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Seminar: Current Topics in Computer Graphics & Geometry Processing Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer, Leif Kobbelt RWTH Aachen University July 26, 2012 1 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Overview 1 Organization of the seminar 2 Some hints for your report 3 Presentation of topics 4 Assignment of topics 2 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Type of Seminar Block-seminar, held at end of semester: Feb. 4–6, 2013 3 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Type of Seminar Block-seminar, held at end of semester: Feb. 4–6, 2013 Schedule 1 Orientation (study papers and literature, etc.) and write outline (approx. 8 weeks) 3 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Type of Seminar Block-seminar, held at end of semester: Feb. 4–6, 2013 Schedule 1 Orientation (study papers and literature, etc.) and write outline (approx. 8 weeks) 2 Write report (approx. 8 weeks) 3 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Type of Seminar Block-seminar, held at end of semester: Feb. 4–6, 2013 Schedule 1 Orientation (study papers and literature, etc.) and write outline (approx. 8 weeks) 2 Write report (approx. 8 weeks) 3 Prepare talk (approx. 3 weeks) 3 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Type of Seminar Block-seminar, held at end of semester: Feb. 4–6, 2013 Schedule 1 Orientation (study papers and literature, etc.) and write outline (approx. 8 weeks) 2 Write report (approx. 8 weeks) 3 Prepare talk (approx. 3 weeks) 4 Final presentation 3 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Dropouts Dropout grace period is 3 weeks (August 16th). Drop out later ⇒ Fail the course. 4 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Reports Written reports: English or German, ∼ 20 pages → Not much more, not much less → English recommended 5 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Reports Written reports: English or German, ∼ 20 pages → Not much more, not much less → English recommended Latex is mandatory → Template is provided by us 5 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Reports Written reports: English or German, ∼ 20 pages → Not much more, not much less → English recommended Latex is mandatory → Template is provided by us Outline of report is due Oct. 8, 2012 → Your chance to get valuable feedback 5 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Reports Written reports: English or German, ∼ 20 pages → Not much more, not much less → English recommended Latex is mandatory → Template is provided by us Outline of report is due Oct. 8, 2012 → Your chance to get valuable feedback Final report is due Dec. 14, 2012 → This version of your report is graded → Will be annotated, revision for compilation 5 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Talks Oral Presentation: English or German, 30 min. → Important: Not more, not less! Talk will be aborted after 32 minutes! → English strongly recommended → Practice! Practice often! 6 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Talks Oral Presentation: English or German, 30 min. → Important: Not more, not less! Talk will be aborted after 32 minutes! → English strongly recommended → Practice! Practice often! Electronic Slides: English → Template for LaTeX, OpenOffice, Powerpoint can be provided 6 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Talks Oral Presentation: English or German, 30 min. → Important: Not more, not less! Talk will be aborted after 32 minutes! → English strongly recommended → Practice! Practice often! Electronic Slides: English → Template for LaTeX, OpenOffice, Powerpoint can be provided Bring your own laptop if you want 6 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Talks Oral Presentation: English or German, 30 min. → Important: Not more, not less! Talk will be aborted after 32 minutes! → English strongly recommended → Practice! Practice often! Electronic Slides: English → Template for LaTeX, OpenOffice, Powerpoint can be provided Bring your own laptop if you want Slides Rehearsal: Jan. 28 – 29, 2013 6 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Timeline Date Event Jul. 26 2012 Introductory Meeting Aug. 9 2012 Topic Deadline Aug. 10 2012 Topic Assignment/Announcement Oct. 8 2012 Outline Deadline Oct. 15 2012 Outline Review Dec. 14 2012 Report Deadline Jan. 14 2013 Report Review Jan. 28 – 29 2013 (opt) Slides Rehearsal Feb. 4 – 6 2013 Final Presentations Mar. 1 2013 Final Reports Deadline 7 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Organization Timeline Date Event Jul. 26 2012 Introductory Meeting Aug. 9 2012 Topic Deadline Aug. 10 2012 Topic Assignment/Announcement Oct. 8 2012 Outline Deadline Oct. 15 2012 Outline Review Dec. 14 2012 Report Deadline Jan. 14 2013 Report Review Jan. 28 – 29 2013 (opt) Slides Rehearsal Feb. 4 – 6 2013 Final Presentations Mar. 1 2013 Final Reports Deadline Schedule appointments via e-mail with us whenever you have questions! 7 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! Write report in your own words. → No copy and paste! We will check this carefully. . . 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! Write report in your own words. → No copy and paste! We will check this carefully. . . Discuss advantages / disadvantages / problems of the method 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! Write report in your own words. → No copy and paste! We will check this carefully. . . Discuss advantages / disadvantages / problems of the method Compare to work of other authors → The paper you get from us is not enough for your report! 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! Write report in your own words. → No copy and paste! We will check this carefully. . . Discuss advantages / disadvantages / problems of the method Compare to work of other authors → The paper you get from us is not enough for your report! Correctly cite all sources and state where figures have been taken from 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should do. . . Read and understand your paper Search for additional literature → e.g. take part in a library tour! Write report in your own words. → No copy and paste! We will check this carefully. . . Discuss advantages / disadvantages / problems of the method Compare to work of other authors → The paper you get from us is not enough for your report! Correctly cite all sources and state where figures have been taken from ! Make the reader understand your topic ! 8 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should not do. . . Do not copy original text from paper! → Again, we will check this carefully. . . 9 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should not do. . . Do not copy original text from paper! → Again, we will check this carefully. . . Do not copy text from anywhere else (websites, etc.)! → We will also check this. . . 9 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should not do. . . Do not copy original text from paper! → Again, we will check this carefully. . . Do not copy text from anywhere else (websites, etc.)! → We will also check this. . . Do not simply translate text! → We recommend you write in English, anyway. 9 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should not do. . . Do not copy original text from paper! → Again, we will check this carefully. . . Do not copy text from anywhere else (websites, etc.)! → We will also check this. . . Do not simply translate text! → We recommend you write in English, anyway. Do not hand in your report late! 9 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints What you should not do. . . Do not copy original text from paper! → Again, we will check this carefully. . . Do not copy text from anywhere else (websites, etc.)! → We will also check this. . . Do not simply translate text! → We recommend you write in English, anyway. Do not hand in your report late! If you do not respect these few simple rules, you immediately fail the seminar! 9 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints Declaration of Compliance Read the “Ethical Guidelines for the Authoring of Academic Work” 10 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Hints Declaration of Compliance Read the “Ethical Guidelines for the Authoring of Academic Work” Sign and hand in the “Declaration of Compliance” 10 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer

Topics Topic Assignment The assignment will be the solution to an optimization problem for maximum overall student satisfaction. 11 Johannes Frohn, Henrik Zimmer