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Component-wise modeling of articulated objects
We introduce a novel framework for modeling articulated objects based on the aspects of their components. By decomposing the object into components, we divide the problem in smaller modeling tasks. After obtaining 3D models for each component aspect by employing a shape deformation paradigm, we merge them together, forming the object components. The final model is obtained by assembling the components using an optimization scheme which fits the respective 3D models to the corresponding apparent contours in a reference pose. The results suggest that our approach can produce realistic 3D models of articulated objects in reasonable time
Fitting a 3D Morphable Model to Edges: A Comparison Between Hard and Soft Correspondences
We propose a fully automatic method for fitting a 3D morphable model to
single face images in arbitrary pose and lighting. Our approach relies on
geometric features (edges and landmarks) and, inspired by the iterated closest
point algorithm, is based on computing hard correspondences between model
vertices and edge pixels. We demonstrate that this is superior to previous work
that uses soft correspondences to form an edge-derived cost surface that is
minimised by nonlinear optimisation.Comment: To appear in ACCV 2016 Workshop on Facial Informatic
Spectral representation of lattice gluon and ghost propagators at zero temperature
We consider the analytic continuation of Euclidean propagator data obtained
from 4D simulations to Minkowski space. In order to perform this continuation,
the common approach is to first extract the K\"all\'en-Lehmann spectral density
of the field. Once this is known, it can be extended to Minkowski space to
yield the Minkowski propagator. However, obtaining the K\"all\'en-Lehmann
spectral density from propagator data is a well known ill-posed numerical
problem. To regularize this problem we implement an appropriate version of
Tikhonov regularization supplemented with the Morozov discrepancy principle. We
will then apply this to various toy model data to demonstrate the conditions of
validity for this method, and finally to zero temperature gluon and ghost
lattice QCD data. We carefully explain how to deal with the IR singularity of
the massless ghost propagator. We also uncover the numerically different
performance when using two ---mathematically equivalent--- versions of the
K\"all\'en-Lehmann spectral integral.Comment: 33 pages, 18 figure
Adaptive optics imaging of P Cygni in Halpha
We obtained Halpha diffraction limited data of the LBV star P Cyg using the
ONERA Adaptive Optics (AO) facility BOA at the OHP 1.52m telescope on October
1997. Taking P Cyg and the reference star 59 Cyg AO long exposures we find that
P Cyg clearly exhibits a large and diffuse intensity distribution compared to
the 59 Cyg's point-like source. A deconvolution of P Cyg using 59 Cyg as the
Point Spread Function was performed by means of the Richardson-Lucy algorithm.
P Cyg clearly appears as an unresolved star surrounded by a clumped envelope.
The reconstructed image of P Cyg is compared to similar spatial resolution maps
obtained from radio aperture synthesis imaging. We put independent constraints
on the physics of P Cyg which agree well with radio results. We discuss future
possibilities to constrain the wind structure of P Cyg by using
multi-resolution imaging, coronagraphy and long baseline interferometry to
trace back its evolutionary status.Comment: 10 pages, 19 Encapsulated Postscript figure
Clocks and Rods in Jackiw-Teitelboim Quantum Gravity
We specify bulk coordinates in Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity using a
boundary-intrinsic radar definition. This allows us to study and calculate
exactly diff-invariant bulk correlation functions of matter-coupled JT gravity,
which are found to satisfy microcausality. We observe that quantum gravity
effects dominate near-horizon matter correlation functions. This shows that
quantum matter in classical curved spacetime is not a sensible model for
near-horizon matter-coupled JT gravity. This is how JT gravity, given our
choice of bulk frame, evades an information paradox. This echoes into the
quantum expectation value of the near-horizon metric, whose analysis is
extended from the disk model to the recently proposed topological completion of
JT gravity. Due to quantum effects, at distances of order the Planck length to
the horizon, a dramatic breakdown of Rindler geometry is observed.Comment: 37 pages + appendices, v4: improved discussion on conformal anomaly
and choice of bulk observable, added appendix on massive bulk correlators and
global conformal blocks, corrected several equations in section 5 and
appendix E, typos corrected, matches published versio
3D Shape Reconstruction from Sketches via Multi-view Convolutional Networks
We propose a method for reconstructing 3D shapes from 2D sketches in the form
of line drawings. Our method takes as input a single sketch, or multiple
sketches, and outputs a dense point cloud representing a 3D reconstruction of
the input sketch(es). The point cloud is then converted into a polygon mesh. At
the heart of our method lies a deep, encoder-decoder network. The encoder
converts the sketch into a compact representation encoding shape information.
The decoder converts this representation into depth and normal maps capturing
the underlying surface from several output viewpoints. The multi-view maps are
then consolidated into a 3D point cloud by solving an optimization problem that
fuses depth and normals across all viewpoints. Based on our experiments,
compared to other methods, such as volumetric networks, our architecture offers
several advantages, including more faithful reconstruction, higher output
surface resolution, better preservation of topology and shape structure.Comment: 3DV 2017 (oral
Modave lectures on bulk reconstruction in AdS/CFT
These lecture notes are based on a series of lectures given at the XIII
Modave summer school in mathematical physics. We review the construction due to
Hamilton, Kabat, Lifschytz and Lowe for reconstructing local bulk operators
from CFT operators in the context of AdS/CFT and show how to recover bulk
correlation functions from this definition. Building on the work of these
authors, it has been noted that the bulk displays quantum error correcting
properties. We will discuss tensor network toy models to exemplify these
remarkable features. We will discuss the role of gauge invariance and of
diffeomorphism symmetry in the reconstruction of bulk operators. Lastly, we
provide another method of bulk reconstruction specified to AdS/CFT in
which bulk operators create cross-cap states in the CFT.Comment: 35 pages, 8 figures, lecture notes, v4: a few minor improvements upon
the published proceedings version (version 3 of these lecture notes in arXiv)
have been implemente
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