| # | Date | Topic | |
| Papers »
Geometric Fundamentals |
| 1 |
08/28 |
Models of computation, geometric primitives, lower bounds |
[PS P.19-35] |
| Papers » Convex Hull |
| 2 |
09/02 |
2D convex hull |
[PS Ch3; dBKOS Ch1] |
| 3 |
09/04 |
Convex hull in high dimensions |
[PS Ch3; dBKOS Ch11] |
| 4 |
09/09 |
Randomized incremental construction (RIC) for convex hull |
[dBKOS Ch11; GO Ch22; Sei ; Lecture notes] |
| Papers » Intersection Detection |
| 5 |
09/11 |
Segment intersection: sweep-line algorithm, RIC |
[dBKOS Ch2] |
| 6 |
09/16 |
RIC analysis, polyhedra intersection |
[dBKOS Ch6; Mu] |
| Papers »Geometric Data Structures |
| 7 |
09/18 |
Segment, interval, priority-search trees |
[dBKOS Ch5, 11] |
| 8 |
09/23 |
Orthogonal range searching: kd-tree, quad tree, range tree |
[dBKOS Ch5; GO Ch36] |
| 9 |
09/25 |
Planar point location |
[dBKOS Ch6; PS Ch2; ST] |
| Papers »Proximity Problems |
| 10 |
09/30 |
Voronoi diagram (VD), Delaunay triangulation (DT) |
[dBKOS Ch7] |
| 11 |
10/02 |
RIC for DT, subgraphs of DT |
[dBKOS Ch9; Ed P.9-17] |
| Papers »Arrangements |
| 12 |
10/07 |
Arrangements of lines and curves, lower envelope, zone theorem |
[dBKOS Ch8; PA Ch 10] |
| 13 |
10/09 |
Levels and incidences in arrangements |
[Ma Ch 4 and 11; Dey] |
| Papers »Triangulation |
| 14 |
10/16 |
Polygon triangulation |
[Sei] |
| 15 |
10/21 |
Point-set triangulation, Steiner triangulation, Delaunay refinement |
[Ed Ch2] |
| Papers »Geometric Sampling |
| 16 |
10/23 |
Random sampling, e-nets and e-approximations |
[PA Ch 15 & 16] |
| 17 |
10/28 |
Cuttings and their applications |
[Ma Ch 4 & 6] |
| 18 |
10/30 |
Random sampling, Core sets |
[ Random sampling, Survey on core sets] |
| Papers »Geometric Data Structures II |
| 19 |
11/04 |
Core sets |
[Extent measures] |
| 20 |
11/06 |
Simplex range searching, Data streaming |
[dBKOS Ch 16, Survey ] |
| Papers »Geometric Optimization |
| 21 |
11/11 |
Linear programming |
[Clarkson] |
| 22 |
11/13 |
Parametric searching |
[Megiddo, Survey] |
| 23 |
11/18 |
Shape Matching |
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| 24 |
11/20 |
Clustering [Survey] |
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| Embeddings |
| 25 |
11/23 |
Future Directions |
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