[CMU AI Seminar] Dec 14 at 12pm (Zoom) -- Christian Theobalt (Max Planck Institute for Informatics) -- Neural Methods for Reconstruction and Rendering of Real World Scenes -- AI Seminar sponsored by Morgan Stanley

[Shaojie Bai]

Hi all,

Sorry for the spamming. But since numerous people have asked me about this
(as it's the end of the semester and people are traveling): *there will NOT
be a recording of the talk tomorrow* (upon the speaker's request).

Best,
Shaojie

On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:28 PM Shaojie Bai <shaojieb at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just a reminder that the CMU AI Seminar
> <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aiseminar/> is tomorrow *12pm-1pm*:
> https://cmu.zoom.us/j/92289727241?pwd=a1VJUSsrYjJhblY1VEgzZFdMM2pLZz09.
>
> *Christian Theobalt* (Max Planck Institute for Informatics) will be
> talking about neural rendering approaches!
>
> --------------------------------------
> *Title:*  Neural Methods for Reconstruction and Rendering of Real World
> Scenes
>
> *Talk Abstract:* In this presentation, I will talk about some of the
> recent work we did on new methods for reconstructing computer graphics
> models of real world scenes from sparse or even monocular video data. These
> methods are based of bringing together neural network-based and explicit
> model-based approaches. I will also talk about new neural rendering
> approaches that combine explicit model-based and neural network based
> concepts for image formation in new ways. They enable new means to
> synthesize highly realistic imagery and videos of real work scenes under
> user control.
> --------------------------------------
>
> Thanks,
> Shaojie
>
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 1:46 PM Shaojie Bai <shaojieb at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> We look forward to seeing you *next Tuesday (12/14)* from *1**2:00-1:00
>> PM (U.S. Eastern time)* for the next talk of our *CMU AI Seminar*,
>> sponsored by Morgan Stanley
>> <https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/technology/>.
>>
>> To learn more about the seminar series or see the future schedule,
>> please visit the seminar website <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aiseminar/>.
>>
>> On 12/14, Professor *Christian Theobalt* (Max Planck Institute for
>> Informatics) will be giving a talk on "*Neural Methods for
>> Reconstruction and Rendering of Real World Scenes*" and sharing his
>> research on new neural rendering approaches.
>>
>> *Title:*  Neural Methods for Reconstruction and Rendering of Real World
>> Scenes
>>
>> *Talk Abstract:* In this presentation, I will talk about some of the
>> recent work we did on new methods for reconstructing computer graphics
>> models of real world scenes from sparse or even monocular video data. These
>> methods are based of bringing together neural network-based and explicit
>> model-based approaches. I will also talk about new neural rendering
>> approaches that combine explicit model-based and neural network based
>> concepts for image formation in new ways. They enable new means to
>> synthesize highly realistic imagery and videos of real work scenes under
>> user control.
>>
>> *Speaker Bio: *Christian Theobalt is The Scientific Director of the new
>> Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence Department at the
>> Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany. He is also a
>> Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University, Germany. From 2007
>> until 2009 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of
>> Computer Science at Stanford University. He received his MSc degree in
>> Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, his Diplom (MS)
>> degree in Computer Science from Saarland University, and his PhD (Dr.-Ing.)
>> from the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics.
>>
>>
>> In his research he looks at algorithmic problems that lie at the
>> intersection of Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and Machine Learning,
>> such as: static and dynamic 3D scene reconstruction, neural rendering and
>> neural scene representations, marker-less motion and performance capture,
>> virtual humans, virtual and augmented reality, computer animation,
>> intrinsic video and inverse rendering, computational videography, machine
>> learning for graphics and vision, new sensors for 3D acquisition, as well
>> as image- and physically-based rendering. He is also interested in using
>> reconstruction techniques for human computer interaction. For his work, he
>> received several awards, including the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck
>> Society in 2007, the EUROGRAPHICS Young Researcher Award in 2009, the
>> German Pattern Recognition Award 2012, and the Karl Heinz Beckurts Award in
>> 2017, and the EUROGRAPHICS Outstanding Technical Contributions Award in
>> 2020. He received two ERC grants, an ERC Starting Grant in 2013 and an ERC
>> Consolidator Grant in 2017.
>>
>> *Zoom Link: *
>> https://cmu.zoom.us/j/92289727241?pwd=a1VJUSsrYjJhblY1VEgzZFdMM2pLZz09
>>
>> Best,
>> Shaojie Bai (MLD)
>>
>
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