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2.2 ACM Workshop on Applied Computational Geometry

May 27-28, 1996
http://www.cs.unc.edu/ geom/wacg96.html

The objectives of this workshop include the following:

1.To review the state-of-art research in computational geometry and its related application areas. To demonstrate current capabilities and/or achievements in research worldwide.

2.To highlight critical issues that remain unsolved in technology transfer from computational geometry to other more applied fields. To identify areas of research interests where theory can advance the state of technology and/or where the application can provide the impetus for basic scientific development.

3.To create a forum for discussion on how to address these critical issues with a constructive evaluation on research focus towards a multidisciplinary coordinated effort for collaboration.

4.To provide insights for future research directions and potential follow-up applications workshops.

Session 1

SCG/WACG Invited Talk

Monday, May 27, 1996
8:00 am - 9:00 am

David Dobkin
Princeton University

Computational Geometry - Where Did it Come From, What is it Good For?

Session 2

WACG Welcome and Opening Remarks

Monday, May 27, 1996
9:00 am - 9:20 am

Session 3

Molecular Modeling

Monday, May 27, 1996
9:20 am - 10:40 am

Ming Lin, Chair
Army Research Office & UNC Chapel Hill

9:20 am
Smooth Surfaces for Multi-Scale Shape Representation
Herbert Edelsbrunner
University of Illinois

10:00 am
Geometric Manipulation of Flexible Ligands
D. Halperin, L. Kavraki, J. Latombe, R. Motwani, C. Shelton and S.
Venkatasubramanian
Stanford University

10:20 am
Application of the Ray-Representation to Problems of Protein Structure and
Function
Michael G. Prisant
Duke University

10:40 am Coffee Break

Session 4

Solid Modeling and Geometric Robustness

Monday, May 27, 1996
11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Dinesh Manocha, Chair
Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill

11:00 am
How Solid is Solid Modeling
Christoph Hoffmann
Purdue University

11:40 am
PANEL DISCUSSION on Robustness Issues
Steve Fortune, Panel Chair
AT & T Bell Labs
Leo Guibas
Stanford University
Franco Preparata
Brown University

Session 5

Manufacturing

Monday, May 27, 1996
1:50 pm - 3:40 pm

Chee Yap, Chair
New York University

1:50 pm
Computational Geometry in Design and Manufacturing
Michael J. Wozny
Department of Commerce

2:30 pm
Applications of Computational Geometry in Mechanical Engineering Design and
Manufacturing
Michael Pratt
National Institute of Standards & Technology

3:00 pm
Column-Based Strip Packing using Ordered and Compliant Containment
V. Milenkovic
Univ. of Miami
K. Daniels
Harvard University

3:20 pm
Computing a flattest, undercut--free parting line for a convex polyhedron,
with application to mold design
J. Majhi, P. Gupta and R. Janardan
U. of Minnesota

3:40 pm Coffee Break

Session 6

MACHINE LEARNING, VISION & COMPUTATIONAL ROBOTICS

Monday, May 27, 1996
4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Leo Guibas, Chair
Stanford University

4:00 pm
Geometric Pattern Matching and Computer Vision
Dan Huttenlocher
Cornell University

4:40 pm
Geometric Problems in Machine Learning
David Dobkin and Dimitrios Gunopulos
Princeton University

5:00 pm
Matching convex polygons and polyhedra, Allowing for Occlusion
Ronen Basri
Weizmann Institute
David Jacobs
NEC

5:20 pm
Stably Placing Piecewise Smooth Objects
Chao-Kuei Hung and Doug Ierardi
University of Southern CA

Session 7

Geometric Applications I

Tuesday, May 28, 1996
9:00 am - 10:45 am

Dinesh Manocha, Chair
Univ. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill

9:00 am
On Some Applications of Computational Geometry in Virtual Environments
Joseph Mitchell
SUNY Stony Brook

9:35 am
Geometric Issues Arising from N-Manifold Geometry in BRL-CAD
Michael Muuss
Army Research Laboratory

10:05 am
A beam-tracing algorithm for indoor radio propagation
Steve Fortune
AT & T Bell Labs

10:25 am
Extracting Geometric Information from Architectural Drawings
Brian Kernighan
AT & T Bell Labs
Chris Van Wyk
Drew

10:45 am Coffee Break

Session 8

Geometric Software and Visualization

Tuesday, May 28, 1996
11:00 am - 12:50 pm

Joe Mitchell, Chair
SUNY Stony Brook

11:00 am
Using the visibility complex for radiosity computation
R. Orti, F. Durand, S. Riviere and C. Puech
IMAG-INRIA

11:20 am
The CGAL kernel: A basis for geometric computation
A. Fabri
INRIA
G. Gierzeman
Utrecht Univ.
L. Kettner and S. Schonherr
Freie Univ.
S. Schirra
Max-Planck Institut fur Informatik

11:40 am
PANEL DISCUSSION on Geometric Software & Visualization
Mark Overmars, Panel Chair
Utrecht University
David Dobkin
Princeton University
D. T. Lee
Northwestern University
Kurt Mehlhorn
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik

Session 9

Geometric Applications II

Tuesday, May 28, 1996
1:50 pm - 3:50 pm

David Dobkin, Chair
Princeton

1:50 pm
Grid Generation for Computational Field Simulation
Joe Thompson
Mississippi State University

2:30 pm
Computational Geometry issues in VLSI Design Verification
V. T. Rajan
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

3:00 pm
Near Linear Time for Ray Tracing
Tony Woo
University of Washington

3:30 pm
Triangle: Engineering a 2D Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator
Jonathan Richard Shewchuk
Carnegie-Mellon U.

3:50 pm Coffee Break

Session 10

Geometric Engineering

Tuesday, May 28, 1996
4:00 pm - 5:40 pm

Ming Lin, Chair
U.S. Army Research Office &
UNC-Chapel Hill

4:00 pm
Issues in Geometric Tolerancing
Chee Yap
New York University

4:40 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
On the Future Trend of Geometric Computing

Ming C. Lin
U.S. Army Research Office & UNC-Chapel
General Chair

Dinesh Manocha
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Program Chair

Ming C. Lin
U.S. Army Research Office & UNC-Chapel Hill
Finance Chair

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Herbert Edelsbrunner
University of Illinois, Urbana

Michael Goodrich
Johns Hopkins University

Leo Guibas
Stanford University

Kurt Mehlhorn
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik, Germany

Joseph Mitchell
SUNY, Stony Brook

Emo Welzl
Fachbereich Mathematik, Freie Universitat, Germany

Chee Yap
New York University

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

David Dobkin
Princeton University

Leo Guibas
Stanford University

Joe Mitchell
SUNY, Stony Brook

Chee Yap
New York University



Wm Randolph Franklin
Wed Mar 20 18:12:01 EST 1996