Mark Pauly
Full Professor
Leads the Geometric Computing Laboratory, working on geometry processing, computational design and digital fabrication of architectural structures.
Mark Pauly's lab at EPFL works on geometry processing & modeling and signal processing & information theory. 27 papers since 2023, 9 at top venues, mostly TOG and CGF. 4 PhD students. 17 alumni, most often to Google and Meta. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 7/ year
- at T1 venues
- 33%
- PhD students
- 4
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 17
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 4 papers2026 · T1 1 · collecting
- 8 papers2025 · T1 2
- 8 papers2024 · T1 3
- 7 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: TOG, CGF
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- structures3 papers
- computational design2 papers
- Geometry processing & modeling0 papers
- Signal processing & information theory0 papers
- digital fabrication0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20264 papers
- Computer Aided Geometric Design(Semi-)Invariant curves from centers of triangle families (opens in a new tab)
- TOG (T1)A Unified Homogenization Framework for Straight- and Curved-Crease Origami Materials (opens in a new tab)
- Design Modelling Symposium “Care to Decide (?) - The Art of Designing with the Uncontrollable”Encoding high-complexity digital models into accessible, low-tech fabrication and assembly instructions
- EGU26, the EGU General AssemblySimulation of the cooling effect of a lightweight vegetated structure (opens in a new tab)
20258 papers
- —Adaptations of Lighten Up!
- TOG (T1)C-Tubes: Design and Optimization of Tubular Structures Composed of Developable Strips (opens in a new tab)
- AAGCNets: An Interactive Design Framework for Cone-Nets
- AAGDouble-Layered Elastic Gridshells with Locally Deployable Rotational-Surface Components
- TOG (T1)Inverse Geometric Locomotion (opens in a new tab)
- SA Conference Papers ’25 SIGGRAPH Asia Conference PapersPartComposer: Learning and Composing Part-Level Concepts from Single-Image Examples (opens in a new tab)
- Bridges : Mathematics and the ArtsSmooth-Rolling Knots
- AAGTopological generation of woven nodes for double-layered elastic gridshells built from deployable cylindrical components
20248 papers
- —Co-curator of adaptations of Lighten Up! Im Rhythmus von Tag und Nacht at Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur
- TOG (T1)Computational Design of a Kit of Parts for Bending Active Structures (opens in a new tab)
- TOG (T1)Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables (opens in a new tab)
- IASS Symposium - Redefining the Art of Structural DesignIntegrative structural design methods for bamboo woven deployable structures: The BamX! Research Pavilion
- IASS Symposium - Redefining the Art of Structural DesignInteractive Design of C-shells Using Reduced Parametric Families
- SIGGRAPH ’24: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques ConferenceReach For the Arcs: Reconstructing Surfaces from SDFs via Tangent Points (opens in a new tab)
- SIGGRAPH ’24: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques ConferenceSemantic Shape Editing with Parametric Implicit Templates (opens in a new tab)
- TOG (T1)Tencers: Tension-Constrained Elastic Rods (opens in a new tab)
20237 papers
- TOG (T1)C-shells: Deployable Gridshells with Curved Beams (opens in a new tab)
- —Circa Diem & Positions: Transcalar Prospects in Climate Crisis
- TOG (T1)Computational Design of Flexible Planar Microstructures (opens in a new tab)
- TOG (T1)Computational Exploration of Multistable Elastic Knots (opens in a new tab)
- CGFDirectionality-Aware Design of Embroidery Patterns (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Applied MechanicsFrom kirigami to hydrogels: a tutorial on designing conformally transformable surfaces (opens in a new tab)
- ETAPSType-safe Quantum Programming in Idris (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went17 listed, 56% to industry
Industry 9Academia 7
Most often to
- Meta
- Adobe
Also to
- ETH Zurich
- HKUST
- MIT
Apply to EPFLFall 2027
EDIC Computer and Communication Sciences PhD
- Round
- Round 1
- Opens
- —
- GRE
- optional
- English
- TOEFL 100 / IELTS 7.0
- Fee
- none
Confirmed on the program page.
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