The Computational Sciences Group headed by Prof. Dominik L. Michels within KAUST's Visual Computing Center is enabling accurate and efficient simulations for scientific and visual computing. Towards this goal, the group develops new principled computational methods based on solid theoretical foundations, and contributes to a broad range of topics covering algorithmics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer graphics and physics-based modeling, differential equations, mathematical modeling, and numerical analysis.
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Stressful Tree Modeling: Breaking Branches with Strands (SIGGRAPH 2025)
2:38
Stressful Tree Modeling: Breaking Branches with Strands (SIGGRAPH 2025)
FlameForge: Combustion Simulation of Wooden Structures (SCA 2025)
4:54
FlameForge: Combustion Simulation of Wooden Structures (SCA 2025)
Thunderstruck: Visually Simulating Electrical Storms (2024)
4:54
Thunderstruck: Visually Simulating Electrical Storms (2024)
A Flexible Mold for Facade Panel Fabrication (SIGGRAPH Asia 2024)
3:15
A Flexible Mold for Facade Panel Fabrication (SIGGRAPH Asia 2024)
End-to-end Optimization of Fluidic Lenses (SIGGRAPH Asia 2024)
3:35
End-to-end Optimization of Fluidic Lenses (SIGGRAPH Asia 2024)
Scintilla: Simulating Combustible Vegetation for Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2024)
5:32
Scintilla: Simulating Combustible Vegetation for Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2024)
Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes (SIGGRAPH 2024) – Bonus Footage
1:02
Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes (SIGGRAPH 2024) – Bonus Footage
Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes (SIGGRAPH 2024)
4:29
Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes (SIGGRAPH 2024)
A Lennard-Jones Layer for Distribution Normalization (TMLR 2024)
3:38
A Lennard-Jones Layer for Distribution Normalization (TMLR 2024)
GazeboPlants: Simulating Plant-Robot Interaction with Cosserat Rods (ICRA 2024)
2:10
GazeboPlants: Simulating Plant-Robot Interaction with Cosserat Rods (ICRA 2024)
A Physically-inspired Approach to the Simulation of Plant Wilting (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) – Video Talk
10:01
A Physically-inspired Approach to the Simulation of Plant Wilting (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) – Video Talk
Flexible Kokotsakis Meshes with Skew Faces: Generalization of the Orthodiag. Inv. Type (CAD 2024)
3:29
Flexible Kokotsakis Meshes with Skew Faces: Generalization of the Orthodiag. Inv. Type (CAD 2024)
A Physically-inspired Approach to the Simulation of Plant Wilting (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023)
1:49
A Physically-inspired Approach to the Simulation of Plant Wilting (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023)
Rhizomorph: The Coordinated Function of Shoots and Roots (SIGGRAPH 2023)
3:04
Rhizomorph: The Coordinated Function of Shoots and Roots (SIGGRAPH 2023)
UrbanFlow: Designing Comfortable Outdoor Areas (SimAUD 2023)
1:38
UrbanFlow: Designing Comfortable Outdoor Areas (SimAUD 2023)
A Current Loop Model for the Fast Simulation of Ferrofluids (TVCG 2022)
2:25
A Current Loop Model for the Fast Simulation of Ferrofluids (TVCG 2022)
Ecoclimates: Climate-Response Modeling of Vegetation (SIGGRAPH 2022)
5:04
Ecoclimates: Climate-Response Modeling of Vegetation (SIGGRAPH 2022)
A Fast Unsmoothed Aggregation Algebraic Multigrid Framework for Incompressible Flow (SIGGRAPH 2022)
3:52
A Fast Unsmoothed Aggregation Algebraic Multigrid Framework for Incompressible Flow (SIGGRAPH 2022)
DCGrid: An Adaptive Grid Structure ... (I3D 2022) – Conference Presentation
12:42
DCGrid: An Adaptive Grid Structure ... (I3D 2022) – Conference Presentation
DCGrid: An Adaptive Grid Structure for Memory-Constrained Fluid Simulation on the GPU (I3D 2022)
3:36
DCGrid: An Adaptive Grid Structure for Memory-Constrained Fluid Simulation on the GPU (I3D 2022)
Accurately Solving Rod Dynamics with Graph Learning (NeurIPS 2021)
2:28
Accurately Solving Rod Dynamics with Graph Learning (NeurIPS 2021)
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021) – Overview
3:01
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021) – Overview
Weatherscapes: Nowcasting Heat Transfer and Water Continuity (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
4:00
Weatherscapes: Nowcasting Heat Transfer and Water Continuity (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
Learning to Reconstruct Botanical Trees from Single Images (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
1:50
Learning to Reconstruct Botanical Trees from Single Images (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
Ships, Splashes, and Waves on a Vast Ocean (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
6:05
Ships, Splashes, and Waves on a Vast Ocean (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
Domain Adaptation with Morphologic Segmentation (ADP3, CVPR 2021) – Conference Presentation
8:44
Domain Adaptation with Morphologic Segmentation (ADP3, CVPR 2021) – Conference Presentation
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021) – Conference Presentation
18:06
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021) – Conference Presentation
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021)
3:12
Fire in Paradise: Mesoscale Simulation of Wildfires (SIGGRAPH 2021)
Stormscapes: Simulating Cloud Dynamics in the Now (SIGGRAPH Asia 2020) – Conference Presentation
15:01
Stormscapes: Simulating Cloud Dynamics in the Now (SIGGRAPH Asia 2020) – Conference Presentation
Wind Erosion: Shape Modifications by Interactive Particle-based Erosion and Deposition (SCA 2020)
2:38
Wind Erosion: Shape Modifications by Interactive Particle-based Erosion and Deposition (SCA 2020)