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New Acquisition Techniques for Real Objects and Light Sources in Computer Graphics
No full textAccurate representations of objects and light sources in a scenemodel are a crucial prerequisite for realistic image synthesis usingcomputer graphics techniques. This thesis presents techniques forthe efficient acquisition of real world objects and real world lightsources, as well as an assessment of the quality of the acquiredmodels.Making use of color management techniques, we setup an appearancereproduction pipeline that ensures best-possible reproduction oflocal light reflection with the available input and output devices.We introduce a hierarchical model for the subsurface light transport intranslucent objects, derive an acquisition methodology, and acquiremodels of several translucent objects that can be renderedinteractively. Since geometry models of real world objects areoften acquired using 3D range scanners, we also present a methodbased on the concept of modulation transfer functions to evaluatetheir accuracy.In order to illuminate a scene with realistic light sources, wepropose a method to acquire a model of the near-field emissionpattern of a light source with optical prefiltering. We apply thismethod to several light sources with different emissioncharacteristics and demonstrate the integration of the acquiredmodels into both, global illumination as well ashardware-accelerated rendering systems.EG Graphics Dissertation Onlin
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Massively parallel implementation of a multi-view stereo algorithm
No full textThis thesis deals with the implementation of a multi-view stereo algorithm in a massively parallel way. The nature of multi-view stereo algorithms favors a parallel approach, as these algorithms operate on multiple images and in these images on multiple pixels. This work focuses on the matching optimization, of a region growing technique, in the multiview stereo approach by Goesele et al. which is the most computationally intensive step of the algorithm. Starting from a sparse 3D point cloud reconstructed using structure-from-motion methods, a nonlinear optimization is employed using a photoconsistency measure. Building upon an existing CPU implementation, an implementation for the matching optimization is written for NVIDIA graphics hardware which is essentially a massively parallel computing device. To access the hardware we make use of the Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), a technology for General-Purpose computation on GPUs (GPGPU). Subsequently the GPU implementation is compared with the CPU version with regard to reconstruction quality and processing time. Furthermore different optimizations for exploiting the GPU architecture (and therefore reducing the processing time) are discussed and evaluated
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
No full textInflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Dr. Michael Janis, Morehouse College, August 2011, August 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Michael Janis. Dr. Janis talks about his book, "Africa After Modernism: Transitions in Literature, Media and Philosophy". Yolanda Gilmore-Bivins, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Square Dancing with the Stars to Enhance Dynamic Hirschman Linkages?
No full textIn this Presidential Address, the author takes the reader on a reconnaissance of his life and time as a regional scientist. He points out scenery he found scintillating along the way, hoping that some may pick up the banner and chew on a few of the ideas for a while. He suggests a revisit to Albert O. Hirschman’s notion of key sectors and more empirical analysis related to Marcus Berliant’s and Masahisa Fujita’s notion of knowledge creation and transfer.Presidential Address, San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2014 (53rd Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association
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