A common problem encountered in product or process design is the selection of optimal parameters that involves simultaneous consideration of multiple response characteristics, called a multiple response surface problem. There are several approaches proposed for multiple response surface optimization (MRO), including the desirability function approach and the loss function approach. The existing...

We present an interactive method to restore severely damaged historical parchments. When damaged by heat in a fire, such manuscripts undergo a complex deformation and contain various geometric distortions such as wrinkling, buckling, and shrinking, rendering them nearly illegible. They cannot be physically flattened due to the risk of further damage. We propose a virtual restoration framework t...

We present a technique called ow surface probes for interactive visualization of 3D steady vector elds. The user places in the ow eld an arbitrarily-shaped seed surface, which is then deformed over time by the local or global 3D vector eld, producing an animation sequence. This sequence and individual frames are used to probe the behavior of the ow eld.

Adsorption of decapeptide neuromedin B (NMB) on copper electrode has been investigated by in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroelectrochemistry in the temperature interval from 12 to 72 °C at -0.600 and -1.000 V potentials. It was found that intensities of peptide bands decrease at temperatures above 30 °C with higher decrease slope at -1.000 V. Frequency of F12 mode (1004 cm...

Multiresolution surfaces are especially useful for fast rendering, real-time display and interactive manipulation of large and dense terrain surface models. This paper reviews major multiresolution terrain surface reconstruction techniques and analyses the corresponding data structures. We have proposed and implemented, based on Delaunay retriangulation, a greedy refinement algorithm with a str...

We present BendDesk, a desk environment that combines a horizontal and a vertical interactive surface that are seamlessly connected by a curved surface. This increases the perception of spatial cohesiveness and provides a continuous interaction. Furthermore, the curve functions as a storage for virtual objects and as a display for system events. The system avoids changing input modalities by su...

MRI segmentation is a process of deriving semantic information from volume data. For brain MRI data, segmentation is initially performed at a voxel level and then continued at a brain surface level by generating its approximation. While successful most of the time, automated brain segmentation may leave errors which have to be removed interactively by editing individual 2D slices. We propose an...

Vuzik is an interface for creating computer music using painting gestures and graphical music representation on an interactive surface. We present the design and implementation of the current prototype of Vuzik, discuss the current ongoing user evaluation, and propose applications of the system in music education settings and computer music creation. We aspire for Vuzik to offer the creator and...

The surfaces of products are one of the most directly accessed parts of a product by users when they use it. Interactive products involve more complexity in conceptualizing the characteristics of their surfaces comparing to static visual artifacts. In this research, we explore whether the different aspects of dynamic surfaces of interactive products affect people's emotional experiences in diff...