Publications

This page lists my publications roughly by subject area. I also keep a chronological listing and a listing by publication type.

Computer Graphics
Sketch-Based Modeling

On Expert Performance in 3D Curve-Drawing Tasks (2009). Schmidt, R., Khan, A., Kurtenbach, G., Singh, K.
Eurographics Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling 2009 (To Appear).
[PDF] [Slides] [Details]


Sketching and Composing Widgets for 3D Manipulation (2008). Schmidt, R., Singh, K., Balakrishnan, R.
Computer Graphics Forum, 27(2), pp. 301-310.
(Proceedings of Eurographics 2008).
[PDF] [Video] [Details]

Sketch-Based Procedural Surface Modeling and Compositing using Surface Trees (2008). Schmidt, R., Singh, K. Computer Graphics Forum, 27(2), pp. 321-330.
(Proceedings of Eurographics 2008).
[PDF] [Video] [Details]


A Sketch-Based Method to Control Deformation in
a Skeletal Implicit Surface Modeler
(2008). Masamichi Sugihara, Erwin de Groot, Brian Wyvill, Ryan Schmidt. 5th Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling. [Details] [PDF]

Sketch Based Construction and Rendering of Implicit Models (2005). Wyvill, B., Foster, K., Jepp, P., Schmidt, R., Costa Sousa, M., Jorge, J. A. Eurographics Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging. [PDF]

ShapeShop: Sketch-Based Solid Modeling with BlobTrees (2005) Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B., Sousa, M.C., Jorge, J.A. 2nd Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, pp. 53-62.
[PDF] [Figures] [PDF Slides] [PPT Slides w/ Videos] [Project]

Sketch-Based Modeling with the BlobTree (2005). Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B., Sousa, M.C. SIGGRAPH 2005 Technical Sketch.
[PDF] [Figures] [Video] [PDF Slides] [Project]
Non-Photorealistic Rendering
Sketching, Scaffolding, and Inking: A Visual History for Interactive 3D Modeling (2007). Schmidt, R., Isenberg, T., Jepp, P., Singh, K., Wyvill, B. Proceedings of NPAR 2007, pp. 23-32. [PDF] [PDF Slides] [Details]

Interactive Pen-and-Ink Rendering for Implicit Surfaces (2006). Schmidt, R., Isenberg, T., Wyvill, B. ACM SIGGRAPH 2006, Technical Sketches.
[PDF] [Video] [Project]
Thesii
Interactive Modeling with Implicit Surfaces (2006). Schmidt, R. MSc Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF]
Decaling / Parameterization / Texture-Mapping

Interactive Decal Compositing with Discrete Exponential Maps (2006). Schmidt, R., Grimm, C., Wyvill, B. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 25(3), pp. 605-613. (Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2006).
[PrePrint PDF] [Video] [Figures] [Project]


Interactive Decal Compositing with Discrete Exponential Maps (2006). Schmidt, R., Grimm, C., Wyvill, B. Technical Report 2006-824-17, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF] [Project]

Interactive Texture Compositing on Surfaces (2005). Schmidt, R., Grimm, C., Wyvill, B. Midwestern Computer Graphics Conference (MIDGRAPH 2005).
Implicit Surfaces
Generalized Sweep Templates for Implicit Modeling (2005). Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B. 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia (GRAPHITE 2005), pp 187-196. [PDF]

Implicit Sweep Surfaces (2005). Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B. Technical Report 2005-778-09, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF]

Interactive Implicit Modeling with Hierarchical Spatial Caching (2005). Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B., Galin, E. Proceedings of Shape Modeling International 2005, pp. 104 - 113. [PDF] [PDF Slides]

Interactive Implicit Modeling with Hierarchical Spatial Caching (2005) Schmidt, R., Wyvill, B., Galin, E. Technical Report 2005-770-01, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF]
Large Displays
MAD Boxes
The GPU Cluster without the Clutter: A Drop-in Scalable Programmable-Pipeline with Several GPUs and Only One PC (2006) Penner, E., Schmidt, R., Carpendale, S. Poster in Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D 2006). [PDF]

MAD Boxes: A Plug-And-Play Tiled Display Wall (2005) Schmidt, R., Penner, E., Carpendale, S. Technical Report TR-2004-768-33, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF] [Project]

Reconfigurable Displays (2004) Schmidt, R., Penner, E., Carpendale, S. Workshop on Ubiquitous Display Environments at Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP) 2004, Notthingham, England. [PDF] [Project]
Virtual Surgery
SpinalTap
SpinalTap: An Architecture for Real-Time Vertebrae Drilling Simulation (2002). Schmidt, R. Technical Report 2002-705-08, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary. [PDF] [Project]
Questions?Comments? Email rms@unknownroad.com.