Course 3D Point Cloud and Modeling (“Nuages de Points et Modélisation 3D” – NPM3D)

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Registrations are possible for MVA and IASD students. Other students, and auditors are subject to validation (email to jean-emmanuel.deschaud@minesparis.psl.eu).

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The course is taking place at Mines Paris - PSL, 60 bd. Saint Michel, Paris 6th - RER Luxembourg.

Language: Courses taught in French, all documents are provided in English. Practical courses documents are in English, questions can be in French or English

Program

This course provides an overview of the concepts and techniques for acquiring, processing, and visualizing 3D point clouds, and their mathematical and algorithmic foundations.

Courses and Practical Work (TP)

SessionDate, hourRoom
1/ 3D perception, sensors and calibration
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: FG, TP: SBM)		08/01/2025, 14h-18hL108B
2/ Registration
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: FG, TP: UI)		15/01/2025, 14h-18hL109
3/ Local description of curves and surfaces
And presentation of projects
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: FG, TP: ZY)		22/01/2025, 14h-18hL108B
4/ Point cloud rendering
2 hours of lessons – without practical work (course: TB)		29/01/2025, 14h-16hMDM_F, Maison des mines, 270 Rue Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris
5/ Splatting and reconstruction
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: JED, TP: JED)		05/02/2025, 14h-18hL109
End of project allocation07/02/2025
6/ Modeling and segmentation
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: FG, TP: WL)		12/02/2025, 14h-18hL213
7/ Deep learning for 3D point clouds
2 hours of lessons + 2 hours of practical work (course: JED, TP: AO)		19/02/2025, 14h-18hL108B
Project submission: report and code20/03/2025 23H59 AoE

Validation

Validation is carried out by practical work reports (30%) and a project (70%). The project is based on a research article.

To request a project, send an email to jean-emmanuel.deschaud@minesparis.psl.eu with a list of three ranked choices. The deadline for choosing a project is February 7, 2025. The deadline for submitting the completed project (with code and report) is March 20, 2025.

The project is based on a scientific article that must be summarized and critiqued in a report of no more than 10 pages. Work involving code (either existing code, e.g., from GitHub) or code to be written is expected. The code serves to justify the scientific contributions of the article and/or its limitations.

MATERIALS

Cours NuagesPoints3D Presentation 2026

Software and environment for practical work

The practical sessions are carried out by the students on their personal portable computer, which must have Python and CloudCompare software installed.

Information

TEACHING TEAM

  • Teachers: François Goulette (FG), Jean-Emmanuel Deschaud (JED), and Tamy Boubekeur (TB).
  • Teaching Assistants: Souheib Ben Mabrouk (SBM), Ugo Insalaco (UI), Zhi Yan (ZY), Wassil Lebsaira (WL), Alexandre Olech (AO)
  • Contact: jean-emmanuel.deschaud@minesparis.psl.eu
  • Course period: January to March.

Course location: Mines Paris - PSL, 60 bd. Saint Michel, 75006 Paris, RER Luxembourg.

REGISTRATIONs

The course is given as part of the following training courses:

To participate as an external participant, contact us before the start of the course.

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