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SUMMARY:Interactive and Intuitive Appearance Design - Fabio Pellacini - Da
 rtmouth College
DTSTART:20090225T141500Z
DTEND:20090225T151500Z
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CONTACT:Mateja Jamnik
DESCRIPTION:The appearance of objects comes from the interaction of scene 
 lighting\,surface materials and tone reproduction. \nCurrently\, appearanc
 e design is one of the remaining roadblocks for a ubiquitous use of comput
 er-generated imagery\, since slow user feedback and cumbersome user interf
 aces make the process significantly time consuming for expert designers\, 
 and beyond the reach of novices.\n\n \n\nIn this talk\, I will present our
  recent results in rendering accurate lighting for complex environments wh
 ere we achieve interactivity by developing new approximation algorithms th
 at can take advantage of inherent properties of lighting and of today's co
 mmodity data-parallel architectures. I will also show results from algorit
 hms that build on this interactivity to support intuitive user interfaces 
 for the design of materials and image tones that drastically simplify the 
 time required for designing appearance.\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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