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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Please share! Applications are now open for summer internships at EPFL: summer.epfl.ch I'll be hosting students at the Geometric Computing Laboratory through this program.

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This project is a GCM-wide effort with Michele Vidulis (@vidulis.bsky.social), Klara Mundilova (klaramundilova.com), Florin Isvoranu (people.epfl.ch/florin.isvor...), and Mark Pauly (@markpauly.bsky.social) (EPFL). Many thanks to them! 💡 Project page (paper, supplemental video): go.epfl.ch/c-tubes

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C-Tubes

Supplemental Video Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Erik Demaine and Tomohiro Tachi, whose idea of using scale mappings to encode the locations of cone apices forms the basis of our construc...

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We present a form-finding tool for designing developable sweep-surfaces that align to user-defined objectives. The optimized sides of the tube are cut from a flat sheet and assembled into a stiff structure for architecture, furniture, or lighting design applications, such as this trefoil knot lamp.

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Fold a piece of paper into a straight tube with a triangular cross-section. Glue the sides. Can you feel the stiffness? Our SIGGRAPH 2025 paper, "C-Tubes: Design and Optimization of Tubular Structures Composed of Developable Strips", extends this process to arbitrary tube shapes and cross-sections.

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Many thanks to my co-authors Oliver Gross (UCSD and EPFL, olligross.github.io) and @markpauly.bsky.social (EPFL)! 📽️ Full video (more snakes, cats, broken robots): youtu.be/HwlRfAdbqMw?... 🐍 Project page: olligross.github.io/projects/Inv...

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Inverse Geometric Locomotion (SIGGRAPH 2025)

YouTube video by Oliver Gross

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We optimize gaits to achieve motion objectives—capturing the complex interplay between deformation and locomotion—while remaining energy efficient. Our method figures out how stingray flaps their pectoral fins, how cats land on their feet, or how to bring broken robots back to life.

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you were a snake, how would you slither and solve this obstacle race? In our SIGGRAPH 2025 paper "Inverse Geometric Locomotion", we investigate control problems for deformable bodies in dissipation- and inertia-dominated setups.

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Please share widely: The EPFL Geometry Computing Laboratory is launching its third call for an Artist / Designer Residency for the fall of 2025! More information on how to apply here: www.epfl.ch/labs/gcm/ope... #design #art #residency #research

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Please share widely: The Symposium on Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) will be hosted at MIT in Boston this year from Nov. 16-19! More information: www.aag2025.com The conference will be back-to-back with the Symposium on Computational Fabrication (scf.acm.org/2025/)

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I now have a personal website: qbecky.github.io! I'll keep track of my latest projects, some random notes, and news. Stay tuned! (credits to Léo Bierent for the portrait)

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Quick preview of the new exhibition video of Aetherocohedron, a kinetic sculpture exploring duality, synergy and coherence, designed and fabricated at EPFL in collaboration with Josua Putzke. More info and the full video here: www.epfl.ch/labs/gcm/art... #art #design #research #kinetic #geometry

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It’s a wrap! So much fun to work on these projects with people from GCM! Looking forward to see what these ideas on my head will turn into 🙌

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Quentin Becker (@qbecky.bsky.social ) just presented our work (with Uday Kusupati and Seiichi Suzuki) on the Computational Design of a Kit of Parts for Bending-Active Structures at SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo! More info at: go.epfl.ch/kop

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Liliane-Joy Dandy on the big stage at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo! n her excellent talk she introduced her project with Michele Vidulis and Samara Ren entitled: Tencers: Tension-Constrained Elastic Rods. More info at: go.epfl.ch/tencers

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Quentin Becker @qbecky.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Excited to present our work on "Computational Design of a Kit of Parts for Bending-Active Structures" at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024! A joint work with @udaykusupati.bsky.social, Seiichi Suzuki, @markpauly.bsky.social. See you tomorrow at 10:45 in Hall B5 (1) to learn more about these flying pieces!

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Please share: Our lab is looking for new PhD students starting 2025! If you are interested in research in geometry, computational design and digital fabrication, join us at EPFL! More info on the lab: epfl.ch/labs/gcm/ More info on how to apply: www.epfl.ch/education/ph...

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Geometric Computing Laboratory

Our research aims at empowering creators. We develop efficient simulation and optimization algorithms to build computational design methodologies for advanced material systems and digital fabrication ...

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Mark Pauly @markpauly.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I'll be using this channel mostly to announce news from the EPFL Geometric Computing Laboratory (www.epfl.ch/labs/gcm/). Here is a teaser of some of our recent art and design projects.

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