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Michael Wand

Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Department 4: Computer Graphics
Building 46.1, Room 208
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken
Germany

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Phone: +49 681 9325 4008
Fax: +49 681 9325 499

Research

Head of the independent research group statistical geometry processing within the Cluster of Excellence "Multi-Modal Computing and Interaction" at Saarland University and MPI Informatik Saarbrücken.

Research topics include:

Machine learning and graphics
Statistical tools for modeling and geometric data analysis
Symmetry detection and applications
Processing of animated geometry from real-time 3D scanners
Efficient large scene rendering and editing

Open Positions

The statistical geometry processing group is looking for PhD students. Prospective candidates should have a university degree in computer science or related fields (math, physics, engineering). We expect excellent skills in mathematical modeling and practical programming, and of course scientific curiosity in finding out how things work and why. A background in computer graphics, computer vision, or machine learning is a plus. If you are interested, please drop me an email.

Teaching

Wintersemester 2011 / 2012

Lecture: Statistical Geometry Processing
Lecture / Talk (January 30th): Perspektiven der Informatik: Bayes'sche Statistik (Slides)

Sommersemester 2011

Seminar: Scene Understanding Techniques for Geometric and Visual Data Sets

Wintersemester 2010 / 2011

Seminar: Texture Synthesis and Analysis Techniques for Images and 3D Geometry - from Automatic Photo Retouch to Inverse Procedural Modeling
Lecture / Talk (February 7th): Perspektiven der Informatik: Bayes'sche Statistik (Slides)

Sommersemester 2010

Lecture: Geometric Modeling
Lecture / Talk (June 7th): Perspektiven der Informatik: Bayes'sche Statistik (Slides)

Sommersemester 2009

Seminar: Geometric Correspondence Problems

Sommersemester 2008

Lecture: Geometric Modeling

Eurographics tutorials on correspondence problems

Eurographics 2010 Tutorial "Geometric Registration for Deformable Shapes"
Eurographics 2011 Tutorial "Computing Correspondences in Geometric Data Sets"

Software

XGRT - Extensible Graphics Toolkit

XGRT is an object-oriented framework for computer graphics applications, especially in the area of geometry processing. It offers interactive editing of large out-of-core point clouds and a number of geometry processing algorithms. more...

Publications

2011
	M. Bokeloh, M. Wand, V. Koltun, H.-P. Seidel: "Pattern-Aware Deformation Using Sliding Dockers", In: ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. Siggraph Asia), 2011. project page, paper (preprint, PDF, 22MB), video (mp4, 72MB)
	A. Tevs, A. Berner, M. Wand, I. Ihrke, M. Bokeloh, J. Kerber, H.-P. Seidel: "Animation Cartography - Intrinsic Reconstruction of Shape and Motion", In: ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2011 (to appear). project page, paper (preprint, PDF, 10MB), video (mp4, 290MB)
	R. Lasowski, A. Tevs, M. Wand, H.-P. Seidel: "Wavelet Belief Propagation for Large Scale Inference Problems", In: IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2011. project page, paper (preprint, PDF, 2MB)
	M. Sunkel, S. Jansen, M. Wand, E. Eisemann, H.-P. Seidel: Learning Line Features in 3D Geometry. In: Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), 2011. project page, paper (PDF, 17MB), video (mp4, 53MB)
	A. Berner, M. Wand, N. Mitra, D. Mewes, H.-P. Seidel: Shape Analysis with Subspace Symmetries. In: Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), 2011. project page, paper (PDF, 19MB), video (Youtube), slides (PDF, 4MB)
	A. Tevs, A. Berner, M. Wand, I. Ihrke, H.-P. Seidel: Intrinsic Shape Matching by Planned Landmark Sampling. In: Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurographics), 2011. project page, paper (PDF, 20MB)
	J. Kerber, M. Wand, J. Krüger, H.-P. Seidel: Partial Symmetry Detection in Volume Data. In: Vision, Modeling and Visualization (VMV) 2011. paper (PDF), video (MP4, 22MB)
	A. Berner, O. Burghard, M. Wand, N. J. Mitra, R. Klein, H.-P. Seidel: A Morphable Part Model for Shape Manipulation. MPI Informatik Tech Report MPI-I-2011-4-005. abstract
	W. Chang, H. Li, N. Mitra, M. Pauly, S. Rusinkiewicz, M. Wand: Computing Correspondences in Geometric Data Sets. Eurographics 2011 course. project page and slides
2010
	M. Bokeloh, M. Wand, H.-P. Seidel: A Connection between Partial Symmetry and Inverse Procedural Modeling. In: ACM Transactions on Graphics 29(4) (Proc. Siggraph), 2010. project page, paper (high-res, 24MB), paper (low-res, 1.8MB), video (Youtube)
	M. Granados, B. Ajdin, M. Wand, C. Theobalt, H.-P. Seidel, H. Lensch: Optimal HDR reconstruction with linear digital cameras. In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2010. paper (500KB)
	T. Thormählen, N. Hasler, M. Wand, H.-P. Seidel: Registration of Sub-Sequence and Multi-Camera Reconstructions for Camera Motion Estimation. In: Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting 7(2) (CVMP 2008 Special Issue), July 2010.
	J. Kerber, M. Bokeloh, M. Wand, J. Krüger, H.-P. Seidel: Feature Preserving Sketching of Volume Data. In: Proc. Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV), 2010.
	W. Chang, H. Li, N. Mitra, M. Pauly, M. Wand: Geometric Registration for Deformable Shapes. Eurographics 2010 course. project page and slides
2009
	R. Lasowski, A. Tevs , H.-P. Seidel, M. Wand: A Probabilistic Framework for Partial Intrinsic Symmetries in Geometric Data. In: IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), September 2009. paper (4.7MB), video (mp4) (21.5MB) Hindsight: Please read these additional remarks on the properties of loopy belief propagation in our context.
	A. Berner, M. Bokeloh, M. Wand, A. Schilling, H.-P. Seidel: Generalized Intrinsic Symmetry Detection. In: MPI Informatik Tech Report MPI-I-2009-4-005, 2009. paper (6MB)
	A. Tevs, M. Bokeloh, M.Wand, A. Schilling, H.-P. Seidel: Isometric Registration of Ambiguous and Partial Data. In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '09), 2009. paper (2 MB), video: video (mp4) (30MB)
	Bart Adams, Martin Wicke, Maks Ovsjanikov, Michael Wand, Hans-Peter Seidel, Leonidas Guibas: Meshless Shape and Motion Design for Multiple Deformable Objects. In: Computer Graphics Forum 29(1), 43-59, 2011. paper (7.5 MB)
	N. Hasler, B. Rosenhahn, T. Thormählen, M. Wand, J. Gall, H.-P. Seidel: Markerless Motion Capture with Unsynchronized Moving Cameras. In: Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '09), 2009. paper (12 MB), video: video (20.5MB)
	M. Bokeloh, A. Berner, M.Wand, H.-P. Seidel, A. Schilling: Symmetry Detection Using Line Features. In: Computer Graphics Forum, Proc. Eurographics '09. paper (10 MB), video: avi/xvid (40MB) quicktime (32MB), project page (link)
	M. Wand, B. Adams, M. Ovsjanikov, A. Berner, M. Bokeloh, P. Jenke, L. Guibas, H.-P. Seidel, A. Schilling: Efficient Reconstruction of Non-rigid Shape and Motion from Real-Time 3D Scanner Data. In: ACM Transactions on Graphics 28(2), April 2009. paper (8 MB), video: avi/xvid (56MB) quicktime (66MB) Copyright notice: © ACM, (2009). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version is to be published in ACM Transaction on Graphics, 28(2), April 2009.
	M. Wand: Reconstruction Techniques for Shape and Motion. DAGM 2009 Tutorial: Visual 3D Scene Analysis and Synthesis (H. Lensch, B. Rosenhahn, H.-P. Seidel, C. Theobalt, T. Thormählen, M. Wand) slides (PDF) (15.7MB), official tutorial Web page (link)
2008
	A. Berner, M. Bokeloh, M.Wand, A. Schilling, H.-P. Seidel: A Graph-Based Approach to Symmetry Detection. In: Proc. Symposium on Point-Based Graphics, 2008. paper (1 MB), project page (link)
	M. Bokeloh, A. Berner, M. Wand, A. Schilling, H.-P. Seidel: Slippage Features. Technical Report, WSI-2008-03, University of Tübingen, 2008. paper (6 MB)
	T. Thormählen, N. Hasler, M. Wand, H.-P. Seidel: Merging of Feature Tracks for Camera Motion Estimation from Video. In: 5th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2008), 2008. paper (3.1 MB)
	Jenke, P., Wand, M., Straßer, W.: Patch-Graph Reconstruction for Piecewise Smooth Surfaces, In: Proceedings Vision, Modeling and Visualization (VMV), 2008. paper (2.5 MB)
	B. Adams, M. Ovsjanikov, M. Wand, H.-P. Seidel, L. J. Guibas: Meshless Modeling of Deformable Shapes and their Motion. In: ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2008. paper (4 MB), video (Youtube)
	M. Wand, A. Berner, M. Bokeloh, P. Jenke, A. Fleck, M. Hoffmann, B. Maier, D. Staneker, A.Schilling, H.-P. Seidel: Processing and Interactive Editing of Huge Point Clouds from 3D Scanners. In: Computers and Graphics, 32(2), 204-220, 2008. paper (publisher site)
2007
	P. Jenke, M. Wand, W. Straßer: Efficient Surface Reconstruction for Piecewise Smooth Objects. Technical Report, WSI-2007-05, University of Tübingen, 2007. paper (6.3 MB)
	M. Wand, A. Berner, M. Bokeloh, A. Fleck, M. Hoffmann, P. Jenke, B. Maier, D. Staneker, A.Schilling: Interactive Editing of Large Point Clouds. In: Proc. Symposium on Point-Based Graphics (PBG 07), 2007. paper (3.9 MB) -- video (DivX, 46 MB) -- software (binary & source code) (Project Page / Download)
	M. Wand, P. Jenke, Q. Huang, M. Bokeloh, L. Guibas, and A. Schilling: Reconstruction of Deforming Geometry from Time-Varying Point Clouds. In: Proc. 5th Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 49-58, 2007. paper (0.6 MB) -- video (DivX, 36 MB)
	Q.-X. Huang, B. Adams, M. Wand: Bayesian Surface Reconstruction via Iterative Scan Alignment to an Optimized Prototype. In: Proc. 5th Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing, Barcelona, Spain, 2007. paper (21 MB)
	M. Wand: Rendering of Very Large Models. In: M. Gross, H. Pfister (editors): Point-Based Graphics, Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier, 2007.
2006
	P. Jenke., M. Wand, M. Bokeloh, A. Schilling, W. Strasser: Bayesian Point Cloud Reconstruction. In: Computer Graphics forum 25(3), 379-388 (Proc. Eurographics 2006), 2006. paper (3.5 MB)
	M. Bokeloh., M. Wand: Hardware Accelerated Multi-Resolution Geometry Synthesis. In: Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games 2006. paper (4.6 MB), video (DivX, 24MB)
2005
	M. Wand: Punktbasierte Multiskalendarstellung. In: Dorothea Wagner et al. (Hrsg.): Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2004, GI-Edition - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), D-5 Bonner Köllen Verlag, 2005.
	G. Wetekam, D. Staneker, U. Kanus, M. Wand: A Hardware Architecture for Multi-Resolution Volume Rendering. In: Proc. of Eurographics/SIGGRAPH Workshop on Graphics Hardware, 2005.
	P. Biber, S. Fleck, M. Wand, D. Staneker, W. Straßer: First Experiences with a Mobile Platform for Flexible 3D Model Acquisition in Indoor and Outdoor Environments - The Wägele. In: 3D-ARCH'2005: 3D Virtual Reconstruction and Visualization of Complex Architectures, 2005.
	P. Biber, S. Fleck, F. Busch, M. Wand, T. Duckett, W. Straßer: 3D Modeling of Indoor Environments by a mobile Platform With a Laser Scanner And Panoramic Camera. In: 13th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2005), 2005.
2004
	M. Wand: Point-Based Multi-Resolution Rendering. PhD Thesis, Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science, Graphical-Interactive Systems (WSI/GRIS), University of Tübingen, 2004. thesis (41 MB), compressed (10 MB)
	M. Wand, W. Straßer: Multi-Resolution Sound Rendering. In: Proc. Symp. Point-Based Graphics, 2004. paper (0.9 MB) -- videos stadium1 (32 MB), stadium2 (49 MB), violin (32 MB) -- sound files (0.9 MB)
	J. Klein, J. Krokowski, M. Fischer, M. Wand, R. Wanka, F. Meyer auf der Heide: The Randomized Sample Tree: A Data Structure for Externally Stored Virtual Environments. In: Presence 13(6), 2004.
2003
	M. Wand, W.Straßer: Real-Time Caustics. In: P. Brunet and D. Fellner (eds), Computer Graphics Forum 22(3) (Proc. Eurographics 2003), 2003. paper (0.3 MB) -- video (9.2 MB)
	M. Wand, W.Straßer: Multi-Resolution Point-Sample Raytracing. In: Graphics Interface 2003 Conference Proceedings, 2003. paper (0.5 MB) -- video (14 MB)
	M. Amor, M. Boo, A. del Rio, M. Wand, W. Straßer: A New Algorithm for High-Speed Projection in Point Rendering Applications. In: DSD-Euromicro Conference, IEEE Computer Society, 2003.
	M. Wand, W. Straßer: A Real-Time Sound Rendering Algorithm for Complex Scenes. Technical Report WSI-2003-5, Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science, Graphical-Interactive Systems (WSI/GRIS), University of Tübingen, 2003. paper (0.8 MB)
2002
	S. Guthe, M. Wand, J. Gonser, W. Straßer: Interactive Rendering of Large Volume Data Sets. In: Proc. IEEE Visualization 2002. paper (0.4 MB) -- video (14 MB)
	J. Klein, J. Krokowski, M. Fischer, M. Wand, R. Wanka, F. Meyer auf der Heide: The Randomized Sample Tree: A Data Structure for Interactive Walkthroughs in Externally Stored Virtual Environments. In: Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), 2002.
	M. Wand, W. Straßer: Multi-Resolution Rendering of Complex Animated Scenes. In: Computer Graphics Forum 21(3) (Proc. Eurographics 2002), 2002. paper (1.9 MB) -- video (20 MB)
2001
	M. Wand, M. Fischer, I. Peter, F. Meyer auf der Heide, W. Straßer: The Randomized z-Buffer Algorithm: Interactive Rendering of Highly Complex Scenes. In: SIGGRAPH 2001 Conference Proceedings, 2001. paper (0.5 MB) -- video (20 MB)
2000
	M. Wand, M. Fischer, F. Meyer auf der Heide: Randomized Point Sampling for Output-Sensitive Rendering of Complex Dynamic Scenes. Technical Report WSI-2000-20, Wilhelm Schickard Institute for Computer Science, Graphical-Interactive Systems (WSI/GRIS), University of Tübingen, 2000. paper (0.9 MB)