CS 598ANH : Calculus on Meshes

Fall 2005

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Name: Andrew Hesford
Date: Sep 29, Thursday
Topic: Convergence paper in the computational series of Bossavit's Japan papers.
Slides: PDF slides from Andrew Hesford's presentation.
Name: Andrew Colombi
Date: Oct 4, Tuesday
Topic:
@inproceedings{GuYa2003, Author = {Xianfeng Gu and Shing-Tung Yau}, Booktitle = {Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing}, Editor = {L. Kobbelt and P. Schroder and H. Hoppe}, Publisher = {Eurographics}, Title = {Global Conformal Surface Parameterization}, Year = {2003}}
@phdthesis{Gu2002, Author = {Xianfeng Gu}, School = {Harvard University}, Title = {Parametrization for surfaces with arbitrary topology}, Year = {2002}}
Slides: Andrew Colombi used the whiteboard to give his talk so no slides are available.

Name: Nick Bray
Date: Oct 6, Thursday
Topic: @unpublished{Shewchuck2002, Author = {Jonathan R Shewchuck}, Title = {What is a good linear finite element? {I}nterpolation, conditioning, anisotropy and quality measures}, Year = {2002}}
Slides: Nick Bray used the whiteboard to give his talk so no slides are available.

Name: Scott Kircher
Date: Oct 11, Tuesday
Topic: @article{CiOrSc2000, Author = {Fehmi Cirak and Michael Ortiz and Peter Schroder}, Journal = {International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering}, Title = {Subdivision surfaces: a new paradigm for thin-shell finite element analysis}, Year = {2000}}
Slides: Powerpoint and PDF slides from Scott Kircher's presentation.

Name: Eric Lorimer
Date: Oct 13, Thursday
Topic: @article{PiPo1993, Author = {Ulrich Pinkall and Konrad Polthier}, Journal = {Experimental Mathematics}, Number = {1}, Pages = {15-36}, Title = {Computing Discrete Minimal Surfaces and Their Conjugates}, Volume = {2}, Year = {1993}}
Slides: PDF slides from Eric Lorimer's presentation.

Name: Xi Lin
Date: Oct 18, Tuesday
Topic: @article{BoKe2000, Author = {Alain Bossavit and Lauri Kettunen}, Journal = {IEEE Trans. Mag.}, Month = {July}, Number = {4}, Pages = {861--867}, Title = {{Y}ee-like schemes on staggered cellular grids: a synthesis between {FIT} and {FEM} approaches}, Volume = {36}, Year = {2000}}
Slides: Xi Lin used the whiteboard to give his talk so no slides are available.

Name: Mike Saville
Date: Oct 20, Thursday
Topic: Solving Maxwell's Equations ... Fast
Slides: Powerpoint slides from Mike Saville's presentation.

Name: Aaron Becker
Date: Oct 25, Tuesday
Topic: @article{Forman1998, Author = {Forman, Robin}, Fjournal = {Mathematische Zeitschrift}, Journal = {Math. Z.}, Number = {4}, Pages = {629--681}, Title = {Combinatorial vector fields and dynamical systems}, Volume = {228}
Slides: PDF slides from Aaron Becker's presentation.

Name: Shadi Ashnai
Date: Oct 27, Thursday
Topic: @inproceedings{MeDeScBa2002, Author = {Mark Meyer and Mathieu Desbrun and Peter Schroder and Alan H. Barr}, Booktitle = {International Workshop on Visualization and Mathematics, VisMath}, Title = {Discrete differential-geometry operators for triangulated 2-manifolds}, Year = {2002}}
Slides: Powerpoint and PDF slides from Shadi Ashnai's presentation.

Name: Isaac Dooley
Date: Nov 3, Thursday
Topic: @article{Mattiussi1997, Author = {Claudio Mattiussi}, Journal = {Journal of Computational Physics}, Title = {An analysis of finite volume, finite element, and finite difference methods using some concepts from algebraic topology}, Year = {1997}}
Slides: Powerpoint and PDF slides from Isaac Dooley's presentation.

Name: Nathan Bell
Date: Nov 8, Tuesday
Topic: @inproceedings{AlCoYvDe2005, Author = {Pierre Alliez and David Cohen-Steiner and Mariette Yvinec and Mathieu Desbrun}, Booktitle = {Proceedings ACM SIGGRAPH}, Title = {Variational Tetrahedral Meshing}, Year = {2005}}
Slides: Powerpoint and PDF slides from Nathan Bell's presentation.

Name: Anil Kodali
Date: Nov 10, Thursday
Topic: @unpublished{ElToKaScDe2005, Author = {Sharif Elcott and Yiying Tong and Eva Kanso and Peter Schroder and Mathieu Desbrun}, Title = {Stable, Circulation-Preserving, Simplicial Fluids}, Year = {2005}}
Slides: PDF slides from Anil Kodali's presentation.

Name: John Jossey
Date: Nov 15, Tuesday
Topic: @article{Dodziuk1976, Author = {Dodziuk, Jozef}, Journal = {Amer. J. Math.}, Number = {1}, Pages = {79--104}, Title = {Finite-difference approach to the {H}odge theory of harmonic forms}, Volume = {98}, Year = {1976}}
Slides: John Jossey used the whiteboard to give his talk so no slides are available.

Name: Brent Kraczek
Date: Nov 17, Thursday
Topic: Spacetime finite element techniques used for solid mechanics.
Slides: Will not be posted here.

Name: Valerie Peterson
Date: Nov 29, Tuesday
Topic: @article{Forman2002c, Author = {Forman, Robin}, Fjournal = {International Journal of Mathematics}, Number = {4}, Pages = {333--368}, Title = {Combinatorial {N}ovikov-{M}orse theory}, Volume = {13}, Year = {2002}}
Slides: Valerie Peterson used the whiteboard to give her talk so no slides are available.

The instructor will give a lecture on Discrete Exterior Calculus on Dec 1, Thursday.

Name: John Jossey (continued)
Date: Dec 6, Tuesday
Topic: @article{Dodziuk1976, Author = {Dodziuk, Jozef}, Journal = {Amer. J. Math.}, Number = {1}, Pages = {79--104}, Title = {Finite-difference approach to the {H}odge theory of harmonic forms}, Volume = {98}, Year = {1976}}
Slides: John Jossey used the whiteboard to give his talk so no slides are available.

Name: Shen Dong
Date: Dec 8, Thursday
Topic: @article{GoGoTh2005, Author = {S. J. Gortler and C. Gotsman and D. Thurston}, Journal = {Journal of CAGD (to appear)}, Title = {One-Forms on Meshes and Applications to 3D Mesh Parameterization}, Year = {2005}}
Slides: Powerpoint and PDF slides from Shen Dong's presentation.

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