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The problem of polycube construction or deformation is an essential problem in computer graphics. In this paper, we present a robust, simple, efficient and automatic algorithm to deform the meshes of arbitrary shapes into their polycube…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Hui Zhao , Na Lei , Xuan Li , Peng Zeng , Ke Xu , Xianfeng Gu

We present a method to match three dimensional shapes under non-isometric deformations, topology changes and partiality. We formulate the problem as matching between a set of pair-wise and point-wise descriptors, imposing a continuity prior…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-18 Zorah Lähner , Matthias Vestner , Amit Boyarski , Or Litany , Ron Slossberg , Tal Remez , Emanuele Rodolà , Alex Bronstein , Michael Bronstein , Ron Kimmel , Daniel Cremers

With the increase in computational power for the available hardware, the demand for high-resolution data in computer graphics applications increases. Consequently, classical geometry processing techniques based on linear algebra solutions…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Filippo Maggioli , Daniele Baieri , Zorah Lähner , Simone Melzi

We propose the first algorithm for non-rigid 2D-to-3D shape matching, where the input is a 2D shape represented as a planar curve and a 3D shape represented as a surface; the output is a continuous curve on the surface. We cast the problem…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-24 Zorah Lähner , Emanuele Rodolà , Frank R. Schmidt , Michael M. Bronstein , Daniel Cremers

Approximating a function with a finite series, e.g., involving polynomials or trigonometric functions, is a critical tool in computing and data analysis. The construction of such approximations via now-standard approaches like least squares…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-30 Dihan Dai , Yekaterina Epshteyn , Akil Narayan

We consider the problem of finding a continuous and non-rigid matching between a 2D contour and a 3D mesh. While such problems can be solved to global optimality by finding a shortest path in the product graph between both shapes, existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Paul Roetzer , Zorah Lähner , Florian Bernard

In this work, we propose a disentangled latent optimization-based method for parameterizing grouped deforming 3D objects into shape and deformation factors in an unsupervised manner. Our approach involves the joint optimization of a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Mostofa Rafid Uddin , Jana Armouti , Umong Sain , Md Asib Rahman , Xingjian Li , Min Xu

Accurate modeling of moving boundaries and interfaces is a difficulty present in many situations of computational mechanics. We use the eXtreme Mesh deformation approach (X-Mesh) to simulate the interaction between two immiscible flows…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Antoine Quiriny , Jonathan Lambrechts , Nicolas Moës , Jean-François Remacle

The approximation properties of a quadratic iso-parametric finite element method for a typical cavitation problem in nonlinear elasticity are analyzed. More precisely, (1) the finite element interpolation errors are established in terms of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Chunmei Su , Zhiping Li

Mesh optimization procedures are generally a combination of node smoothing and discrete operations which affect a small number of elements to improve the quality of the overall mesh. These procedures are useful as a post-processing step in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-18 Andrew Shi , Per-Olof Persson

Near isometric orthogonal embeddings to lower dimensions are a fundamental tool in data science and machine learning. In this paper, we present the construction of such embeddings that minimizes the maximum distortion for a given set of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-12-15 Kshiteej Sheth , Dinesh Garg , Anirban Dasgupta

Many problems of theoretical and practical interest involve finding an optimum over a family of convex functions. For instance, finding the projection on the convex functions in $H^k(\Omega)$, and optimizing functionals arising from some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-04-11 Néstor E. Aguilera , Pedro Morin

Parallel implementation of numerical adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)strategies for solving 3D elastostatic contact mechanics problems is an essential step toward complex simulations that exceed current performance levels. This paper…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Alexandre Epalle , Isabelle Ramière , Guillaume Latu , Frédéric Lebon

We present a new effective way for performance capture of deforming meshes with fine-scale time-varying surface detail from multi-view video. Our method builds up on coarse 4D surface reconstructions, as obtained with commonly used…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-02-08 Nadia Robertini , Edilson De Aguiar , Thomas Helten , Christian Theobalt

Spatially localized deformation components are very useful for shape analysis and synthesis in 3D geometry processing. Several methods have recently been developed, with an aim to extract intuitive and interpretable deformation components.…

Graphics · Computer Science 2017-12-19 Qingyang Tan , Lin Gao , Yu-Kun Lai , Jie Yang , Shihong Xia

In this paper we address the numerical approximation of linear fourth-order elliptic problems on polygonal meshes. In particular, we present a novel nonconforming virtual element discretization of arbitrary order of accuracy for biharmonic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-29 P. F. Antonietti , G. Manzini , M. Verani

Traditional methods for high-dimensional diffeomorphic mapping often struggle with the curse of dimensionality. We propose a mesh-free learning framework designed for $n$-dimensional mapping problems, seamlessly combining variational…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Zhiwen Li , Cheuk Hin Ho , Lok Ming Lui

The 3D mesh is an important representation of geometric data. In the generation of mesh data, geometric deficiencies (e.g., duplicate elements, degenerate faces, isolated vertices, self-intersection, and inner faces) are unavoidable and may…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-04 Bingtao Ma , Hongsen Liu , Liangliang Nan , Yang Cong

We consider the following geometric optimization problem: Given $ n $ axis-aligned rectangles in the plane, the goal is to find a set of horizontal segments of minimum total length such that each rectangle is stabbed. A segment stabs a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2021-07-15 Friedrich Eisenbrand , Martina Gallato , Ola Svensson , Moritz Venzin

We introduce the isogeometric shape optimisation of thin shell structures using subdivision surfaces. Both triangular Loop and quadrilateral Catmull-Clark subdivision schemes are considered for geometry modelling and finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-21 Kosala Bandara , Fehmi Cirak