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Computer Graphics at The Ohio State University. Computer Graphics Group. Ranked US News Top 15 Research Foci: computer animation, geometry modeling, scientific visualization 6 faculty and ~20 Graduate Research Assistants
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Computer Graphics Group • Ranked US News Top 15 • Research Foci: computer animation, geometry modeling, scientific visualization • 6 faculty and ~20 Graduate Research Assistants • Many government (DOE, DOD, NASA, NSF,ARO,NIH) and industry funded (Honda, Ameritech, TI, Mitsubishi) research projects • Strong collaboration with local organizations such as Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design (ACCAD) and Ohio Super Computer Center
Roger Crawfis Scientific visualization Medical visualization Image-based Rendering Tamal Dey Geometric Computing Reconstruction, Meshing Raghu Machiraju Sci. Viz., Graphics Application-specific data analysis Inverse approaches Rick Parent Modeling Animation Han-Wei Shen Scientific Visualization Parallel Graphics Rafe Wenger Computational Geometry N-Dimensional Contouring Bio-medical visualization Faculty at OSU
Computer Graphics Courses • 581 – Survey of Computer Graphics (OpenGL) • 681 - Introduction to Computer Graphics • 682 – Computer Animation • 694L- New Visualization • 781 - Introduction to 3D Image Generation • 782 - Advanced 3D Image Generation • 784 - Geometric Modeling • 788 – Visualization, Animation, Geometric Modeling • 888 - Advanced Studies on Computer Graphics • 793 - Independent studies • 999 - Research
Suggested Course Sequence • 681 - Introduction to Computer Graphics (AU03,WI04) • 682 – Computer Animation (WI04) • 694L- New Visualization (SP04) • 781 - Introduction to 3D Image Generation(WI04) • 782 - Advanced 3D Image Generation(AU03) • 784 - Geometric Modeling (SP04) • AU03 (681) • WI04 682/781 • SP04 784/694L • AU04 782
Computer Animation • Prof. Rick Parent • Projects with Ameritech, Texas Instruments, Honda, etc • Collaboration with ACCAD
Scientific Viz and Graphics • Prof. Roger Crawfis, Raghu Machiraju, Han-Wei Shen • Projects with NASA Ames Research Center, Department of Energy (Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge), Department of Defense, NSF • Collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA • Close ties with Ohio Supercomputer Center, Departments of Physics, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Radiology and BioMedical Informatics • Collaboration with other engineering/science departments and universities elsewhere
Scientific Visualization • Prof. Roger Crawfis, Raghu Machiraju, Han-Wei Shen • Projects with NASA Ames Research Center, Department of Energy, Department of Defense, NSF etc.
Scientific Visualization • Collaboration with other engineering/science departments
Medical Visualization • Projects with OSC and Biomedical Informatics department
Sample Work (Synthesis, Modeling) Inverse Problems 1 2 3 Video->Model->Animation Optimal Views (triangles) Light Material Interaction Reconstruction Varying Reflectance Rough Surfaces, Level Sets Subsurface Scattering
Sample Work • Finding Features in Presence of Noise • Segmentation Solids Biological Imaging Fluids
Geometric Modeling • Prof. Tamal Dey and Rephael Wenger • Projects funded by NSF, ARO, DARPA, NIH • Collaborations with Stanford University, UIUC and Hong-Kong U. of Science & Technology • Collaborations with Civil Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Cancer Genetics
` Geometric ModelingTamal K Dey Surface Reconstruction
Computer Analysis and Generation of RLGS ProfilesDr. Rephael Wenger Restricted Landmark Genomic Scanning 2D Gel Electrophoresis Spots correspond to DNA fragments Normal Tissue Cancerous Tissue
Isosurface Construction Rephael Wenger Jet stream – Time varying data • Isosurface Construction in 4 and 5 dimensions; • Multi-resolution isosurface construction; Interval volume generated from 4D isosurface Full resolution Adaptive resolution