Some CS problems in Mechanical Modeling

Vadim Shapiro

Oct 20, 2:30pm in 2310 CS&S

Modeling and manipulation of mechanical artifacts on a computer presents many challenges (and many research opportunities!) that are being largely neglected by both computer science and mechanical engineering communities because the problems appear to lie somewhere "in between" ME and CS. This talk will describe several such problems related to shape modeling of families of mechanical parts and their physical properties.