P6257090.JPGWe met up at 6am at the Bristol CS department building to head for Stanstead airport (northeast of London) for our flight to Pisa.
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We met up at 6am at the Bristol CS department building
to head for Stanstead airport (northeast of London)
for our flight to Pisa.
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Due to insurance restrictions, Ki and Patrick weren't
allowed to share the 3 hour drive to the airport.
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We had our second breakfast at Stanstead, as we were
too early to even check in. (Thanks, Alan.)
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Bus Tickets
After a short 2 hour flight, we had to wait 40 minutes
in the information line, which was apparently the only
place to buy bus tickets to our hotel. We later discovered
that we could have walked there in 15 minutes or so.
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Alan arranged an informal reception with beer and soft
drinks for early registrants.
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Here we are happy in Italy even though we just missed
the bus to the restaraunt. We didn't realize at this
point that the next bus was going to take 45 minutes
to pick us up. That's the aquaduct in the background.
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Here we are an hour and a half later, finally sitting
down to dinner at 10pm. An early dinner in Italy, really.
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Alan and Erik at the far end of the table are "just
good friends," so they claim.
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Pizza in Pisa
There was a lot of food. A lot of food. Too much food.
We rolled home.
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This is the morning just before the workshop. Simon
and Paul (the co-chairs, foreground) finally get to
enjoy the fruits of their labors.
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Simon gives the welcome address before Hans-Peter's
invited talk.
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The lunches were good and quite filling. I'm full just
thinking about it.
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Patrick, Ki, Jon
The attentive audience.
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On the bus for our first social event. (The others
were all antisocial.)
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We were given a tour of the Certosa Charter House, where
sons were signed up for monkhood by their parents, then
had to take a vow of silence and give up all
possessions and even their name.
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Ann & Kate
We had a wait for out turn on the tour, so we walked
half a kilometer to a little cafe for something to
drink. This is one of several nice shots taken by Pete,
which I included in my album.
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On the way back, we saw this old guy working with a
gas-powered weed wacker in his front yard, and I had
to get a picture.
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Here we are back at the monastery.
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Werner
Werner Purgathofer and others waiting for the tour.
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Left to right, Yiorgos, Celine, Laurent, and Marcello.
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I don't know what to say about this picture, but I had
to include it.
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Certosa di Calci
Photography was strictly forbidden within the monastery
grounds, but I got away with this illicit shot on the
way out.
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I wasn't the only one to break the no-photos rule.
Pete captured this nice close-up of the cornice.
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The restaraunt was around back of the monastery, and
a bit of a hike, taking us by a pasture and some old
houses.
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That's Kadi Bouatouch, right center.
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Marie-Claude
Everyone seems to be doing real-time rendering with
their digital cameras this year.
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Alan, Joelle, & Eric
At the restaraunt. Alan doing his sexy dance. Everyone
stopped what they were doing to look the other way.
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Christian, Pete, Alan, & Joelle
Christian Bouville organized the first workshop on rendering
with Kadi Bouatouch in Rennes, 1990.
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Patrick, Ki & Me
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I took a bunch of table shots. Out of respect for those
whose names I don't know, I won't offer the names of
those I do. If you are among them, I assume you will
recognize yourself.
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Steve, David, & Ann
These guys are not related, I don't think...
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Another table shot. I took quite a few. I'm having
mercy on you by only including the better ones.
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Patrick & Ki
The great thing about hanging out with the Bristol crowd
is that, besides being very fun people, they all get
along really well with each other.
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A Firefly
I spent some time chasing lighting bugs on the way back
to the bus. I didn't even know what I was trying to
catch, as I'd never seen one before, and I was just
cupping my hands on the flying lights. This one wouldn't
fly anymore after I caught it. I think it's because
I tamed it. I wonder why its wing looks bent, though....
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I had a talk the next morning and hadn't slept the night
before, so I left my compadres to drink with the night
crowd while I headed for bed. Most of the young population
of Pisa seems to hang out to drink and look cool on
this one wall by the central bridge, and the Bristol
crowd did the same.
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The Teapot's Shadow
One of the many nice touches the workshop organizers
arranged was this shadow of the Utah teapot. I was
so busy that I failed to even notice it, but Pete and
Kate were paying better attention than I was.
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My camera didn't come out again until the next evening,
as we headed out to the Big Event, a football match
between the Europeans and the out-landers.
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The Aquaduct
Here's a nicer picture of the aquaduct through the bus
window, which dates from Roman times. (The aquaduct,
not the bus!)
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Erik
Fortunately for us, Erik was a European expatriot, so
he was on our team. He played defense wearing a pair
of giant boots, and those opponents who dared to cross
him were sorry.
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Game On!
It was rather an exciting match, I thought, and the
skill level was fairly high. Despite the heat, people
were giving it their all.
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Getting ready to play. We had more than enough volunteers
for two full teams, so we took turns with substitutions.
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Ki waited some time for the ball, but when she got it,
she was amazing!
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Alan looking less tired than a lot of us. He'd been
running mornings for the past month or two in preparation
for the match, which was dubbed "The Teapot Cup" by
the organizers.
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The Europeans
Here are the Europeans, the best non-winning team.
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The Rest of the World
The non-Europeans, best non-losing team. (2-0, yay!)
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My face was about the same color as my shirt.
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Paul & Maya
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Team Bristol
You'd never know they played on the non-winning team
looking at this photo. (I just had to rub it in.)
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Reynald
Reynald was nice enough to take pictures for me while
I was occupied with winning the match.
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Laurent
Laurent has the exact same camera as I have, and we
shared pictures at the end of the day -- a few of these
are his. Laurent was also quite a football player!
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Kirsten
There was a play structure near the pitch, which some
of the smaller kids played on...
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La Villa Poschi
Dinner after the match was at a very fancy restaraunt,
called the Villa Poschi. It was milli poschi.
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La Villa Poschi
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This is a nice, medieval church across from the restaraunt.
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Ann & Roberto
Ann talking with Roberto Scopigno, one of the workshop
organizers. The workshop organization was superb.
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Who is the focus of this shot?
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The dinner was fab.
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Beer?
Alan, the patron saint of beer, explains some subtle
points of brew consuption to a novitiate.
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Me, Karin, Alan, & Francesco
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Philippe, Marco & Letizia
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Notice the cool caustics cast on everyone by the anisotropic
specular plates.
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The grand finale was a group of beer affecianados singing
Monty Python's "The Philosopher's Drinking Song."
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Their rendition was every bit as good as it looks.
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Alan, Simon, & Erik
After dinner, some of us went out for drinks. It was
late, and it got much later before we headed home.
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Erik, Ann, & Andrew
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Andrew, Jon, & Kate
Looking a little defocused. It must have been the hour...
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EGWR2002
We took several pictures of the whole group, but we
were so big and so indoors, that none of them really
came out. This was the best of the bunch.
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Simon, Doug, & Paul
The program co-chairs (Simon and Paul) have a discussion
over lunch with the second invited speaker, Doug Roble.
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Roberto, one of the two workshop organizers, gets up
for a few closing remarks and acknowledgements.
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Alan Chalmers passed around two soccer balls that participants
signed to honor and thank Roberto and Fabio for doing
such a great job with the workshop.
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Roberto receives the pass from Paul.
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Alan Chalmers (who coordinated the ball signing) also
made sure there were some nice flowers for Francesca,
who handled all the registrations, paperwork, and reservations.
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Francois Sillion also had an announcement, which unfortunately
I can't remember after last night....
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Roberto & Fabio
Feeling some relief at the end of the workshop, the
organizers contemplate their return to a normal life.
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The Organizers
Here's a group photo of all the students and academics
involved in the workshop organization.
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Once it was declared officially over, quite a few researchers
remained to swap ideas and contact information, and
just chat.
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Francesco & Ki
These two used to share an office in Bristol, when Francesco
was doing a term project there.
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Toasting the end of a great three days.
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Torre Pendente
That afternoon, a bunch of us walked over to the Tower
of Pisa, and I took several high dynamic range photos.
This is one of a few that turned out.
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