186.162 Seminar (mit Bachelorarbeit) 186.175 Seminar aus Computergraphik

WS 2009

Organizers: Muddassir Malik, M. Eduard GröllerTeaching staff: Andrej Varchola, Erald Vuçini, Peter Rautek,

Philipp Muigg, Martin Haidacher

Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms

Vienna University of Technology

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Seminar

Mission statement"Write a scientific state of the art report"

TasksLiterature list Written reportGMA lecture of Prof. Werner PurgathoferTalkActive discussion participation

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Written Reports

8 (186.175) or 15 (186.162) pages per studentPreferably in EnglishFormat reports in the style of a scientific paper

Use LaTeXSome reports from the previous year availableStudents can work in groups of two

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Talk

Use Institute’s PowerPoint template for presentations20 + 5 minutes talkIn EnglishActive discussion participation is mandatory and will be graded

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Important Dates

List of literature due on: 19th October, 2009

GMA lecture on:27th Nov, 2009. 13:00 – 14:30, GM3

Written reports due on:5th December, 2009

Presentations on:17th December, 2009 from 8:30 to 17:00 in the Seminar room of ICGA

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Topics

CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)Graphics Processing UnitsLatest Illumination Models for Volume RenderingMobile ComputingMulti-resolution Volume RenderingParticle-based VisualizationVolume Rendering for Structured and Unstructured Grids

CUDA

Parallel computing architechtureSupports programming languages like CDeveloped for GPUProduced by nVidiaCPU-GPU collaboration

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Graphics Processing Units

Study on:Variety of GPUsEvolution of GPU architechtureApplication scenarios for GP-GPU

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Latest Illumination Models for Volume Rendering

Illumination models for CT, MRI and USScattering dominatesSurvey of illumination models

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Mobile Computing

Open source mobile platforms like AndroidStudy:

Trends and technologiesIntegration of smartphone technologies in daily life

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Multi-resolution Volume Rendering

Volume data exceeds today’s graphical and display capabilitiesVisualizing according to importance

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Particle-based Visualization

Datasets based on particlesVolumetric reconstruction from such datasets

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Volume Rendering for Structured and Unstructured Grids

Structured gridsUnstructured gridsVolume rendering techniques

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

LaTeX

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

„Programming“ a text documentSimilarities to HTMLNo WYSIWYGMost convenient to use a LaTeX distribution and a LaTeX IDE (integrated development environment)

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

First install a LaTeX DistributionMiKTeX

Then a LaTeX IDETeXnicCenterTexmakerLEd

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

MiKTeX"Basic MiKTeX" Installer Adds the MiKTeX \bin directory to the PATH

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

Extract the archive acmsiggraph.zipOpen a command line window

Go to the directory where template.tex isOn command line type: epstopdf sample.eps

In LaTeX IDE open template.texChange all sample.eps to sample.pdfProduce PDF document

In TeXnicCenter open template.texSelect LaTeX=>PS output profileProduce a PS documentConvert PS to PDF using Adobe Distiller

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A very short introduction to LaTeX

Work with 2 files:A .tex file for the textA .bib file for the bibliography which is used by the citations command \cite

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Seminar

Questions?

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