Paul Merrell

 

PhD Student

Computer Science

University of North Carolina

 

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A. Akbarzadeh, J.-M. Frahm, P. Mordohai, B. Clipp, C. Engels, D. Gallup, P. Merrell, M. Phelps, S. Sinha, B. Talton, L. Wang, Q. Yang, H. Stewenius, R. Yang, G. Welch, H. Towles, D. Nistér and M. Pollefeys, Towards Urban 3D Reconstruction From Video, Proc. 3DPVT'06 (Int. Symp. on 3D Data, Processing, Visualization and Transmission), 2006.

3D Reconstruction from Video

 

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Procedural Modeling

P. Merrell. Example-Based Model Synthesis. Proceedings of the Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (i3D), April 2007. (pdf, Video, Images, PowerPoint)

P. Merrell, A. Akbarzadeh, L. Wang, P. Mordohai, J.-M. Frahm, R. Yang, D. Nistér, and M. Pollefeys, Real-Time Visibility-Based Fusion of Depth Maps, International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2007. (Urbanscape Project)

M. Pollefeys, D. Nistér, J.-M. Frahm, A. Akbarzadeh, P. Mordohai, B. Clipp, C. Engels, D. Gallup, S.-J. Kim, P. Merrell, C. Salmi, S. Sinha, B. Talton, L. Wang, Q. Yang, H. Stewénius, R. Yang, G. Welch, H. Towles, Detailed Real-Time Urban 3D Reconstruction From Video, International Journal of Computer Vision, 2007.

In the Fall of 2008 I Taught:

COMP 575 - Introduction to Computer Graphics

P. Merrell and D. Manocha. Continuous Model Synthesis. SIGGRAPH Asia, 2008.  (pdf, Video, PowerPoint)

 

A model synthesis program is now free for download. 

Pictures:

Oil Platform                            Spaceships                               Castle                      

Roller Coaster                         Office Buildings                     More Office Buildings

Escheresque City                   Arches                                       Canyon                                     

Gadgets                                     Buildings                                 Fractals

Houses                                      Plumbing               

P. Merrell and D. Manocha. Constraint-Based Model Synthesis. Geometric and Physical Modeling, 2009.