Tomorrow is the "D" Day

Yep, is tomorrow. The "D" (from defense - PhD thesis defense) day is coming fast. For more info take a look at official announcement.

Web page with PhD work

I don't know why I took so much time to create a web page about my PhD research. However, it's better late than never, so I have just created one. It's not complete, but it is a beginning.

Visit the web page of my PhD research, which focused on Thesaurus-based 3D Shape Retrieval, T-b3DR for short. There you can find some information about my work and a couple of useful prototypes.

Prototype packages

The prototype developed during my PhD research is divided into four distinct applications: CASDecomposer; Segment Clustering; ThesaurusBuilder; and ShapeRetriever. These are simple console applications that allow the user to control the algorithms behaviour. However, instead of independent applications, the whole prototype is composed by a set packages presented below.

Prototype packages (click on image to enlarge)

The 3D shape thesaurus

Those who have been following my PhD work know that one of the main contributions of my research is the development of a 3D shape thesaurus. However, despite some previous efforts, I had never been able to clearly illustrate this concept in a diagram. Until yesterday. Thanks to a welcomed inspiration I created a very good (i.m.h.o.) diagram to represent a 3D shape thesaurus. Of course it is almost meaningless without proper context (you will find it in my thesis) , but I'm so keen about this diagram that I can't resist to publish it right now.

Schematic representation of a 3D shape thesaurus