Tech Talks
11 Nov. 11.30am
Title to be announced
Xavier Merlhiot, CEA DRT/LIST/DIASI/LSI
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.
