Ruggero Pintus

Ruggero Pintus is a researcher in the Visual Computing (ViC) group at the Center for Advanced Studies, Research, and Development in Sardinia (CRS4). He holds a Laurea (M.Sc., 2003) and a Ph.D. degree (2007) in Electronics Engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy. His research initially focused on Photometric Stereo and Shape from Shading techniques applied to the optical domain and to the SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope). In 2007 he has applied his research on photometric stereo techniques to flatbed scanners at the HP labs in Palo Alto. In 2008, he worked in the 3D Model Laboratory (Sardegna Ricerche) on acquisition of real-world objects, particularly in the Cultural Heritage field, using 3D laser scanners. His research is currently focusing on acquisition, processing, and rendering of large 3D models.

Projects

	MONTEPRAMA1: 3D digitization of the Mont'e Prama statues Funded by MIBAC/ArcheoCAOR under contract ARCHEOCAOR/CRS4 1
	INDIGO: Innovative Training and Decision Support for Emergency Operations Funded by EU Seventh Framework Program under contract 242341
	DISTRICT-LAB3D: Acquisition, Distribution, and Visualization of Complex 3D Models Laboratory Funded by Regione Sardegna under contract POR Sardegna 2000-2006 Misura 3.13

Journal Articles

	[1] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Marco Callieri. Fast Low-Memory Seamless Photo Blending on Massive Point Clouds using a Streaming Framework. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 4(2): Article 6, 2011.
	[2] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, Paolo Cignoni, and Roberto Scopigno. Shape Enhancement for Rapid Prototyping. The Visual Computer, 26(6--8): 831-840, 2010.
	[3] Ruggero Pintus, Simona Podda, and Massimo Vanzi. Improvements in automated photometric stereo 3D SEM. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 14(Suppl. 2): 608-609, 2008. Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, August 3 - August 7, 2008.
	[4] Francesca Mighela, Cristian Perra, Ruggero Pintus, Simona Podda, and Massimo Vanzi. SEM Remote Control with a 3D Option. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 14(Suppl. 2): 892-893, 2008. Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, August 3 - August 7, 2008.

Book Contributions

[1] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, Giuseppa Tanda, and Massimo Vanzi. Acquisizione digitale multi-sensore di siti archeologici: il caso di Montessu, in "La Preistoria e la protostoria della Sardegna. In Atti della XLIV Riunione Scientifica dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Cagliari-Barumini-Sassari 23-28 novembre 2009. Volume 3. Pages 963-968, I.I.P.P., 2012.

[2] Ruggero Pintus, Thomas Malzbender, Oliver Wang, Ruth Bergman, Hila Nachlieli, and Gitit Ruckenstein. Photo Repair and 3D Structure from Flatbed Scanners Using 4- and 2-Source Photometric Stereo. In AlpeshKumar Ranchordas, Joao Madeiras Pereira, Helder J. Araujo, and Joao Manuel R. S. Tavares, editors, Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics. Theory and Applications. Volume 68 of Communications in Computer and Information Science. Pages 326-342, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.

Conference Papers

	[1] Marco Agus, Enrico Gobbetti, Alberto Jaspe Villanueva, Giovanni Pintore, and Ruggero Pintus. Automatic Geometric Calibration of Projector-based Light-field Displays. In Proc. Eurovis Short Papers, June 2013. Eurographics Association. To appear.
	[2] Marcos Balsa Rodriguez, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Marton, Ruggero Pintus, Giovanni Pintore, and Alex Tinti. Interactive exploration of gigantic point clouds on mobile devices. In The 14th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Pages 57-64, November 2012.
	[3] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Marco Agus. Real-time Rendering of Massive Unstructured Raw Point Clouds using Screen-space Operators. In The 12th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Pages 105-112, October 2011.
	[4] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Roberto Combet. Fast and Robust Semi-Automatic Registration of Photographs to 3D Geometry. In The 12th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Pages 9-16, October 2011.
	[5] Fabio Marton, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Bettio, José Antonio Iglesias Guitián, and Ruggero Pintus. A Real-time coarse-to-fine multiview capture system for all-in-focus rendering on a light-field display. In Proc. 3DTV Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON). Pages 1-4, 2011.
	[6] Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Marco Callieri. A Streaming Framework for Seamless Detailed Photo Blending on Massive Point Clouds. In Proc. Eurographics Area Papers. Pages 25-32, 2011.
	[7] Gianmauro Cuccuru, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Marton, Renato Pajarola, and Ruggero Pintus. Fast low-memory streaming MLS reconstruction of point-sampled surfaces. In Graphics Interface. Pages 15-22, May 2009.
	[8] Ruggero Pintus, Thomas Malzbender, Oliver Wang, Ruth Bergman, Hila Nachlieli, and Gitit Ruckenstein. Photo Repair and 3D Structure from Flatbed Scanners. In VISAPP International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications. Pages 40-50, February 2009.
	[9] Ruggero Pintus, Simona Podda, and Massimo Vanzi. 3D Sculptures From SEM Images. In EMC 2008 14th European Microscopy Congress 1-5 September 2008, Aachen, Germany. Pages 597-598, 2008. Springer.
	[10] Paolo Cignoni, Enrico Gobbetti, Ruggero Pintus, and Roberto Scopigno. Color Enhancement Techniques for Rapid Prototyping. In The 9th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Pages 9-16, December 2008.

Videos

	Ruggero Pintus, Enrico Gobbetti, and Marco Agus Real-time Rendering of Massive Unstructured Raw Point Clouds using Screen-space Operators CRS4 Video n. 160 - Date: October 2011 In Proc. of the 12th International Symposium on Virtual Reality, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, October 2011
	Fabio Marton, Enrico Gobbetti, Fabio Bettio, Jose Antonio Iglesias Guitian and Ruggero Pintus A real-time coarse-to-fine multiview capture system for all-in-focus rendering on a light-field display CRS4 Video n. 159 - Date: December 2010 Video presented at: 3DTV-CONFERENCE 2011
	Roberto Combet, Enrico Gobbetti, Emilio Merella, Claudio Mura, Ruggero Pintus, Alex Tinti, Antonio Zorcolo Acquisition, Reconstruction and Display of Mont'e Prama Statues CRS4 Video n. 158 - Date: October 2010
	Enrico Gobbetti, Ruggero Pintus, Gianmauro Cuccuru, Roberto Combet, Emilio Merella, Alex Tinti ICT District - Acquisition, distribution and visualization of complex 3D models Lab - Activity overview CRS4 Video n. 146 - Date: September 2008