Computer Graphics

» Army Research Laboratory MSRC Scientific Visualization
   Conducts research in the development of new techniques for exploiting high-performance computing technology, promotes the use of scientific visualization within the DoD, makes visualization technology available to DoD researchers, and prepares video prese

   
   http://www.arl.hpc.mil/SciVis/

» Brown University Computer Graphics Group
   Conducts research in the development of human-centered, powerful, and interactive 3D graphics tools for modeling, scientific visualization, telecollaboration, and interactive illustrations.

   
   http://graphics.cs.brown.edu/home.html

» Caltech Multi-Res Modeling Group
   Conducts research into the mathematical and algorithmic foundations of numerical problems in computer graphics and scientific computing with a specific focus upon multiresolution techniques.

   
   http://multires.caltech.edu/

» Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
   Conducts research in computer graphics modeling and animation techniques for embodied agents, virtual humans, and their applications.

   
   http://cg.cis.upenn.edu/hms/

» Centre of Computer Graphics and Data Visualization
   University of West Bohemia. Research areas include algorithms for computer graphics and visualization,volume data processing, methods for iso-surface extraction, mesh reduction and reconstruction from scattered data, triangular and tetrahedral mesh genera

   
   http://herakles.zcu.cz/

» Computer Graphics Group
   Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Research areas include modeling, rendering, and scientific visualization.

   
   http://www9.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/

» Computer Graphics Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
   Conducts research into the medical applications of computer science and computer graphics.

   
   http://www.cg.inf.ethz.ch/

» Computer Graphics Lab of the University of Waterloo
   The lab concentrates on research in curve and surface design, rendering, colour imaging, and user interfaces.

   
   http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/

» Computer Graphics Laboratory
   Stanford University. Research areas include volume rendering, rendering algorithms and systems, 3D scanning, image-based rendering, virtual reality, compression of graphics objects, user interfaces for visualization, high-performance graphics architect

   
   http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/

» Computer Graphics Laboratory at UCSD
   Conducts research in appearance modeling, simulating and rendering natural phenomena, and global illumination.

   
   http://graphics.ucsd.edu/

» Computer Graphics Research at Caltech
   Conducts research that explores and develops new approaches to modeling, rendering, simulation and scientific visualization.

   
   http://www.gg.caltech.edu/

» Computer Graphics at the University of California Berkeley
   Provides information on projects and courses related to multimedia, human computer interaction and computer graphics.

   
   http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Areas/GHCI/

» Computer Graphics at the University of Utah
   Research efforts in immersive environments, modelling, CAM, scientific visualization, medical illustration, terrain modeling and rendering, haptics (force-feedback), realistic and non-photorealistic rendering.

   
   http://www.cs.utah.edu/research/areas/graphics/

» Cornell Program of Computer Graphics
   Conducts research in architectural modeling, realistic image synthesis, digital photography, and visualization.

   
   http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/

» Electronic Visualization Laboratory at University of Illinois at Chicago
   EVL is a graduate research laboratory specializing in virtual reality and real-time interactive computer graphics.

   
   http://www.evl.uic.edu/

» GVU Center at Georgia Tech
   Conducts research that combines in-depth studies of human capabilities, needs, and practices, cutting-edge graphical display techniques, augmented spaces that merge physical and virtual elements, intelligent sensing, and novel input, output and wearable t

   
   http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/

» Geometric Design and Computation
   Engaged in both fundamental and applied research in developing methods for representing, specifying, manipulating, and visualizing geometric models.

   
   http://www.cs.utah.edu/gdc/

» Geometric Modelling at Bath University
   Research projects include multidimensional geometric modeling, distances in geometric modeling, finding zeros of multidimensional functions, and computer algebra in geometric modeling.

   
   http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensab/G_mod/g_mod.html

» Graphics and Visualization Center
   Pursues research in modeling, rendering, user interfaces and high-performance architectures using scientific visualization and telecollaboration in virtual environments.

   
   http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/home.html

» HPCMO: Scientific Visualization
   Provides links to government labs conducting research with computer graphics and scientific visualization.

   
   http://www.hpcmo.hpc.mil/Htdocs/SCIVIZ/index.html

» IMSC Computer Graphics and Immersive Technologies Lab
   Supports research and development efforts related to interactive computer graphics and immersive technologies.

   
   http://graphics.usc.edu/cgit/

» Imager Computer Graphics Laboratory
   Works towards advancing the science of computer graphics, computer animation, human computer interaction, and computational geometry.

   
   http://www.cs.ubc.ca/nest/imager/imager.html

» International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
   The main topics of the conference are: Geometry and Modeling, Rendering, Animation and Simulation, and Interactive Environments. GRAPP 2006 will be held in conjunction with VISAPP 2006: Setúbal, Portugal; 25--28 February 2006.

   
   http://www.grapp.org/

» MAGIX Lab: Computer Graphics at UC Los Angeles
   Performs research in computer graphics and animation with a focus on virtual humans and real-time rendering.

   
   http://www.magix.ucla.edu/

» MIRALab
   Conducts research into the simulation of human functionality and physics-based deformable models such as clothing and hair.

   
   http://www.miralab.unige.ch/

» MIT Computer Graphics Group
   Houses several research groups working on the latest computer graphics technology.

   
   http://groups.csail.mit.edu/graphics/

» Max-Plank Computer Graphics Group
   Research areas include mesh processing, visualization, realistic hardware-supported shading, global illumination, and perception at the University of Saarbrücken in Germany.

   
   http://graphics.cs.uni-sb.de/

» Mesa 3D
   Contains documentation, mailing lists, a bug database, and a downloadable release.

   
   http://www.mesa3d.org/

» Microsoft Graphics Research Group
   Conducts research addressing a number of key underlying technologies: 3D graphics and animation, computer vision, and statistical modeling.

   
   http://www.research.microsoft.com/research/graphics/

» Office of the Future
   Uses computer vision techniques, in real time, to dynamically extract per-pixel depth and reflectance information for the visible surfaces in the Office, such as walls, furniture, objects and people.

   
   http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/stc/

» OpenGL
   Provides news, applications, games and developer documentation related to the OpenGL 2D and 3D graphics application programming interface.

   
   http://www.opengl.org/

» Princeton Graphics & Geometry Group
   Conducts research in real-time 3D model acquisition, shape-based retrieval and analysis, video mosaics, lapped textures, texture mapping for cel animation, and algorithm animation.

   
   http://www.cs.princeton.edu/gfx/

» Santa Cruz Laboratory for Visualization and Graphics
   Conducts research in animal modeling and animation, environmental visualization, uncertainty visualization, virtual reality, nomadic collaborative visualization, tensor visualization, and flow visualization.

   
   http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/research/slvg/

» Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
   Researches methods for scientific computing and develops integrated problem solving environments to allow scientists to solve computational problems in fields such as numerical mathematics, biophysics, electrocardiography, bioelectric fields in the brain,

   
   http://www.sci.utah.edu/

» Supercomputing Institute: Scientific Visualization and Graphics
   Provides tutorials demonstrating how to use some of the wide variety of tools available at the Supercomputing Institute.

   
   http://www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/scivis/

» Texas University at El Paso - Interval Computations
   Presents a guide to Interval Arithmetic research featuring: open problems, applications, generalizations, bibliography, researchers' sites, ftp site, and mailing list.

   
   http://www.cs.utep.edu/interval-comp/

» The UCSF Computer Graphics Laboratory
   The home to the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics (RBVI), a NIH National Center for Research Resources Biomedical Technology Resource Center for the integrated analysis of biological sequence, structure, and functional information.

   
   http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/

» University of Magdeburg Computer Graphics Group
   Graphics and Interactive Systems Laboratory. Research focuses on non-photorealistic rendering, visual communication of information, tactile graphics and synthetic holography.

   
   http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/graphik/

» University of Toronto Dynamic Graphics Project
   Laboratory for multi-displinary research in human-computer interaction and computer graphics disciplines.

   
   http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/

» Utah Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization
   Provides links to sites containing information related to the computer graphics research conducted at the University of Utah.

   
   http://www.cs.utah.edu/stc/

» VTK
   Visualization ToolKit -- Includes a FAQ, man pages, a mailing list, information, and example code.

   
   http://public.kitware.com/VTK/

» Virtual Reality Laboratory
   Involved in the modelling and animation of three-dimensional inhabited virtual worlds.

   
   http://vrlab.epfl.ch/

» Visualization Lab
   Shows the research activities in the area of Computer Graphics in the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

   
   http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~vislab/

» Visualization and Graphics at UC Davis
   Research focusing on visualization, geometric modeling, photorealistic computer graphics, and immersive environments.

   
   http://graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/

» Visualization and Interactive Systems Group (VIS)
   University of California Irvine. Conducts research in the areas of scientific visualization, virtual reality, image based modeling and rendering, volume visualization and biomedical imaging.

   
   http://vis.eng.uci.edu/news/