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The SIGGRAPH Thesis Fast Forward is a forum for Ph.D. students in computer graphics to present and broadcast their research in 3 minutes or less. Students from around the world introduce us to a wide variety of topics.
More information on research.siggraph.org/thesisff
Presentations
0:03 - Toward General-Purpose Monte Carlo PDE Solvers for Graphics Applications, Ryusuke Sugimoto, University of Waterloo
3:09 - Shape Design, Repair and Optimization, Siqi Wang, New York University
6:22 - Real-Time Synthesis of High-Fidelity Photorealistic 3D Avatars, Shivangi Aneja, Technical University of Munich
9:26 - Robust Algorithms for Winding Numbers and Signed Distance, Nicole Feng, Carnegie Mellon University
12:32 - Use of Fantasy in Serious Games to Assist Physical Rehabilitation, Tahmeena Javaid Adeel, Bournemouth University
15:44 - Deployable, Modular, and Reconfigurable: Computational Design of Umbrella Meshes, Uday Kusupati, EPFL
18:48 - Proximity-Based Point Cloud Reconstruction, Diana Marin, TU Wien
21:53 - Integrable Symmetric Fields in Computational Design: From Stable Woven Shells to Seamless Parameterizations, Josh Vekhter, UT Austin
25:20 - Progressive Simulation for Scalable Experiences, Jiayi (Eris) Zhang, Stanford University
30:03 - Credits
The SIGGRAPH Thesis Fast Forward is a forum for Ph.D. students in computer graphics to present and broadcast their research in 3 minutes or less. Students from around the world introduce us to a wide variety of topics.
More information on research.siggraph.org/thesisff
Presentations
0:03 - Toward General-Purpose Monte Carlo PDE Solvers for Graphics Applications, Ryusuke Sugimoto, University of Waterloo
3:09 - Shape Design, Repair and Optimization, Siqi Wang, New York University
6:22 - Real-Time Synthesis of High-Fidelity Photorealistic 3D Avatars, Shivangi Aneja, Technical University of Munich
9:26 - Robust Algorithms for Winding Numbers and Signed Distance, Nicole Feng, Carnegie Mellon University
12:32 - Use of Fantasy in Serious Games to Assist Physical Rehabilitation, Tahmeena Javaid Adeel, Bournemouth University
15:44 - Deployable, Modular, and Reconfigurable: Computational Design of Umbrella Meshes, Uday Kusupati, EPFL
18:48 - Proximity-Based Point Cloud Reconstruction, Diana Marin, TU Wien
21:53 - Integrable Symmetric Fields in Computational Design: From Stable Woven Shells to Seamless Parameterizations, Josh Vekhter, UT Austin
25:20 - Progressive Simulation for Scalable Experiences, Jiayi (Eris) Zhang, Stanford University
30:03 - Credits
