Curriculum Vitae |PDF

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science|Thesis Title: "Efficient Shadow Map Filtering" (revised version) |PDF
Max-Planck-Institut Informatik - Saarbrücken, Germany
October 2004 - December 2008

M.Sc. Computer Science|Thesis Title: "Radiance Transfer Using Spherical Harmonic Gradients" |PDF
Saarland University - Saarbrücken, Germany
October 2002 - September 2004

B.Sc. Computer Science|Thesis Title: "Advanced Shadow Map Parameterization" |PDF
Saarland University of Applied Science - Saarbrücken, Germany
October 1998 - September 2002

Experience

Lead Software Engineer
Aechelon Technology, Inc. - San Francisco, CA, USA
November 2012 - Present

Senior Graphics Software Engineer
Aechelon Technology, Inc. - San Francisco, CA, USA
July 2011 - November 2012

Software Engineer|Animation Technology - Rendering R&D
PDI/DreamWorks - Redwood City, CA, USA
August 2008 - July 2011

Researcher and Ph.D. Candidate| Topic: "Shadows and Real-time Rendering"
Max-Planck-Institut Informatik - Saarbrücken, Germany
October 2002 - July 2008

Visiting Research Student|Topic: "Shadow Map Antialiasing"
University College London - London, UK
October 2006 - February 2007

Visiting Research Student|Topic: "Auto-stereoscopic 3D Displays"
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories - Cambridge, MA, USA
October 2004 - February 2005

Visiting Research Student|Topic: "Spherical Harmonic Lighting"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL - Cambridge, MA, USA
November 2003 - January 2004

Industry Project | Topic: "Real-time Distributed CAVE System"
Daimler AG - Sindelfingen, Germany
April 2002 - November 2006

Internship|Topic: "Shadow Mapping and Graphics Hardware"
Max-Planck-Institut Informatik - Saarbrücken, Germany
October 2001 to September 2002

International Program Committee

Eurographics Symposium On Rendering|2010 · 2009

Peer Reviewer for International Conferences and Journals

ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
Eurographics Symposium on Rendering
Eurographics
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Computer Graphics Forum
Volume Graphics
Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics
Vision, Modeling, and Visualization
Journal of Graphics, GPU, and Game Tools (JGT)
Graphics Interface
Computers & Graphics

Awards

Best Computer Science Diploma Thesis at a University of Applied
Sciences in Germany|Thesis Title: "Advanced Shadow Map Parameterization"

Patents

Pending Patent 11/902/683|Topic: "Method and Device for Generating Shadow Maps"

Credits

Features 2011|"Kung Fu Panda 2"
Features 2010|"Megamind" · "Shrek forever after" · "How to train your dragon"
Features 2009|"Monsters vs. aliens"

TV Specials|"Merry Madagascar"