[Maths-Education] Maths-Art seminars at London Knowledge Lab, 14 March: Niloy Mitra, 'Geometry: From Sculptures to Buildings'

[Phillip Kent]

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GEOMETRY: FROM SCULPTURES TO BUILDINGS

An LKL Maths-Art Seminar
by Niloy Mitra
Thursday 14th March 2013, 6.00 - 7.30pm 

Digital modeling by designers and engineers leads to the creation of
huge archives of 3D models. There is a pressing need to develop
algorithms and software tools which can help users to analyse, explore,
organise, and synthesise such massive model collections. In this talk, I
will show some of our recent efforts in this direction, in terms of
automated analysis of 3D geometrical forms and 'constraint-aware
synthesis', that is, using existing models to synthesise new forms which
satisfy particular requirements - for example, to generate objects which
cast interesting shadows, or building envelopes that are designed to
minimise adverse shadowing effects. I will talk about some different
applications including image processing, geometry processing, and
fabrication-aware form finding. The talk will explore emerging trends in
coupling form and function towards the grand goal of enabling
fabrication-aware smart modeling and synthesis.

[more details at: http://vecg.cs.ucl.ac.uk/Projects/SmartGeometry/ ] 

NILOY MITRA is Reader in Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics in the
Department of Computer Science, University College London. Previously,
he co-founded the Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Center
at KAUST in Saudi Arabia. He received his Masters and PhD from Stanford
University. Niloy's research primarily centres around algorithmic issues
in shape understanding and structure-aware geometry processing.

TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm
PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS
[Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ]

Next seminars: 11 April: Seminar/workshop on Mobius strips by Simon
Morgan and John Sharp; 9 May: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs on poetry and
mathematics. 13 June: speaker TBC.

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Dr Phillip Kent, Visiting Fellow, London Knowledge Lab
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