Applied Geometry

Christian Müller

Associate Professor

Head of research area Applied Geometry [www]

Applied Geometry
Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10/104
A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone:

+43-1-58801-104465
Fax:

+43-1-58801-10493
Email:

cmueller at geometrie tuwien ac at
Web:

http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/mueller/

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Education

PhD, Graz University of Technology, 04/2010 (Adv.: J. Wallner)
MSc, Graz University of Technology and University of Graz, 02/2007 (Adv.: O. Röschel)

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, since 02/2018
Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 02/2018 - 08/2018
Research Assistant, Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Wien, 02/2011 - 01/2018
Research Visits, Fukuoka University and Kobe University, 07/2014 and 02/2016
Postdoc Fellow, EU Project, ModueleWorks GmbH, Aachen 08 - 10/2012 and 08 - 09/2015
FWF Project Assistant, Project Applications of Higher Geometries (PI: H. Pottmann), 05/2010 - 01/2011
Research Assistant, Institute of Geometry, TU Graz, 03/2007 - 04/2010

Research Interests

Discrete Differential Geometry
Computational Geometry
Geometry Processing
Geometry

Projects

Title:

Discrete geometric structures motivated by applications
Funded by:

FWF Austrian Science Fund [I 4868]
Duration:

10/2020 - 09/2024
Web:

http://www.discretization.de/en/projects/C01/

Title:

Discrete geometric structures motivated by applications in architecture
Funded by:

FWF Austrian Science Fund [I 2978]
Duration:

2020 - 2021
Web:

http://www.discretization.de/en/projects/C01/

Title:

Discrete surfaces with prescribed mean curvature
Funded by:

FWF Austrian Science Fund [P 29981]
Duration:

09/2017 - 02/2023
Web:

http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/mueller/projects/pmc/

Title:

Generating surfaces from curvature — a playful approach
Funded by:

FWF Austrian Science Fund [TCS 52]
Duration:

08/2018 - 07/2021
Web:

http://www.geometrie.tuwien.ac.at/mueller/projects/tcs/

Courses

List of my courses in [TISS]

Publications

Discrete Lorentz surfaces and s-embeddings I: isothermic surfaces

N.C. Affolter, F. Dellinger, C. Müller, D. Polly and N. Smeenk

Preprint, submitted (2024).

arXiv BibTeX

Klein-Arnold tensegrities

O. Karpenkov, F. Mohammadi, C. Müller, and B. Schulze

Preprint, submitted (2024).

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Sphericity and Geometric Properties of Ratios in Möbius and Laguerre Geometry

C. Müller and R. Rasoulzadeh-Mijic

Preprint, submitted (2024).

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A Differential Approach to Maxwell-Cremona Liftings

O. Karpenkov, F. Mohammadi, C. Müller and B. Schulze

Preprint, submitted (2024).

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Designing triangle meshes with controlled roughness

V. Ceballos Inza, P. Fykouras, F. Rist, D. Häseker, M. Hojjat, C. Müller and H. Pottmann

ACM Trans. Graphics 43, 6 (2024), 166:1-20, Proc. SIGGRAPH.

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Approximation by Meshes with Spherical Faces

A.S. Ramos Cisneros, A. Aikyn, M. Kilian, H. Pottmann, and C. Müller

ACM Trans. Graphics 43, 6 (2024), 179:1-17, Proc. SIGGRAPH.

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The Geometry of Discrete Asymptotic-Geodesic 4-Webs in Isotropic 3-Space

C. Müller and H. Pottmann

Monatsh. Math. 203, 223-246 (2024).

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Meshes with Spherical Faces

M. Kilian, A.S. Ramos Cisneros, C. Müller and H. Pottmann

ACM Trans. Graphics 42, 6 (2023), 177:1-177:19.

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Smooth and Discrete Cone-Nets

M. Kilian C. Müller, and J. Tervooren

Results Maths 78, 110 (2023).

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Equilibrium stressability of multidimensional frameworks

O. Karpenkov, C. Müller, G. Panina, B. Servatius, H. Servatius, and D. Siersma

Eur. J. Math. 8, 33-61 (2022).

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Advanced Computational Design - digitale Methoden für die frühe Entwurfsphase

M. Wimmer, I. Kovacic, P. Ferschin, F. Rist, M. Hensel, K. Schinegger, S. Rutzinger, H. Kaufmann, M. Kilian, C. Müller, I. Izmestiev, G. Nawratil, J. Füssl, M. Stavric, D. Hahn, G. Suter

Bautechnik 99, H. 10, S. 720-730 (2022).

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Geometric criteria for realizability of tensegrities in higher dimensions

O. Karpenkov and C. Müller

SIAM J. Discrete Math. 35-2 (2021), pp. 637-660.

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Discrete Curvature and Torsion from Cross-Ratios

C. Müller and A. Vaxman

Ann. Mat. Pura Appl., 200, 1935-1960 (2021).

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Architectural freeform surfaces designed for cost-effective paneling through mold re-use

D. Pellis, M. Kilian, H. Wang, C. Jiang, C. Müller, and H. Pottmann

Advances in Architectural Geometry 2020.

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Principal Symmetric Meshes

D. Pellis, H. Wang, M. Kilian, F. Rist, H. Pottmann, and C. Müller

ACM Trans. Graphics 39, 4 (2020), 127:1-127:17, Proc. SIGGRAPH.

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Discretizations of surfaces with constant ratio of principal curvatures

M.R. Jimenez, C. Müller and H. Pottmann

Discrete Comput. Geom. 63(3), (2020), 670-704.

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Discrete Geodesic Parallel Coordinates

H. Wang, D. Pellis, F. Rist, H. Pottmann, and C. Müller

ACM Trans. Graphics 38,6 (2019), 173:1-173:13, Proc. SIGGRAPH ASIA.

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Canonical Möbius Subdivision

A. Vaxman, C. Müller and O. Weber

ACM Trans. Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH ASIA), 37(6), 227:1-227:15, 2018.

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Regular Meshes from Polygonal Patterns

A. Vaxman, C. Müller and O. Weber

ACM Trans. Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 36(4), 2017.

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Semi-Discrete Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces of Revolution in Minkowski Space

C. Müller and M. Yasumoto

Geometry, integrability and quantization XVIII, 191-202, Bulgar. Acad. Sci., Sofia, (2017).

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Semi-discrete isothermic surfaces

F. Burstall, U. Hertrich-Jeromin, C. Müller and W. Rossman

Geom. Dedicata, 183 (2016), no. 1, 43-58.

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Planar discrete isothermic nets of conical type

C. Müller

Beitr. Algebra Geom. 57 (2016), no. 2, 459-482.

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Conformal Mesh Deformations with Möbius Transformations

A. Vaxman, C. Müller and O. Weber

ACM Trans. Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 34(4), 2015.

Best Paper Award 2015 (Fac of Math and Geoinf — TU Wien)

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Semi-discrete Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces

C. Müller

Math. Z., 279 (2015), no. 1-2, 459-478.

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On Discrete Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces

C. Müller

Discrete Comput. Geom., 51 (2014), no. 3, 516-538.

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Discretizations of the hyperbolic cosine

C. Müller

Beitr. Algebra Geom., 54 (2013), no. 2, 509-531.

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Semi-Discrete Isothermic Surfaces

C. Müller and J. Wallner

Results in Mathematics, 63 (2013), no. 3-4, 1395-1407.

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Conformal hexagonal meshes

C. Müller

Geom. Dedicata 154 (2011), 27-46.

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Oriented mixed area and discrete minimal surfaces

C. Müller and J. Wallner

Discrete Comput. Geom. 43 (2010), 303-320.

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