Curriculum Vitae


Education


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

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

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


Experience


Software EngineerAnimation Technology - Rendering R&D
PDI/DreamWorks - Redwood City, CA, USA
August 2008 - Present

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

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

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

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

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

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


International Program Committee


Eurographics Symposium On Rendering2010 · 2009


Peer Reviewer for International Conferences and Journals


SIGGRAPH2008

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005

Eurographics2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2006

Volume Graphics2006

Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics2004

Vision, Modeling, and Visualization2007

Journal of Graphics, GPU, and Game Tools (JGT)2009

Graphics Interface2010 · 2005


Awards


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


Patents


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


Credits


Features"Shrek forever after" · "How to train your dragon" · "Monsters vs. aliens"

TV Specials"Merry Madagascar"