Expertise
The expertise of the KAUST Visual Computing Center spans the full range of visual computing topics, from imaging devices to visualization:
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Computational Imaging Algorithms and Devices, including computational imaging and computational displays.
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Image Understanding and Analysis, with classical computer vision topics such as geometry reconstruction, segmentation, object detection, and action recognition.
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Geometric Modeling and Design, including computer graphics, discrete geometry, and architectural design.
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Physical Simulation and Measurement, such as computational simulation of fluids and solids;
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Large-Scale Visualization, including systems challenges for real-time rendering of large datasets, interaction metaphors, and automatic analysis of areas of interest.
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Theoretical Foundations, such as machine learning, numerical optimization, and solvers for partial differential equations.
Application Areas
While we apply this expertise to a wide range of topics in Visual Computing, the center has four themes of more focused activity, which include topics of particular relevance to KAUST and Saudi Arabia:
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Machine Learning for Spatial Structures | Theme Leader: Prof. Peter Wonka
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Visual Computing for Autonomous Vehicles | Theme Leader: Prof. Bernard Ghanem
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Intelligent Scientific Image Analysis | Theme Leader: Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich
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Extreme Multi-Scale Visualization | Theme Leader: Prof. Markus Hadwiger