Dr. Dietmar Hildenbrand 


General manager
Center of Research Excellence Computer Graphics

corresponding member of
Center C.A.I.R.O.S
(Clifford Algebras International Research Open Studies)

University of Technology Darmstadt
Building S3|05
Room: 312
Office hours: Tuesdays, 02:30 pm - 03:30 pm
Phone: +49 6151 155 667
Fax: +49 6151 155 669

email: dietmar.hildenbrand@gris.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de

Mail address:
Fraunhoferstr. 5
64283 Darmstadt
Germany

please find the homepage for the Conference on "Applied Geometric Algebras in Computer Science and Engineering 2008" -> here.

Research

My research topic is Geometric Computing.
We define Geometric Computing as
  • the interactive and visual development and
  • the efficient implementation
of geometrically intuitive algorithms especially based on Conformal Geometric Algebra.

Please find a brief introduction to Geometric Algebra -> here.
For more detailed information on Geometric Algebra please find
a tutorial script on Geometric Algebra and download my
visual example scripts based on the CLUCalc software 4.0.1.

Please find some information about Gaalop, our tool for the efficient implementation of geometric algebra algorithms, on the Gaalop homepage.

Invited talks

Oct 24st, 2008: "Einführung in die geometrische Algebra und ihre Anwendung in der Computergrafik" , University of Karlsruhe.

May 21st, 2008: "Geometrische Algebra und ihre Anwendung in der Robotik und Computergrafik" , University of Karlsruhe.

March 04th, 2008: "Efficient reconfigurable hardware implementation of geometric algebra algorithms illustrated by the example of an inverse kinematics application " , University of Nagoya, Japan.

Nov 07th, 2007: Please find the german presentation of my talk on the application of Geometric Algebra in game engines at the Games Academy in Berlin -> here.

June 11th, 2007: Please find the german abstract of my talk on the application of Geometric Algebra in robotics at the University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg -> here.

February 2007: Please find some information on the International workshop for Computational Science with Geometric Algebra" at the Nagoya University, Japan -> here.

November 2005: Please find my presentation on the geometric algebras and applications colloquium in Marseille -> here.

Publications

AGACSE 2008, Conference on Applied Geometric Algebras in Computer Science and Engineering, Leipzig, Germany :
"Gaalop - High Performance Computing based on Conformal Geometric Algebra " by  Dietmar Hildenbrand and Andreas Koch.   Please find a preprint here

GRAPP 2008, Madeira :
"EFFICIENT INVERSE KINEMATICS ALGORITHM BASED ON CONFORMAL GEOMETRIC ALGEBRA Using Reconfigurable Hardware" by  Dietmar Hildenbrand, Holger Lange, Florian Stock and Andreas Koch.   Please find a preprint here

GRAPP 2008, Madeira :
"ANALYSIS OF POINT CLOUDS Using Conformal Geometric Algebra" by  Dietmar Hildenbrand and Eckhard Hitzer.   Please find a preprint here

Eurographics 2006, Vienna :
" Competitive runtime performance for inverse kinematics algorithms using conformal geometric algebra " by  Dietmar Hildenbrand, Daniel Fontijne, Yusheng Wang, Marc Alexa and  Leo Dorst  Please find a preprint here

Computers & Graphics 2005 :
volume 29, no. 5, october, 2005 :
Tutorial "Geometric Computing in Computer Graphics using Conformal Geometric Algebra" by Dietmar Hildenbrand
Please download a preprint as well as several corresponding CLUCalc scripts for the inverse kinematics of a simple robot and refer to the journal´s homepage .

ICCA7 2005 :
7th International Conference on Clifford Algebras and their Applications in Toulouse, France :
"Inverse kinematics computation in computer graphics and robotics using conformal geometric algebra" by Dietmar Hildenbrand, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano and Julio Zamora
Please find a preprint here as well as several corresponding CLUCalc scripts for a grasping algorithm.

ICRA 2005 :
International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Barcelona, Spain :
"Advanced geometric approach for graphics and visual guided robot object manipulation" by Dietmar Hildenbrand, Eduardo Bayro-Corrochano and Julio Zamora. Please find a preprint here

Eurographics 2004, Grenoble :
Tutorial "Geometric Algebra and its Application to Computer Graphics" by Dietmar Hildenbrand, Daniel Fontijne, Christian Perwass and Leo Dorst.
Please download our updated tutorial notes as well as several corresponding CLUCalc scripts .


Courses


Please find the homepage of GDV III - Geometric ComputingIII WS 08/09 .

Please find the homepage of Graphische Datenverarbeitung II (GDV II) SS 08 .

Please find the homepage of Einführung in Human Computer Systems (HCS) WS 07/08 and all the talks of the first lesson -> Stefan Roth, -> Michael Goesele, -> Stefan Wesarg, -> Mario Fritz, -> Tobias Schreck, -> Torsten Techmann, -> Dietmar Hildenbrand.

Downloads

Inverse kinematics algorithm of a simple robot:
Please find several CLUCalc scripts for a inverse kinematics algorithm of a simple robot. The main file is called InverseKinematics.clu.


Robot grasping algorithm :
Please find several CLUCalc scripts for a grasping algorithm. The main file is called CircleGrasping.clu.

 
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