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Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence Department

Classical Concepts of Computer Vision and
Computer Graphics in the Neural Age

Seminar – Summer Semester 2024

Organizers: Christian Theobalt, Marc Habermann, Thomas Leimkühler, Rishabh Dabral



Organization  |  Content  |  Format  |  Resources


BCNET Nerfactor
Motion Graphs
SIGGRAPH, 2002
Learned Motion Matching
SIGGRAPH, 2017


Materials & Slides


  • April 11, 2024 - Introduction
  • April 18, 2024 - How to read academic papers
  • April 25, 2024 - How to give a good talk


  • How to Read an Academic Paper


    Just as you wouldn’t read a website or newspaper in the same way that you would read a novel, there are both efficient and inefficient ways to read academic papers. Learning to read a new kind of material is hard work, and you should try to adapt your reading style to accommodate the characteristics of the medium. It might take some time to find a reading style or method which works best for the individual, but some general guidelines are broadly applicable. We present a list of online references from a computer science perspective which may help you adjust more quickly to the reading task at hand:



    How to Write an Academic Paper


    Academic writing is similarly different from other forms of writing. We present a list of online references which may help you write your reports: