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SUMMARY:Analyzing and Abstracting Scans of Man-made Environments  - Dr Nil
 oy MItra\, Reader\, Dept of Computer Science\, UCL
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CONTACT:Rachel Fogg
DESCRIPTION:Rapid advances in scanning technologies have resulted in fast 
 and easy acquisition of man-made environments. While such data (e.g.\, SfM
 \, LiDAR\, depth scans) can come in massive volumes\, they do not\, in the
 ir raw form\, provide useful understanding of the environments. Such data 
 provide a unique opportunity to discover and understand variability in sha
 pes\, both in terms of their geometry and arrangements. Our group has been
  investigating computational strategies to perform such analysis on raw sc
 ans to better understand the form and function of the world around us. In 
 this talk I will present our latest attempts in this direction\, while foc
 using on the underlying methodology and discussing the current challenges.
  \n\nFor details\, please visit:\nhttp://vecg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/Projects/SmartG
 eometry/\nhttp://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/n.mitra/\n\nBio:\nDr. Mitra is a 
 Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Computer Science\, Unive
 rsity College London (UCL). Niloy received his MS (2002) and PhD (Sept. 20
 06) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University under the guidance 
 of Prof. Leonidas Guibas and Prof. Marc Levoy\, and was a postdoctoral sch
 olar with Prof. Helmut Pottmann at Technical University Vienna.\nNiloy's r
 esearch primarily centers around algorithmic issues in shape analysis and 
 geometry processing. He is also interested in applying the analysis findin
 gs (e.g.\, relations\, constraints\, etc.) towards next generation design 
 tools including smart shape synthesis and fabrication-aware functional mod
 el design.\nNiloy received the 2013 ACM Siggraph Significant New Researche
 r Award for "his outstanding work in discovery and use of structure and fu
 nction in 3D objects" (UCL press release). He received the ERC Starting Gr
 ant on SmartGeometry in 2013.\n\n
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR3A
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