*********************************************************************** SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY LUNCH (Thursday, September 29, 12:15, CIS 101) *********************************************************************** For the first meeting (this Thursday), we will offer an introduction to our research group. New CS and EE students are especially invited to attend. All current PhD students in the graphics program will be on hand. Each of us will introduce ourselves and present a 5-minute synopsis of our research: The order of people and topics will be: 1. Marc Levoy Introduction 2. Pat Hanrahan Introduction 3. Philippe Lacroute Shear-warp volume rendering 4. Brian Curless Surfaces from structured light 5. Venkat Krishnamurthy Fitting patches to polygon meshes 6. Brian Freyburger Determining the next best view 7. Hua ("Grace") Ge Acquiring color and reflectance 8. Andrew Beers and Maneesh Agrawala 3D painting on scanned objects 9. Apostolos ("Toli") Lerios and Chase Garfinkle Volume morphing 10. Eric Veach Monte Carlo methods for illumination 11. Lisa Forssell Visualization of vector fields ---- 55 minutes A written introduction to our research group and a summary of the talks will be handed out. If you are unable to attend, copies will be available in Marc Levoy's office after the lunch. A catered lunch will be provided.