Teaching Activities

Prof. Emil M. Petriu
School of Information Technology and Engineering
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Ph.D. and Master's Theses

                              Graduate Courses           *  Syllabus  (updated 29 Dec. 2006) 

              * Assignment #1 (due Tuesday, Januray 30, 2007)

              * Assignment #2 (due Tuesday, March 27, 2007)

               Introduction, Collaborative Virtual Environments [Prof. N.D. Georganas],  3D Object Location,  Graphical Perspective [Wikipedia],  
               Geometry of Perspective Drawing [Prof. A. Treibergs, U of Utah],  3D Objects -Geometric Operations and Transformations [NCU],
               Projective Geometry Applied to Computer Vision [Stanford U],  3D Object Recovery Using Structured Light (slides) (paper1) (paper2)
               (paper3), Coded Structured Light Bibliography [J.P. Marco],  3D Object Modelling - Issues and Techniques [A.M. Cretu'], 
               3D Viewing, Kinematics and Dynamics Modelling [J.C. Delannoy], Robot Kinematics [Wikipedia],  An Introduction to Robot Kinematics (file),  
               Kinematic Model of Robot Arm,  Kinematics - Differential Motions, NN Models for Virtual Environments (paper) , NN Models of 3D Objects (paper), 
               NN Modelling of 3D Object Elastic Behaviour (paper) ,  NN Modelling of Geometric and Elastic Properties of 3D Objects (slides) , 
               EM Models for EDA (paper, slides), Solid Modelling [Wikipedia], 3D Human Anatomy and Biology Models [3DScience.com],
               Human Head Model (paper1, paper2, paper3, slides),  Humanoid Avatar - Modelling and Animation (paper1, paper2, paper3, slides1, slides2),
               Animation-Demo Reel [M.D. Petriu],  Active Research Topics in Human Machine Interfaces [SAND2000-2779, Unlimited Release],
               Haptic Interfaces (state-of-the-art survey, slides), Virtual Environments - Applications ( Ch. 8 in [Burdea&Coiffet, 2003], slides),
                    Man-Computer Symbiosis [J.C.R. Licklider],  Robotic, Human, and Symbiotic Sensor Agents (paper1, paper2, paper3, paper4, paper 5,
               paper6, paper7, slides),  Multimedia – From Wagner to Virtual Reality, Computer and Video Games [Wikipedia]

                     *  Cortona VRML Client
                     *  Autodesk
                     *  SPECviewperf® 
                     *  ZBrush by Pixiologic
                     *  3Dgamestudio
                     *  quick3D
                     *  3D Interaction CyberForce® Tactile Feedback System
                     *  New Wildcat Realizm Graphics Technology
                     *  X-Plane by Laminar Research
                     *  Google Earth  - A 3D interface to the planet
                     *  Google SketchUp 6
                     *  XYZ RGB
                     *  3DScience.com.
                     *  Humanoid Animation Working Group
                     *  ISO/IEC FCD 19774:200x, Humanoid animation (H-Anim)
                     *  Poser 7 - Art of 3D Figure Design ( e frontier)
                     *  The Sims
                     *  Second Life, Sweden plans Second Life embassy
                     *  The Ultimate Distance Learning
                     *  Second Life is releasing code to the open source community
                     *  10 Downing Street virtual tour
                     *  Mars Exploration Rover (CNN)        
                     *  Game theorists share Nobel prize
                     *  2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
           
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                                   => IEEE Computional Intelligence Society - Multimedia Tutorials Center

                             Undergraduate Courses          >>> The unofficial final  marks have been submitted to the Undegraduate Studies Office of the Faculty, so
                 you can access them on that web page using your personal account.  You can drop by my office to see
                 the marked project reports on Friday, May 11th, between 10:30 am and  12:30 pm.

           *  Syllabus  (updated 24 Jan. 2007) 
                >>  Mid Term Report due by  26 February 2007
                     *  Mid Term Report Format       
              >> Final Project Presentations => April 11th, from 4:00pm-9:00pm (30min/team), in STE 5084 (SITE conference room);
              >> Final Project Demos => April 13th from 11pm-4pm (30min/team), in the lab;
              >> Final Report Submission Deadline=> April 25 at noon (to be handed to Nizar Sakr);

               >>  First lecture  => Wednesday, 10 Jan., 2007
               >> First lab (lab rules and regulations) =>  Wednesday, 10 Jan. 2007, 17:30-20:30

               * Engineering practice and design, (Fig2).
                    * Robotic systems -Basics , Robotic systems -Vehicles , Robotic systems -Arms , Robotic systems - Sensors (1) , Robotic systems - Sensors (2) ,
                 Position Recovery , Fuzzy Logic Control - Basics , Behavior-Based Robot Control
               * Environment monitoring - robotic sensor agents , Sensor-based appliances , Robotic-sensor agents ,  Virtual environmnets
               * A Discussion on Intellectual Property and Patenting Issues (by Mr.Wing T. Yan )