Universität Wien

300335 UE Virtual Anthropology - 3D Applications and Software (2022W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 16 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Vorbesprechung 4. Okt. 2022 14:30 in Moodle


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Applied exercises with real data (from theory to results), handling of software packages and data, visualisation of results, identification of landmarks (LM) and semilandmarks (sLM), creation of surface data and conversion, basics of form- and shape analysis of complex geometries (but no substitute for theoretical courses!)

Assessment and permitted materials

Continuous participation, results of individual exercises, written exam online questionaire

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Knowledge of landmark data acquisition from virtual objects, knowledge of the most important methods of anaylsis in Geometric Morphometrics.
(9,00-8,10P - 1, 8,09-7,20P - 2, 7,19-5,85P - 3, 5,84-4,50P - 4, 4,49-0P - 5)

Examination topics

PPT presentations for theoretical background, computer exercises using datasets of human skull and teeth, introduction to various software packages and application to data.

Reading list

Weber, G.W., Bookstein, F.L., 2011. Virtual Anthropology - A Guide to a New Interdisciplinary Field. Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-211-48647-4, Wien, New York.

Association in the course directory

MAN 2

Last modified: Su 02.10.2022 16:49