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We present a novel framework for motion planning in dynamic environments that accounts for the predicted trajectories of moving objects in the scene. We explore the use of composite signed-distance fields in motion planning and detail how…

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Shape manipulation is a central research topic in computer graphics. Topology editing, such as breaking apart connections, joining disconnected ends, and filling/opening a topological hole, is generally more challenging than geometry…

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Bridging generative foundation models with non-equilibrium thin-film synthesis remains a central challenge, limiting the practical impact of AI-driven materials discovery on semiconductor dielectrics. Here, we introduce IDEAL (Inverse…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-11 Bonwook Gu , Trinh Ngoc Le , Wonjoong Kim , Zunair Masroor , Han-Bo-Ram Lee

Understanding how nano- or micro-scale structures and material properties can be optimally configured to attain specific functionalities remains a fundamental challenge. Photonic metasurfaces, for instance, can be spectrally tuned through…

Remote sensing spatiotemporal fusion (STF) addresses the fundamental trade-off between temporal and spatial resolution by combining high temporal-low spatial and high spatial-low temporal imagery. This paper presents the first comprehensive…

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3D decomposition/segmentation still remains a challenge as large-scale 3D annotated data is not readily available. Contemporary approaches typically leverage 2D machine-generated segments, integrating them for 3D consistency. While the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Tianhao Wu , Chuanxia Zheng , Tat-Jen Cham , Qianyi Wu

The unconditioned reflex (e.g., protective reflex), which is the innate reaction of the organism and usually performed through the spinal cord rather than the brain, can enable organisms to escape harms from environments. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Ken Lin , Qi Ye , Tin Lun Lam , Zhibin Li , Jiming Chen , Gaofeng Li

Various SDF-based neural implicit surface reconstruction methods have been proposed recently, and have demonstrated remarkable modeling capabilities. However, due to the global nature and limited representation ability of a single network,…

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With the increasing deployment of facial image data across a wide range of applications, efficient compression tailored to facial semantics has become critical for both storage and transmission. While recent learning-based face image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yimin Zhou , Yichong Xia , Bin Chen , Mingyao Hong , Jiawei Li , Zhi Wang , Yaowei Wang

We introduce HyperDiffusionFields (HyDiF), a framework that models 3D molecular conformers as continuous fields rather than discrete atomic coordinates or graphs. At the core of our approach is the Molecular Directional Field (MDF), a…

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It is vital to infer signed distance functions (SDFs) from 3D point clouds. The latest methods rely on generalizing the priors learned from large scale supervision. However, the learned priors do not generalize well to various geometric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Chao Chen , Yu-Shen Liu , Zhizhong Han

Inverse design, the process of matching a device or process parameters to exhibit a desired performance, is applied in many disciplines ranging from material design over chemical processes and to engineering. Machine learning has emerged as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-31 Michel Frising , Jorge Bravo-Abad , Ferry Prins

Multimode fibers (MMFs) can transmit multiple guided modes simultaneously, making them a promising platform for high-resolution biomedical imaging, endoscopy and high-bandwidth optical communication. However, their complex modal behavior,…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-28 Dvir Marsh , Lior Fridman , Stav Lotan , Amit Kam , Shie Mannor , Guy Bartal

Unsigned distance fields (UDFs) are widely used in 3D deep learning due to their ability to represent shapes with arbitrary topology. While prior work has largely focused on learning UDFs from point clouds or multi-view images, extracting…

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Discovering new physical products and processes often demands enormous experimentation and expensive simulation. To design a new product with certain target characteristics, an extensive search is performed in the design space by trying out…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-11-16 Phuoc Nguyen , Truyen Tran , Sunil Gupta , Santu Rana , Svetha Venkatesh

Medical image segmentation is a crucial task that relies on the ability to accurately identify and isolate regions of interest in medical images. Thereby, generative approaches allow to capture the statistical properties of segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Lea Bogensperger , Dominik Narnhofer , Filip Ilic , Thomas Pock

Traditional sheet metal forming relies on time-consuming and expensive Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for design validation, a process that significantly prolongs design cycles. While surrogate models offer faster iteration, current…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jiajie Luo , Mohamed Mohamed , Osama Hassan , Haosu Zhou , Yingxue Zhao , Haoran Li , Xinrun Li , Zhutao Shao , Yang Long , Nan Li , Jichun Li

On-demand vibration mitigation in a mechanical system needs the suitable design of multiscale metastructures, involving complex unit cells. In this study, immersing in the world of patterns and examining the structural details of some…

Signed Distance Function (SDF)-based volume rendering has demonstrated significant capabilities in surface reconstruction. Although promising, SDF-based methods often fail to capture detailed geometric structures, resulting in visible…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Yifan Wang , Di Huang , Weicai Ye , Guofeng Zhang , Wanli Ouyang , Tong He

Given only a set of images, neural implicit surface representation has shown its capability in 3D surface reconstruction. However, as the nature of per-scene optimization is based on the volumetric rendering of color, previous neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Jing Li , Jinpeng Yu , Ruoyu Wang , Zhengxin Li , Zhengyu Zhang , Lina Cao , Shenghua Gao