Royal Society International Scientific Seminar
Kavli Royal Society International Center
Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire
Ricoh Theta 360 panorama, courtesy Paul Debevec
Purpose: The aim of the seminar is to bring together researchers in various disciplines spanning computer graphics, computer vision, cultural heritage, remote sensing and bio-photonics to discuss common interests in various imaging techniques as well as current challenges, and to explore potential cross-domain collaborations.
Programme
May 4th, 2016
4:30pm onwards Arrival of attendees at Chicheley Hall
7:00pm Cold buffet
May 5th, 2016
7:30am – 8:45am Breakfast
9:00am – 9:10am Abhijeet Ghosh, setting the scene and the day’s agenda
Session 1
9:10am – 9:35am Dr Pieter Peers, College of William and Mary (Computer Graphics/Vision)
Title: Appearance recovery under uncontrolled lighting
9:35am – 10:00am Prof Kavita Bala, Cornell Univerity (Computer Graphics/Vision)
Title: Recognizing materials in the wild
10:00am – 10:25am Prof Yoav Schechner, Technion (Computer Vision/Computational Photography)
Title: Atmospheric 3D volumetric recovery
10:25am – 10:45am Discussion – Appearance modelling/recognition
10:45am – 11:15am Tea/coffee
Session 2
11:15am – 11:40am Prof Tim Weyrich, University College London (Computer Graphics/Cultural Heritage)
Title: Computational analysis in cultural heritage applications
11:40am – 12:05pm Prof Holly Rushmeier, Yale University (Computer Graphics)
Title: Imaging challenges in cultural heritage
12:05pm – 12:30pm Prof Melissa Terras, University College London (Digital Humanities/Digitisation)
Title: Imaging the archive: opportunities and challenges in cultural heritage institutions
12:30pm – 12:45pm Discussion – Imaging opportunities/challenges in cultural heritage
12:45pm – 1:00pm Outdoor group photo
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch
Session 3
2:00pm – 2:25pm Dr Andrew Fitzgibbon, Microsoft Research Cambridge (Computer Vision/Graphics)
Title: Bringing shape models from computer graphics into computer vision
2:25pm – 2:50pm Prof Andrew Davison, Imperial College London (Robot Vision)
Title: Real-time visual mapping for robots
2:50pm – 3:15pm Dr Mathias Disney, University College London (Remote Sensing)
Title: Imaging 3D structure of natural environments for biophysical applications
3:15pm – 3:30pm Discussion: 3D vision and reconstruction
3:30pm – 4:00pm Tea/coffee
Session 4
4:00pm – 4:25pm Dr Abhijeet Ghosh, Imperial College London (Computer Graphics/Computational Photography)
Title: Imaging wave effects in appearance
4:25pm – 4:50pm Dr Adrian Jarabo, Universidad de Zaragoza (Computer Graphics/Computational Photography)
Title: Subsurface scattering: simulating human skin
4:50pm – 5:15pm Dr Daniel Elson, Imperial College London (Bio-photonics)
Title: Surgical endoscopy, vision and bio-photonics
5:15pm – 5:30pm Discussion: Imaging light scattering in various domains
7:00pm Dinner
May 6th, 2016
7:30am – 8:45am Breakfast
8:50am – 9:00am Abhijeet Ghosh, summary of Day 1 and agenda for Day 2
Session 1
9:00am – 9:25am Prof Paul Debevec, USC Institute for Creative Technologies (Computer Graphics/Computational Photography)
Title: Advances in photoreal digital humans in film and in real-time
9:25am – 9:50am Dr Thabo Beeler, Disney Research Zurich (Computer Graphics/Vision)
Title: Imaging for digital doubles
9:50am – 10:15am Dr William Smith, University of York (Computer Vision/Graphics)
Title: Closing the gap between face capture and face modelling
10:15am – 10:40am Dr Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman, University of Washington (Computer Vision/Graphics)
Title: Big data meets human face modelling
10:40am – 11:00am Discussion: facial capture and modelling
11:00am – 11:30am Tea/coffee
Session 2
11:30am –11:55am Prof Adrian Hilton, University of Surrey (Computer Vision/Graphics)
Title: 4D vision for video-realistic augmented interaction
11:55am – 12:20pm Prof Michael Goesele, TU Darmstadt (Computer Vision/Graphics)
Title: Imaging challenges for image based rendering
12:20pm – 12:45pm Dr Rafal Mantiuk, University of Cambridge (Computer Graphics)
Title: Perceptual issues in imaging
12:45pm – 1:00pm Discussion: image and video based modelling/perception
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch
Session 3
2:00pm – 3:00pm Round-table/break-out discussions for potential collaborations and cross-domain endeavours.
3:00pm – 3:30pm Concluding remarks: determining actions for future activities
3:30pm – 4:00pm Tea/coffee
4:00pm Departure of attendees