Research Page of Gladimir V. G. Baranoski

Books

Book Chapter

Selected Interdisciplinary Publications

Selected Graphics Publications

Courses and Tutorials

Invited and Guest Presentations

M.Sc. Thesis

Ph.D. Dissertation

Sample Images

Videos

News

• New release: CLBlood video.

• NPSG ABM-U, ABM-B and BioSpec models are now online. Check them out here.

• The 33rd Annual Conference of the European Association for Computer Graphics - EUROGRAPHICS'2012,
  May 13 to 18, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

• XXV SIBGRAPI - Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images,
  August 22 to 25, Ouro Preto, Brazil.

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Books

• Light and Skin Interactions:
  Simulations for Computer Graphics Applications
  G.V.G. Baranoski and A. Krishnaswamy
  Morgan Kaufmann, MA, USA, May, 2010.
  (ISBN-10: 0123750938, ISBN-13: 978-0123750938)

  

• Light Interaction with Plants:
  A Computer Graphics Perspective
  G.V.G. Baranoski and J.G. Rokne
  Horwood Publishing, Chichester, UK, July 2004.
  186 pages. 16 colour plates.
  (ISBN 1-904275-11-7)

  Acknowledgements

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Book Chapter

Using a HPC System for the Simulation of the Trajectories
of Solar Wind Particles in the Ionosphere G.V.G. Baranoski and J.G. Rokne
In: High Performance Computing Systems and Applications
chapter 22, pp. 317-329,
edited by N. Dimopoulos and K.F. Li,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA, January 2002.
(ISBN 0-7923-7617-X)

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Selected Interdisciplinary Publications

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Kimmel,B.W.; Chen,T.F.; Yim,D.
  In silico assessment of environmental factors affecting the spectral signature of C4 plants in the visible domain
  International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 33, Number 4, pp. 1190-1213, February, 2012.

• Francis,T.F.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Extending the Educational Scope of a Particle-Based Simulation Framework through Parallelization
  In: Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation - HPCS 2010,
  Caen, France, pp. 115-124, June-July, 2010.

• Northam,L.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A novel first principles approach for the estimation of the sieve factor of blood samples
  Optics Express, Volume 18, Issue 7, pp. 7456-7469, March, 2010.

• Baranoski,G.V.G. ``Modeling Light and Skin Interactions: Pitfalls and Perspectives'',
  Skin Research & Technology, Volume 16, Number 4, pp. 450, 2010.
  (Note: abstract of the invited speaker lecture given at the ISBS 2009.)

• Kimmel,B.W.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A Compact Framework to Efficiently Represent the Reflectance of Sand Samples
  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 47, Number 11, pp. 3625-3629, October, 2009.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  On the Predictive Modeling of Visible Light Interaction with Fresh and Environmentally Stressed Monocotyledonous Leaves
  Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2009, pp. I-(152-155).

• Chen,T.F.; Baranoski,G.V.G., Lin,K.F.
  Bulk Scattering Approximations for HeNe Laser Transmitted through Paper
  Optics Express, Volume 16, Issue 26, pp. 21762-21771, December, 2008.

• Kimmel,B.W.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A Practical Analytical Approach for Predicting Sand Spectral Signatures
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2008, pp. III-(668-671).

• Eng,D.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  The Application of Photoacoustic Spectral Data to the
  Modeling of Leaf Optical Properties in the Visible Range
  IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 45, Issue 12, pp. 4077-4086, December, 2007.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Eng,D.
  An Investigation on Sieve and Detour Effects Affecting the Interaction of
  Collimated and Diffuse Infrared Radiation (750 to 2500nm) with Plant Leaves
  IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 45, Issue 8, pp. 2593-2599, August, 2007.

• Kimmel,B.W.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A novel approach for simulating light interaction with particulate materials:
  application to the modeling of sand spectral properties
  Optics Express, Volume 15, Issue 15, pp. 9755-9777, July, 2007.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Lam,M.W.Y.
  Qualitative Assessment of Undetectable Melanin Distribution in Lightly Pigmented Irides
  Journal of Biomedical Optics, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 030501:1-3, May/June, 2007.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Modeling the Interaction of Infrared Radiation (750 to 2500nm) with Bifacial and Unifacial Plant Leaves
  Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 100, Issue 3, pp. 335-347, February, 2006.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  A Practical Approach to Estimating the Red Edge Position of Plant Leaf Reflectance
  International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 26, Number 13, pp. 503-521, February, 2005.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.; Kimmel,B.
  An investigation on the use of data-driven scattering profiles in Monte Carlo simulations
  of ultraviolet light propagation in skin tissues
  Physics in Medicine and Biology , Volume 49, Number 20, pp. 4799-4809, October, 2004.

• Bell,I.;Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Reducing the Dimensionality of Plant Spectral Databases
  IEEE Transactions in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 42, Issue 3, pp. 570-577, March, 2004.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Bramley,R.; Rokne, J.G.
  Examining the Spectrum of Radiative Transfer Systems
  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 28, Number 4(01), pp. 519-525, 2001.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.; Xu,G.
  Applying the Exponential Chebyshev Inequality to the Nondeterministic Computation of Form Factors
  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 69, Issue 4, pp. 447-467, 2001.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.; Xu,G.
  Corrigendum to: Applying the Exponential Chebyshev Inequality to the Nondeterministic Computation
  of Form Factors published in the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Volume 69, Issue 4, pp. 447-467, 2001.
  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer , Volume 72, Issue 2, pp. 199-200, 2002.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Accuracy of Form Factors Used in Illuminating Engineering Radiosity Simulations
  Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society, Volume 29, Number 1, 2000, pp. 3-10.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Discussions for the paper "Accuracy of Form Factors Used in Illuminating Engineering Radiosity Simulations".
  Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society. Volume 29, Number 2, 2000, pp. 3-5.

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Selected Graphics Publications

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Dimson, T.; Chen,T.F.; Kimmel,B.;Yim,D.; Miranda,E.
  Rapid Dissemination of Light Transport Models on the Web
  IEEE Computer graphics & Applications, Volume 32, Number 3, pp. 10-15, 2012.

• Yim, D.; Baranoski, G.V.G.; Kimmel, B.W.; Chen, T.F.; Miranda, E.
  A Cell-Based Light Interaction Model for Human Blood (preprint),
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 845-854, 2012.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS 2012, Cagliari, Italy.)

• Miyai,A.; Baranoski,G.V.G. ``Foreword to Special Section on Education'',
  Computers & Graphics, Volume 34, Number 6, pp. 779, 2010.

• Kimmel,B.W.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Simulating the Appearance of Sandy Landscapes
  Computers & Graphics, Volume 34, Number 4, pp. 441-448, August, 2010.

• Pamplona,V.; Oliveira,M.M.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Photorealistic Models for Pupil Light Reflex and Iridal Pattern Deformation
  ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 28, Issue 4, 2009, pp. 106-117.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Rendering Plasma Phenomena: Applications and Challenges
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 26, Number 4, 2007, pp. 743-768.
  (Revised version of the manuscript published in the Proceedings of the
  State of the Art Reports of EUROGRAPHICS 2006, pp. 63-88, 2006.)

• Lam,M.W.Y.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A Predictive Light Transport Model for the Human Iris
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 25, Number 3, 2006, pp. 359-368.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS 2006, Vienna, Austria.)

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Netto, M.L.
  Natural Phenomena Simulation - Editorial
  Computers & Graphics (Special Issue on Natural Phenomena), Volume 30, Issue 4, pp. 483-484, August, 2006.

• Lemos,R.R.; Rokne,J.G.; Baranoski,G.V.G.; Kawakami,Y.; Kurihara,T.
  Modeling and Simulating the Deformation of Human Skeletal Muscle Based on Anatomy and Physiology
  Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Volume 16, Issue 3-4, pp. 319-330, July 2005.

• Hong,S.M.; Simpson,B.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Interactive Venation Based Leaf Shape Modeling
  Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Volume 16, Issue 3-4, pp. 415-427, July 2005.

• Taylor-Hell,J.F.; Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  State of Art in the Realistic Modeling of Plant Venation Systems
  International Journal of Image and Graphics, Volume 5, Number 3, pp. 663-678, July 2005.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.; Kimmel,B.
  Increasing the Predictability of Tissue Subsurface Scattering Simulations
  The Visual Computer, Volume 21, Number 4, pp. 265-278, 2005.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Wan, J.; Rokne,J.; Bell,I.
  Simulating the Dynamics of Auroral Phenomena
  ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 24, Issue 1, pp. 37-59, 2005.

• Krishnaswamy,A.; Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.
  Improving the Reliability/Cost Ratio of Goniophotometric Comparisons
  Journal of Graphics Tools, Volume 9, Number 3, pp. 1-20, 2004.

• Krishnaswamy,A.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Combining a Shared-Memory High Performance Computer and
  a Heterogeneous Cluster for the Simulation of Light Interaction with Human Skin
  Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Computer Architecture and
  High Performance Computing - SBAC-PAD 2004.
  Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil, October 27-29, pp. 166-171, 2004.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy, A.
  An Introduction to Light interaction with Human Skin
  Revista de Informatica Teorica e Aplicada, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 33-62, 2004.

• Krishnaswamy,A.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  A Biophysically-Based Spectral Model of Light Interaction with Human Skin
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 23, Number 3, pp. 331-340, 2004.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS 2004, Grenoble, France.)
  Best Student Paper Award (2nd Prize) of EUROGRAPHICS 2004, Grenoble, France.

• Wang,I.R.; Wan,J.W.L.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Physically-Based Simulation of Plant Leaf Growth
  Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Volume 15, Issue 3-4, pp. 237-244, 2004.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.; Shirley,P.; Trondsen,T.; Bastos,R.
  Simulating the Aurora
  The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 43-59, 2003.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  An Efficient and Controllable Blob Function
  Journal of Graphics Tools, Volume 6, Number 4, pp. 41-53, 2002.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  An Introduction to Light interaction with Plants
  Revista de Informatica Teorica e Aplicada, Volume 9, Number 12, pp. 187-202, 2002.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Efficiently Simulating Scattering of Light by Leaves
  The Visual Computer, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp. 491-505, 2001.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.; Xu,G.
  Virtual Spectrophotometric Measurements for Biologically and Physically-Based Rendering
  The Visual Computer, Volume 17, Issue 8, pp. 506-518, 2001.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  A Nondeterministic Reconstruction Approach for Isotropic Reflectances and Transmittances
  The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation, Volume 10, Issue 4, 1999, pp. 225-231.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Bramley,R.; Rokne,J.G.
  Eigen-Analysis for Radiosity Systems.
  Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techniques -
  Compugraphics'97, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, December, 1997, pp. 193-201.
• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  An Algorithmic Reflectance and Transmittance Model For Plant Tissue
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 16, Number 3, 1997, pp. 141-150.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS'97, Budapest, Hungary)

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Bramley,R.; Shirley,P.
  Fast Radiosity Solutions For Environments With High Average Reflectance
  Rendering Techniques'95 (Proceedings of the Sixth EUROGRAPHICS Rendering Workshop - EGWR'95 ,
  Dublin, Ireland), 1995, pp 345-356

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  The Parametric Differential Method: An Alternative to the Calculation of Form Factors
  Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 2, Number 3, 1992, pp. 193-204.
  (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS'92, Cambridge, England)

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Garcia,L.
  A Parallel Strategy to Improve the Calculation of Form Factors
  Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Graphics and Visualization Techniques -
  Compugraphics'92, Lisbon, Portugal, 1992, pp. 74-81.

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Courses and Tutorials

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Biophysically Based Appearance Models: The Bumpy Road Toward Predictability
  Presented at SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009, 17-19 December 2009, Yokoham, Japan.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Modeling the Spectral Responses of Natural Materials under Varying Environmental Parameters: Theoretical and Practical Challenges
  Presented at the 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2009, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2009.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.
  Light Interaction with Human Skin: From Believable Images to Predictable Models
  Presented at SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008, 10-13 December 2008, Singapore.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.
  Modeling the Spectral Responses of Natural Materials under Varying Environmental Parameters: Theoretical and Practical Challenges
  Presented at the 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS 2008, Boston, USA, July 2008.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.
  Light interaction with Human Skin
  Presented at the AFRIGRAPH 2007, Grahamstown, South Africa, in October 2007.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.
  Simulation of Light interaction with Human Skin
  Presented at the EUROGRAPHICS 2005, Dublin, Ireland, in September 2005.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Krishnaswamy,A.
  An Introduction to Light interaction with Human Skin
  Presented at the SIBGRAPI 2004 + SIACG 2004, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, 17-20 October, 2004.

• Bell,I.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  More Than RGB: Moving Toward Spectral Color Reproduction
  Presented at the SIGGRAPH 2003, San Diego, CA, USA, 21-26 July, 2003.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  An Introduction to Light interaction with Plants
  Presented at the SIBGRAPI 2002, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, 07-10 October, 2002.

• Bell,I.; Baranoski,G.V.G.
  More than RGB: Spectral Trends in Color Reproduction
  Presented at the EUROGRAPHICS 2002, Saarbrucken, Germany, September, 2002.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Light Interaction with Plants
  Presented at the SIGGRAPH 2002, San Antonio, TX, USA, 21-26 July, 2002.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Simulation of Light Interaction with Plants
  Presented at the EUROGRAPHICS 2001, Manchester, United Kingdom, 4-7 September 2001.

• Baranoski,G.V.G.; Rokne,J.G.
  Simulation of Light Interaction with Plants
  Presented at the Computer Graphics International 2000, Geneva, Switzerland, June, 2000.

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Invited and Guest Presentations

• Modeling Light and Skin Interactions: Pitfalls and Perspectives
  Invited talk given at the Congress of the International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of Skin: "From Surface to Deepness" - ISBS 2009,
  September 9-12, 2009, Besançon, France.

• Predictable Simulation of Light Interaction with Organic Materials: Applications, Challenges and Pitfalls.
  Research Centre for Informatics and Information Technologies (CITI) of the New University of Lisbon,
  Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Department of Informatics,
  Lisbon, Portugal, April, 2007.

• Predictable Simulation of Light Interaction with Organic Materials: Applications, Challenges and Pitfalls.
  I Programa de Verao da Matematica Computacional, Estatistica e Computacao,
  Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas e de Computacao, Universidade de Sao Paulo,
  Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February, 2007.

• Computer Simulation of Biophysical Phenomena: Challenges, Pitfalls and Applications.
  The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing -
  ISPMSRS 2005, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,
  Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, October, 2005.

• Computer Simulation of Biophysical Phenomena: Challenges, Pitfalls and Applications.
  Conference on Differential and Difference Equations and Applications, Florida Institute of Technology,
  Melbourne, Florida, USA, August, 2005.

• A Biophysically-Based Spectral Model of Light Interaction with Human Skin.
  Informatics Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, November, 2004.

• Realistic Rendering of Natural Scenes.
  Universite Paris 7, Laboratoire Environnement et Developpement, Paris, France, June, 2001.

• Realistic Rendering of Natural Scenes.
  Universite du Littoral Cote D'Opale, Calais, France, June, 2001.

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M.Sc. Thesis

Aplicacao de Radiosidade a Sintese de Imagens de Objetos Formados por Superficies Curvas
Supervisor: Anatolio Laschuk

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Ph.D. Dissertation

Biologically and Physically-Based Rendering of Natural Scenes
Supervisor: Jon G. Rokne

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Sample Images

Most of these images resulted from team work. For larger versions
and copyright information, please click on the thumbnails.

• Radiosity and Ray Tracing and Light Interaction with Plants

  

• Light Interaction with Plants

  

• Light Interaction with Human Skin

  

• Light Interaction with Human Iris

  

• Light Interaction with Human Blood

  

• Light Interaction with Sand

  

• Particle-Based Simulation Framework

  

• Auroral Visual Features

  

Videos

Most of these videos resulted from team work. For different versions and more information, please access the NPSG/Gallery web site.

• Auroral Dynamics

  

• Rendering of Plasma Phenomena: Applications and Challenges

  

• Appearance of Sandy Landscapes

  

• A Cell-Based Light Interaction Model for Human Blood