Computational Geometry | Course CPS234 | Fall 2008 | Tue,Thu 2:50-4:00 P | LSRC D243
Lectures
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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
24 11/20 Clustering [Survey]
Embeddings
25 11/23 Future Directions