket offices. You can buy discount cards for two or three zones from most vending machines at stations.

You must keep tickets and discount cards throughout the journey and present them to ticket inspectors on request.

Validity of tickets and discount cards:

2 – 3 zones: 1 hour
4 – 6 zones: 1 1/2 hours
7 – 8 zones and All (9) zones: 2 hours

Preliminary program: