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Geometric modelling has been a crucial component of the design process ever since the introduction of the first Computer-Aided Design (CAD) systems. Additive Manufacturing (AM) pushes design freedom to previously unachievable limits. AM…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Nikita Letov , Yaoyao Fiona Zhao

This paper presents an approach for inferring geometric constraints in human demonstrations. In our method, geometric constraint models are built to create representations of kinematic constraints such as fixed point, axial rotation,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Guru Subramani , Michael Zinn , Michael Gleicher

The efficient computation of viewpoints under consideration of various system and process constraints is a common challenge that any robot vision system is confronted with when trying to execute a vision task. Although fundamental research…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-06-13 Alejandro Magaña , Jonas Dirr , Philipp Bauer , Gunther Reinhart

In today's landscape, hardware development teams face increasing demands for better quality products, greater innovation, and shorter manufacturing lead times. Despite the need for more efficient and effective processes, hardware designers…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Kathy Cheng , Alison Olechowski , Shurui Zhou

Cylindrical algebraic decomposition (CAD) is a core algorithm within Symbolic Computation, particularly for quantifier elimination over the reals and polynomial systems solving more generally. It is now finding increased application as a…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2017-12-22 James H. Davenport , Matthew England

It is well known that vision classification models suffer from poor calibration in the face of data distribution shifts. In this paper, we take a geometric approach to this problem. We propose Geometric Sensitivity Decomposition (GSD) which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Junjiao Tian , Dylan Yung , Yen-Chang Hsu , Zsolt Kira

In this paper, we propose to study a new geometric optimization problem called "geometric prototype" in Euclidean space. Given a set of patterns, where each pattern is represented by a (weighted or unweighted) point set, the geometric…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-04-26 Hu Ding , Manni Liu

Several approaches to image stitching use different constraints to estimate the motion model between image pairs. These constraints can be roughly divided into two categories: geometric constraints and photometric constraints. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-19 Kai Chen , Jingmin Tu , Binbin Xiang , Li Li , Jian Yao

Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) is a workhorse algorithm for solving large-scale optimization problems in data science and machine learning. Understanding the convergence of SGD is hence of fundamental importance. In this work we examine…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Lehan Chen , Yuji Nakatsukasa

Branching is a feature of distributed version control systems that facilitates the ``divide and conquer'' strategy present in complex and collaborative work domains. Branching has revolutionized modern software development and has the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-07-07 Kathy Cheng , Phil Cuvin , Alison Olechowski , Shurui Zhou

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) generative modeling is driving significant innovations across industrial applications. Recent works have shown remarkable progress in creating solid models from various inputs such as point clouds, meshes, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Feiwei Qin , Shichao Lu , Junhao Hou , Changmiao Wang , Meie Fang , Ligang Liu

Global solvers have emerged as a powerful paradigm for 3D vision, offering certifiable solutions to nonconvex geometric optimization problems traditionally addressed by local or heuristic methods. This survey presents the first systematic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Zhenjun Zhao , Heng Yang , Bangyan Liao , Yingping Zeng , Shaocheng Yan , Yingdong Gu , Peidong Liu , Yi Zhou , Haoang Li , Javier Civera

Unaligned Scene Change Detection aims to detect scene changes between image pairs captured at different times without assuming viewpoint alignment. To handle viewpoint variations, current methods rely solely on 2D visual cues to establish…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Ziling Liu , Ziwei Chen , Mingqi Gao , Jinyu Yang , Feng Zheng

Designing component-based constraint solvers is a complex problem. Some components are required, some are optional and there are interdependencies between the components. Because of this, previous approaches to solver design and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-10-31 Ian P. Gent , Chris Jefferson , Lars Kotthoff , Ian Miguel

We introduce a new method of generating Computer Aided Design (CAD) profiles via a sequence of simple geometric constructions including curve offsetting, rotations and intersections. These sequences start with geometry provided by a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Siyi Li , Joseph G. Lambourne , Longfei Zhang , Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman , Karl. D. D. Willis

Geometry problem solving presents a formidable challenge within the NLP community. Existing approaches often rely on models designed for solving math word problems, neglecting the unique characteristics of geometry math problems.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Jiaxin Zhang , Yinghui Jiang , Yashar Moshfeghi

Certifying feasibility in decision-making, critical in many industries, can be framed as a constraint satisfaction problem. This paper focuses on characterising a subset of parameter values from an a priori set that satisfy constraints on a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Max Mowbray , Nilay Shah , Benoît Chachuat

Feature extraction is a critical technology to realize the automatic transmission of feature information throughout product life cycles. As CAD models primarily capture the 3D geometry of products, feature extraction heavily relies on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Peng Xu , Qi Gao , Ying-Jie Wu

Trimming is a core technique in geometric modeling. Unfortunately, the resulting objects do not take the requirements of numerical simulations into account and yield various problems. This paper outlines principal issues of trimmed models…

Graphics · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Benjamin Marussig

Designing a search heuristic for constraint programming that is reliable across problem domains has been an important research topic in recent years. This paper concentrates on one family of candidates: counting-based search. Such…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Gilles Pesant , Claude-Guy Quimper , Alessandro Zanarini