User Interfaces for Sketch-based Modeling, Design, and Fabrication

Speaker:	Dr. Manfred Lau
		JST ERATO Igarashi Design Interface Project
		University of Tokyo

Title:		"User Interfaces for Sketch-based Modeling, Design,
		 and Fabrication"

Date:		Monday, 14 March 2011

Time:		4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:		Lecture Theatre F (near lifts 25/26), HKUST

Abstract:

Creating intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces for modeling and editing 3D
models is a challenging problem. I will describe our work on developing a
3D face expression modeling system We extend the sketch-based modeling of
virtual objects to the modeling, design, and fabrication of real-world
products. I will describe the motivation and applications for this
research area, and then demonstrate our work on 2D and 3D interfaces for
fabricating real-world products such as furniture. Lastly (time
permitting), I will discuss our work in applying motion planning and
machine learning methods for controlling virtual humans and robots.


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Biography:

Manfred is currently a post-doc researcher working with Prof. Takeo
Igarashi and Prof. Jun Mitani at the JST ERATO Igarashi Design Interface
Project in Tokyo Japan. He completed his Ph.D. in the Computer Science
Department at Carnegie Mellon University in 2009. His research interests
are in sketch-based modeling, tangible user interfaces, augmented reality,
computer games, computer animation, motion planning, and machine learning.