Learning to Reconstruct People in Clothing from a Single RGB Camera

We present a learning-based model to infer the personalized 3D shape of people from a few frames (1-8) of a monocular video in which the person is moving, in less than 10 seconds with a reconstruction accuracy of 5mm. Our model learns to predict the parameters of a statistical body model and instance displacements that add clothing and hair to the shape. The model achieves fast and accurate predictions based on two key design choices. First, by predicting shape in a canonical T-pose space, the network learns to encode the images of the person into pose-invariant latent codes, where the information is fused. Second, based on the observation that feed-forward predictions are fast but do not always align with the input images, we predict using both, bottom-up and top-down streams (one per view) allowing information to flow in both directions. Learning relies only on synthetic 3D data. Once learned, the model can take a variable number of frames as input, and is able to reconstruct shapes even from a single image with an accuracy of 6mm. Results on 3 different datasets demonstrate the efficacy and accuracy of our approach

Opportunities for optics in integrated circuits applications

Optics potentially addresses two key problems in electronic chips and systems: interconnects and timing. Short optical pulses (e.g., picoseconds or shorter) offer particularly precise timing. Results are shown for optical and electrical four-phase clocking, with <1 ps rms jitter for the optical case

Synchrotron aging and the radio spectrum of SN 1993J

We combine the GMRT low frequency radio observations of SN 1993J with the VLA high frequency radio data to get a near simultaneous spectrum around day 3200 since explosion. The low frequency measurements of the supernova determine the turnover frequency and flux scale of the composite spectrum and help reveal a steepening in the spectral index, $\Delta \alpha \sim 0.6$, in the optically thin part of the spectrum. This is the first observational evidence of a break in the radio spectrum of a young supernova. We associate this break with the phenomenon of synchrotron aging of radiating electrons. From the break in the spectrum we calculate the magnetic field in the shocked region independent of the equipartition assumption between energy density of relativistic particles and magnetic energy density. We determine the ratio of these two energy densities and find that this ratio is in the range: $8\times 10^{-6}-5\times 10^{-4}$. We also predict the nature of the evolution of the synchrotron break frequency with time, with competing effects due to diffusive Fermi acceleration and adiabatic expansion of the radiative electron plasma.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ

Nonlinear Stability in the Generalised Photogravitational Restricted Three Body Problem with Poynting-Robertson Drag

The Nonlinear stability of triangular equilibrium points has been discussed in the generalised photogravitational restricted three body problem with Poynting-Robertson drag. The problem is generalised in the sense that smaller primary is supposed to be an oblate spheroid. The bigger primary is considered as radiating. We have performed first and second order normalization of the Hamiltonian of the problem. We have applied KAM theorem to examine the condition of non-linear stability. We have found three critical mass ratios. Finally we conclude that triangular points are stable in the nonlinear sense except three critical mass ratios at which KAM theorem fails.Comment: Including Poynting-Robertson Drag the triangular equilibrium points are stable in the nonlinear sense except three critical mass ratios at which KAM theorem fail

Comparative study for modal analysis of circular plates with various cutouts and end conditions

The applicational use of structural members in engineering and technology may take the form of a circular plate, for such members it becomes important to predict the vibrational characteristics when operated closer to resonance phenomena. In addition to, the effect of the cutout in the circular plate has a significant effect on modal characteristics. The part of the research work entitled in this paper emphasizes on the modal analysis of a circular plate with clamped boundary condition determined by the characteristics equation and mode shapes of the plate using FEM. The effects of inclusion of cut-out on the vibrational characteristics are discussed. The subject of the analysis was a circular plate considered with certain modifications i.e. free circular plate without cutout clamped on the outer periphery, circular plate with cut-out clamped on the outer periphery, circular plate with cutout clamped on the outer and inner periphery. The methodology applied to conventional material based circular plate is extended to Glass epoxy circular plate with the same set of modifications. The values of natural frequencies for various cases are tabulated and corresponding mode shapes are illustrated

Extension of Some Common Fixed Point Theorems Of Integral Type Mappings in Hilbert Space

The object of this paper is to obtain common fixed point theorems for two continuous mapping s of a Hilbert space for integral type mapping. Key wards: common fixed point, rational expression, Hilbert space .uniqueness AMS Subject Classification: 47H10, 54H2

Some Fixed Point and Common Fixed Point Theorems of Integral type on 2-Banach Spaces

Abstract: In the present paper we prove some fixed point and common fixed point theorems in 2-Banach spaces for new rational expression. Which generalize the well-known results. Keywords: Banach Space, 2-Banach Spaces, Fixed point, Common Fixed point