Graduate School Course in Geomatics 2012
October 17.-18.2012
Aalto University School of Engineering, Department of
Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics, has the pleasure of inviting you to attend a two days graduate
school course in October 2012 in Espoo, Finland.
The main themes of the course are range imaging, human body measurement, skeleton tracking.
The course is aimed at graduate students in the field of
Geomatics, but we welcome students and all interested
parties of other fields as well. Lectures are given in English.
The lecturers
Prof. Derek Lichti, University of Calgary, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Canada
Dr. Jan Böhm, University College London, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, UK
Program
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| Wednesday Oct 17. Prof. Derek Lichti Lecture hall 26 Dipoli |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 | Introduction to range cameras (TOF) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Error sources and calibration of range cameras |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Break |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Calibration of range cameras (bundle adjustment, self-calibration) |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | 3D point cloud segmentation (range-based, PCA) |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Hands-on work |
| 15:45 - 15:15 | Break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Applications (e.g. deformation measurements hand gesture recognition, etc.) |
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| Thursday Oct 18. Dr. Jan Böhm Lecture hall 26 Dipoli |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 | Introduction to Kinect (triangulation), accuracy tests for NUI sensors |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Applications: human body measurement |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Break |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Robot guided multisensory systems using range cameras |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Data processing: from range data to a 3D model (for Building Information Modeling, etc.) |
| 14:15 - 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Hands-on data acquisition & modeling |
| 15:45 - 15:15 | Break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Hands-on data acquisition & modeling (part 2) |
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Credits
Students are given 1 credit of attending the two days of lectures.
Costs
The course is free of charge, but the attendants must pay for their meals, travel and accommodation expenses.
Registration
Please email your name and student number to Milka Nuikka (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi) and write "Graduate School Course in Geomatics 2012" to the subject line. The registration is open until Oct 14, 2012.
Contact
Questions concerning the course can be sent to Milka Nuikka (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi)
How to get here?
Aalto University is situated in Otaniemi, Espoo, 10 km from the centre of Helsinki. The lectures are held in Congress Centre Dipoli, Luolamiehentie 2, Lecture Hall 26.
You can travel to Otaniemi- From the center of Helsinki (Kamppi ) 103
- From the center of Tapiola 10, 510, 512A, 550
- Westendinasema – Itäkeskus 550
- Pohjois-Tapiola – Otaniemi – Viikki 506
- From Leppävaara 52, 510, 512A, 550