Research Areas - Graphics (GR)

Overview

The Computer Graphics Group studies scientific visualization, physically-based rendering, animation, computer-aided geometric design, rapid prototyping, computer aided cornea modeling and visualization, medical imaging, tele-immersive environments for geographically distributed collaboration, and virtual environments for surgical simulation.
Graphics Group Web Pages

Topics

• Computer Aided Design and Modeling:

  Computer aided geometric design. Splines and subdivision. Surface optimization. Texture synthesis. Sound synthesis. Rapid prototyping.

• Rendering:

  Image based rendering. Vision realistic rendering. Computational photography and video.

• Visualization:

  Scientific and information visualization. Virtual environments, tele-immersive environments

• Animation:

  Motion capture analysis and synthesis. Physically based simulation. Video games.

• Art:

  Abstract sculpture, art & mathematics

Research Centers

• Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM)
• Berkeley Computer Animation & Modeling Group (B-CAM)
• Berkeley Institute of Design (BID)
• Tele-Immersion
• Video and Image Processing Lab (VIP Lab)
• Visual Computing Lab (VCL)

Research Projects

Faculty

• Maneesh Agrawala
• Ruzena Bajcsy
• Brian A. Barsky
• John F. Canny
• Dan Garcia
• Ken Goldberg
• Susan L. Graham
• Björn Hartmann
• Jitendra Malik
• James O'Brien
• Ravi Ramamoorthi
• Carlo H. Séquin (coordinator)
• Jonathan Shewchuk
• Laura Waller
• Avideh Zakhor

Related Courses

• CS 39J. The Art and Science of Photography: Drawing with Light
• CS 184/284A. Foundations of Computer Graphics
• CS 194. Advanced Digital Animation
• CS 194/294. The Art of Animation
• CS 274. Computational Geometry
• CS 280. Computer Vision
• CS 284. Computer-Aided Geometric Design and Modeling
• CS 285. Solid Free-form Modeling and Fabrication