GraphiCon 2004 Proceedings

Invited Talks

• Virtual Humans
  Prof. Martin Reiser
  Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication, Sankt Augustin, Germany
• Current situation with real videoconferencing over the Internet
  Dr. Dmitry Vatolin
  Visicron Corp., USA

STAR Reports

• Virtual environment visualization system for the tasks of space exploration: Current status
  Aleshin A., Afanasiev V., Baygozin D., Baturin Y., Bugaev A., Burlakov S., Gubel M., Dolgovesov B., Zhirnov A., Klimenko S., Mikhayluk M., Nikitin I., Nikitina L., Reiser M., Slobodyuk E.
  VE Group of Institute of Physics Technique Informatics
• Application of Radial Basis Functions for CAD and CG
  Savchenko V.
  Hosei University
• SP3: On viewpoint complexity of 3D scenes
  Plemenos D.*, Sbert M.**, Feixas M.**
  *University of Limoges
  **Institut d'Informatica i Aplicacions, Universitat de Girona

Image Processing

• A Bayesian Framework for Recognizing Textured Objects in a Content-Based Image Retrieval System
  Eruhimov V., Lyashko M., Martinova E., Molinov S.
  Intel Russia Researh Center
• An Improved Demosaicing Algorithm
  Lukin A., Kubasov D.
  State University of Moscow
• Image Compression Based on LDPC Codes
  Belogolovyi A.
  Saint-Petersburg State University of Airspace Instrumentation

Animation Simulation

• Non-Photorealistic Rendering of Hair for Animated Cartoons
  (Video)
  Cote M., Jodoin P., Donohue C., Ostromoukhov V.
  Universit'e de Montr'eal
• Real-time rendering of shallow water
  Belyaev V.
  St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University
• Interactive Design of Postures for Articulated Character Dancing Animation
  Chen C., Li C., Hu B.
  Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science

Geometry Modeling

• A Low Cost Antialiased Space Filled Voxelization Of Polygonal Objects
  Thon S., Gesquiere G., Raffin R.
  University of Provence
• Improvement of Triangular and Quadrilateral Surface Meshes
  Semenova I.B., Savchenko V.V., Hagiwara I. Tokyo
  Institute of Technology
• A priori computation of the number of surface subdivision levels
  Lanquetin S., Neveu M.
  Universite de Bourgogne
• Intrinsic point cloud simplification
  Moenning C., Dodgson N.A.
  University of Cambridge
• Topology-driven Progressive Mesh Construction for Hardware-Accelerated Rendering
  (Application)
  Turchyn P., Korotov S.
  University of Jyvaskyla

Motion Processing

• Biomechanical analysis and visualization tool of human morphological and motion data
  Aranov V.Y., Sholukha V.A., Van Sint Jan S.
  St.Petersburg State Technical University
• Building Performance Visualization using Augmented Reality
  Malkawi A.*, Srinivasan R.**
  *Department of Architecture, School of Design
  **University of Pennsylvania

Computer Vision

• Photogrammetric System for Frontal Face Image Acquisition
  Knyaz V.A. State Research
  Institute of Aviation System
• Face Recognition based on Curvature Estimation and Neural Networks
  Al-Akkad M.A.
  Izhevsk State Technical University
• Reconstruction of projective and metric cameras for image triplets
  Khropov A. * , Shokurov A. *, Lempitskiy V. *, Ivanov D. **
  *Moscow State University
  ** RL Labs Joint Stock Company
• Optical Flow Invariants in Models of Driver's Visual Perception
  Eremin V.M., Koltyapin M.V.
  Moscow State Industrial University

Visualization and Rendering

• Context-Aided Visualization of Volumetric Data
  Vassiliev V. *, Voloboy A. **, Vyukova N. ***
  *Fractal Technologies
  **Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics Russian Academy of Science
  ***Research Institute for System Studies Russian Academy of Science
• GPU-Based Texture Flow Visualization
  Potiy O.A., Anikanov A.A.
  Rostov State University
• A Real-Time 3D Rendering System with BRDF Materials and Natural Lighting
  Ignatenko A. *, Valiev I. **, Dmitriev K. **, Barladian B. **, Ershov S. **, Voloboy A. **, Galaktionov V. **
  *Moscow State University
  **Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Image and Data Processing

• Edge Detection Method by Tikhonov Regularization
  Tsibanov V.N., Denisov A.M., Krylov A.S.
  Moscow State University
• Hermite Foveation
  Krylov A., Kortchagine D.
  Moscow State University
• Hardware image filtering on desktop computers
  Press J.
  University of Tartu
• A New Low Complexity Entropy Coding Method
  Brailovsky I.*, Kravtsunov E.**, Plotkin D.*
  *The Institute of Microprocessor Computer Systems
  **Moscow State University

3D Data Processing and Simulation

• Realtime Simulation and Rendering of Dynamic and Complex Fracture Phenomena
  (Video)
  Bao Z.*, Karpov A.**
  *Stanford University
  **Ivanovo State University
• A Method for Repairing Triangulations
  Emelyanov A., Skala V.
  University of West Bohemia

• VirSculpt: a virtual sculpting environment
  Raffin R., Gesquiere G., Remy E., Thon S.
  University of Provence

CAD Techiques

• SmartSnap: addressing 3D pointing anisotropy in Virtual Reality CAD application
  Fiorentino M., Monno G., Uva A.E.
  Dipartimento di Disegno Tecnico Industriale e della Rappresentazione Politecnico di Bari
• STEP-Compliant Application Framework for Virtual Prototyping
  Semenov V., Alekseeva E., Morozov S., Tarlapan O.
  Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Full Papers in Russian

• Accuracy Estimation of the Factorization Based 3D Recovery Algorithms
  Sveshnikova N.V., Yurin D.V.
  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Image shape comparison based at circular decomposition
  Mestetskiy L., Semenov A.
  Tver State University
• Practical model of dynamic atmosphere effects in the scope of visualization of open spaces in real-time
  Elykov N.A., Belago I.V., Kozlov S.M., Kuzikovsky S.A., Lavrentev M.M.
  IAE SD RAS
• Construction of dynamic shadows in real-time visualization systems
  Kozlov S., Belago I.V., Elykov N.A., Kuzikovsky S.A., Lavrentev M.M.
  IAE SD RAS

Computer Vision

• Using of sub pixel line extraction methods in non-contact measure systems
  Pozin A.
  State Research Institute of Aviation Systems
• Tracking feature points in defocused video
  Lisitsin E., Konushin A., Vejnevets V.
  Moscow State University
• Algorithm for automatic segmentation of raster images based on growing of clusters for R-value maximums
  Minchenkov M.V.
  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Adaptive algorithm for satellite images transformations with discontinuities and partial data losses into geographical projections with partial errors correction
  Nepomnyaschy P.V.
  Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
• Hierarchical aglomerative clusterization algorithm for image region selection
  Vovk O.L. Donetsk
  National Technical University

Animation and Rendering

• Rational description of Animated Character Motion in 3D-graphic Systems
  Tyutin V.
  Nizhniy Novgorod State University
• Backward classification of wavelet coefficients for image compression
  Glavnov V., Krapivenko A.
  Moscow Aviation Institute
• Efficient lossless video compression method
  Vatolin D., Popov D.
  Moscow State University

CG Algorithms and Programming Techniques

• Delaunay triangulation: Recoursion without spatial separation
  Mestetskiy L., Tsarik E.
  Tver State University
• Programming modern GPUs utilizing general languages of .NET platform
  Berezin S., Kalugin K., Karpushina E., Nevskiy E., Nosov K., Pavlova O.
  Moscow State University
• Review of robust techniques of model parameters estimation based on random sampling
  Marinichev K., Konushin A., Vejnevets V.
  Moscow State University

CAD Technologies

• Perturbation Functions in Geometric Modeling
  Vyatkin S.I., Dolgovesov B.S.
  IAE SD RAS
• Insolation duration calculating by means of 3D-modelling program AutoCAD
  Kheyfets A.L.
  South-Ural State University
• Conceptual geometric models
  Yermilov V., Kharin V., Shalak M.
  Izhevsk State Technical University

Computer Graphics in IMM UD RAS

• System for interactive visualization of parallel computations
  Averbuh V.L., Vasev P.A., Gorbashevskiy D.U., Kazantsev A.U., Manakov D.V.
  IMM UD RAS
• Utilizing 3D Visualization Methophors
  Averbuh V.L., Baydalin A.U., Ismagilov D.R., Kazantsev A.U., Timoshpolskiy S.P.
  IMM UD RAS
• Specialized system for visualization of some problems of optimal control
  Moshkov A.V., Pahotinskih V.U., Reshetnyak V.O.
  IMM UD RAS
• Languages for mapping types description for computer visualization systems
  Averbuh V.L., Barakovskih N.I., Zenkov A.I., Petrov A.N.
  IMM UD RAS

CG in Education

• Generation of interactive learning courses based on modern technologies of virtual environments and Internet
  Dolgovesov B.S., Shemtsov M.U., Jmulevskaya D.R.
  Yugra Research Institute of Informational Technologies, IAE
• Computer graphics in the teaching process of Pereslavl University
  Khachumov V.
  Institute of Programming Systems, Pereslavl University

Tutorials and Workshops

• "2-1/2D" Portrait Creation
  Prof. Douglas C. Acheson
  Computer Graphics Technology
  Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianapolis
• Object Oriented Multimedia Representation
  Dr. Dmitry Vatolin, Alexander Zhirkov
  Graphics and Media Lab, CMC, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia