The Art of Solving Minimal Problems

Preliminary Program

  Sunday, June 16th

1. [9:00 - 9:40] Minimal Problems in Computer Vision [40 min]
   • Introduction + Opening [5min] (Tomas Pajdla)
   • Motivation + Applications of minimal problems [15 min] (Tomas Pajdla)
   • Success stories in computer vision and robotics [20 min] (Zuzana Kukelova, Magnus Oskarsson)
2. [9:40 - 10:25] Principles of Solving Minimal Problems [45 min]
   • From minimal problems to solving polynomial equations - Gröbner basis methods - Principles [30min] (Tomas Pajdla)
   • Resultants [15min] (Janne Heikkilä)
3. [10:25 - 10:45] Break [20 min]
4. [10:45 - 11:00] Introducing the Minimal Solver Generator [15 min] (Viktor Larsson, Magnus Oskarsson)
5. [11:00 - 11:45] Techniques for Improving Speed and Stability [45 min]
   • Useful tricks I (Zuzana Kukelova)
   • Useful tricks II (Viktor Larsson, Magnuns Oskarsson)
6. [11:45 - 12:30] Hands-on with Automatic Generator [45 min]
   • Solved examples with the automatic generator of polynomial solvers (Viktor Larson, Magnus Oskarsson)