Papers by Mathieu Desbrun


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Vector Field Processing on Triangle Meshes

Fernando de Goes, Mathieu Desbrun, Yiying Tong
August 2015

While scalar fields on surfaces have been staples of geometry processing, the use of tangent vector fields has steadily grown in geometry processing over the last two decades: they are crucial to encoding directions and sizing on surfaces as commonly required in tasks such as texture synthesis, non-photorealistic rendering, digital ... more

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SIGGRAPH Courses 2016, SIGGRAPH Asia Courses 2015


Subdivision Exterior Calculus for Geometry Processing

Fernando de Goes, Mathieu Desbrun, Mark Meyer, Tony DeRose
April 2016

This paper introduces a new computational method to solve differential equations on subdivision surfaces. Our approach adapts the numerical framework of Discrete Exterior Calculus (DEC) from the polygonal to the subdivision setting by exploiting the refinability of subdivision basis functions. The resulting Subdivision Exterior Calculus (SEC) provides significant improvements in ... more

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Additional materials: [supplemental.pdf], [supplementalFigs.pdf]

SIGGRAPH 2016

Available as Pixar Technical Memo #16-01


Optimal Voronoi Tessellations with Hessian-based Anisotropy

Max Budninskiy, Beibei Liu, Fernando de Goes, Yiying Tong, Pierre Alliez, Mathieu Desbrun
December 2016

This paper presents a variational method to generate cell complexes with local anisotropy conforming to the Hessian of any given convex function and for any given local mesh density. Our formulation builds upon approximation theory to offer an anisotropic extension of Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations which can be seen as a ... more

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Additional materials: [BLdG+16_SuppMat.pdf]

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016


Discrete Differential Operators on Polygonal Meshes

Fernando de Goes, Andrew Butts, Mathieu Desbrun
April 2020

Geometry processing of surface meshes relies heavily on the discretization of differential operators such as gradient, Laplacian, and covariant derivative. While a variety of discrete operators over triangulated meshes have been developed and used for decades, a similar construction over polygonal meshes remains far less explored despite the prevalence of ... more

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Stochastic Computation of Barycentric Coordinates

Fernando de Goes, Mathieu Desbrun
April 2024

This paper presents a practical and general approach for computing barycentric coordinates through stochastic sampling. Our key insight is a reformulation of the kernel integral defining barycentric coordinates into a weighted least-squares minimization that enables Monte Carlo integration without sacrificing linear precision. Our method can thus compute barycentric coordinates directly ... more

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SIGGRAPH 2024

Available as Pixar Technical Memo #24-04