Efficient Processing
of 3D Scanned Models
Roberto Scopigno
Abstract
The construction of detailed and accurate 3D models is made easier by the
increasing diffusion of automatic sampling devices (often called 3D scanners).
These allow to build digital models of real 3D objects in a cost- and time-effective
manner. The talk will present the capabilities of this technology focusing
mainly on some issues which are preventing a wider use of this technology,
such as for example the considerable user intervention required and the complexity
of the models produced. Another emerging issue is how to support the visual
presentation of the models (local or remote) with guaranteed interactive
rendering and data protection. Some examples of the results of current projects,
mainly in the Cultural Heritage field, will be shown.
Biography
Roberto Scopigno is a Senior Research Scientist at CNR-ISTI, an Institute
of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). He is part of the Visual
Computer Lab. He graduated in Computer Science at the University of Pisa
in 1984, and has been involved in Computer Graphics since then. He had appointments
at the Department of Computer Engineering and at the Department of Computer
Science of the University of Pisa, where he taught computer graphics courses
(1990-1997).
He is currently engaged in research projects concerned with multiresolution
data modeling and rendering, 3D scanning, surface reconstruction, scientific
visualization, volume rendering, and applications to cultural heritage. He
published more than ninety papers in international refereed journals/conferences
and gave invited lectures or courses on visualization at several international
conferences. He was Co-Chair of international conferences (Eurographics '99,
Rendering Symposium 2002, WSCG 2004, Geometry Processing Symp. 2004) and
serves in the programme committees of several events (ACM Siggraph '04, Eurographics
'04, IEEE Visualization '04, SMI'04, etc.). Since 2001 he is Chief Editor
of the Computer Graphics Forum Journal (with David Duke) and Member of the
Editorial Board of The Visual Computer Journal. He is member of Eurographics
and IEEE. He has been elected member of the Eurographics Executive Committee
on 2001, and appointed Vice Chair of the association in 2003.
Web page: http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/people/vcgpeople/scopigno/scopigno.html