SIGGRAPH 2023 Course on Polarization-based Visual Computing Schedule

Time Topics Readings
9:00 AM ~ 9:05 AM Welcome and Introduction

9:05 AM ~ 9:40 AM Talk 1: Introduction to Polarization and Polarimetric BRDF, with Q&A
Speaker: Seung-Hwan Baek
[slides] [video (TBD)]
  • Background on Polarization
  • Applications of Polarization
  • Representation of Polarization
  • Polarimetric BRDF
9:40 AM ~ 10:15 AM Talk 2: Polarization-based 3D Reconstruction, with Q&A
Speaker: Jinwei Ye
[slides] [video (TBD)]
  • Shape-from-Polarization
  • Polarimetric Image Decomposition
  • Polarization-based Photometric Stereo
  • Polarimetric Helmholtz Stereopsis
10:15 AM ~ 10:20 AM Coffee Break
10:20 AM ~ 10:55 AM Talk 3: Deep Learning and Polarization, with Q&A
Speaker: Achuta Kadambi
[slides] [video]
  • General Intro to Physics-based Learning (PBL)
  • Deep Shape from Polarization (Object Level)
  • Shape from Polarization in the Wild (Scene Level)
  • Polarized Neural Scene Representations
  • Open Problems and Future Directions
10:55 AM ~ 11:30 AM Talk 4: Polarization for decomposing visual appearance
Speaker: Akshat Dave
[slides] [video (TBD)]
  • Applications and challenges of decomposing appearance
  • Polarization as a useful cue for visual appearance
  • Snapshot polarization cameras
  • Appearance decomposition under structured polarized lighting
  • Appearance decomposition under unstructured unpolarized lighting
  • Open challenges and future directions
11:30 AM ~ 12:05 PM Talk 5: Enhancing Real-world Robotic Perception with Polarimetric Imaging, with Q&A
Speaker: George Chen
[slides (TBD)] [video (TBD)]
  • Navigation - Polarization Skylight Navigation
  • Visibility - Glare Mitigation
  • Visibility - Dehaze / Defog
  • Visibility - HDR / Contrast Improvement
  • Visibility - Rain Reflection Removal
  • Semantics - Material Segmentation
  • Semantics - Vehicle / Person Detection
  • Semantics - Transparent Object Detection and Segmentation
  • Geometry - Depth and Shape