BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250812T063854EDT-4540XmODVm@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250812T103854Z DESCRIPTION:Spectral Matching & Learning of Surface Data - Example on Brain Surfaces.\n\nHow to analyze complex shapes\, such as of the highly folded surface of the brain?  In this talk\, I will show how spectral representa tions of shapes can benefit neuroimaging and\, more generally\, problems w here data fundamentally lives on surfaces.  Key operations\, such as segme ntation and registration\, typically need a common mapping of surfaces\, o ften obtained via slow and complex mesh deformations in a Euclidean space.   Here\, we exploit spectral coordinates derived from the Laplacian eigenf unctions of shapes and also address the inherent instability of spectral s hape decompositions.  Spectral coordinates have the advantage over Euclide an coordinates\, to be geometry aware and to parameterize surfaces explici tly.  This change of paradigm\, from Euclidean to spectral representations \, enables a classifier to be applied *directly* on surface data\, via spe ctral coordinates.   The talk will focus\, first\, on spectral representat ions of shapes\, with an example on brain surface matching\, and second\, on the learning of surface data\, with an example on automatic brain surfa ce parcellation.   \n DTSTART:20171113T190000Z DTEND:20171113T200000Z LOCATION:Room 5340\, CA\, Pav. André-Aisenstadt SUMMARY:Hervé Lombaert\, ETS URL:/mathstat/channels/event/herve-lombaert-ets-282660 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR