Sums of Gaussians body model (Stoll et al., ICCV 2011)
Sums of Gaussians hand model (Sridhar et al., ICCV 2013)
Format of the seminar (summary)
Each week:
Before the seminar:
Read the topic papers and think about them.
Submit 2+ questions for discussion before seminar to richardt (at) mpii.de. This is important – your contribution will be marked.
At the seminar:
Presentation (30 minutes, 30% of mark):
One pre-assigned participant presents.
~5 minutes of summary of previous week, finding themes that join the two weeks.
~25 minutes of presentation of two papers, focusing on the common links between the papers.
Discussion (45–60 minutes, 30% of mark across weeks):
One person is assigned at random at the beginning of the seminar to lead the discussion. Everybody leads discussion at least once in the seminar series.
The discussion leader receives a digest of questions submitted before the seminar.
The discussion leader provides a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the techniques and of the discipline, and then raises questions appropriately throughout discussion.
After the seminar series:
Written report on your topic (40% of mark):
3–4 pages on the two papers.
2–3 pages on improvements and your own ideas.
Include 3–4 additional references to 'round out' the topic and further your own ideas.