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The School of Computer Science of Charles University (CUNI) is a leading Computer Science research institution in the Czech Republic: it has consistently been awarded the highest research rating in national science rankings, and its Graphics Group (http://cgg.mff.cuni.cz/ ) is among the world leaders in the areas of light transport simulation and physically-based rendering.

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DISTRO (http://www.distro-itn.eu/) is an already running Innovative Training Network (ITN) focused on the distributed capture, editing, and fabrication of objects ‐ from the real world to digital and back again. The project goal is to enable users to casually capture objects, which can then be easily shared on the Web, customised in simple ways, and physically replicated elsewhere. The research topics tackled within the project include geometry and material capture, collaborative editing, rendering and physical fabrication.

This exciting collaborative project is coordinated by University College London (UK), and the academic partners include some of the most renowned research institutions in Europe: ETH Zurich (CH), DFKI (DE), MPI Informatik (DE), Saarland University (DE), IST Austria (AT), Napier University (UK) as well as Charles University in Prague (CZ).

There are also numerous industry partners involved in the project: Studio Gobo Ltd (UK), NVIDIA Research (US/FI), Disney Research (US/CH/UK), The Foundry (UK), Allegorithmic (FR), and Evolute (AT).

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