Curriculum Vitae

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

Software Engineer|Animation 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 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 Cooperation | 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

SIGGRAPH|2008

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering|2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · 2005

Eurographics|2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2006

Volume Graphics|2006

Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics|2004

Vision, Modeling, and Visualization|2007

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

Graphics Interface|2010 · 2005

Awards

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

Patents

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

Credits

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

TV Specials|"Merry Madagascar"