Recent years have witnessed the surge of learned representations that directly build upon point clouds. Inspired by spherical multi-view scanners, we propose a novel sampling model called Spotlights to represent 3D shape as compact 1D array depth values. It simulates configuration cameras evenly distributed on sphere, where each virtual camera casts light rays from its principal probe for possi...

The Finnish Government target of carbon neutrality by 2035 is challenging for the district heat (DH) systems cities, as nearly 50% DH fuels are still fossil or peat. price in cities rising intensively. To avoid energy poverty, it imperative to develop low-carbon solutions affordable all customers. feasibility various scenarios supplying a network investigated with three different renovation lev...

This note responds to the problem encountered in meetings of many kinds when a complex of interrelated issues is discussed by participants having very different standpoints and approaches. Usually each participant's contribution is received politely, but very little is achieved towards linking it to others presented, especially when the papers and presentations are lengthy and somewhat difficul...