Beyond Images: Capturing, Rendering and Displaying Novel Characteristics of Light

This webinar, organized by the Display Technology Technical Group, will explore emerging advancements in light capturing modalities, the rendering capabilities of modern algorithms, and their display on immersive devices. Attendees will have the chance to hear from three recognized scientists in their fields, who largely investigate the interplay between capture, render, and display. Seung-Hwan, Pohang University of Science and Technology; Daisuke Iwai, University of Osaka; and Delio Vicini, Google; will each present in this webinar providing their outlook on trending topics in their fields.

What You Will Learn:
• Emerging trends and advancements on scene capturing domain (e.g., cameras, novel sensors, algorithms for representing scenes in 3D),
• Emerging trends and advancements on computer graphics domain (e.g., raytracing, learned models for graphics),
• Emerging trends and advancements on display technology domain ( e.g., near-eye displays, projections displays).

Who Should Attend:
• Students from all levels, including undergraduate and graduate levels, could benefit from this webinar to broaden their perspective on the general theme of capture, render and display.
• Experts from academia and industry could utilize the information provided in the webinar to get new perspectives and have a reminder on trending topics in the relevant domains.

About the Presenters:

Seung-Hwan Baek from Pohang University of Science and Technology

Seung-Hwan Baek is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH, also affiliated with the Graduate School of AI, POSTECH. He leads POSTECH Computational Imaging Group and serves as a faculty co-director of POSTECH Computer Graphics Lab. Prof. Baek worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University, and obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from KAIST. Prof. Baek's research, situated at the intersection of computer graphics, vision, AI, and optics, focuses on capturing, modeling, and analyzing high-dimensional visual data originating from complex interplays between light, material appearance, and geometry. His work has applications in mobile cameras, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR displays, and scientific instruments. Prof. Baek has received awards, including Frontiers of Science Award from the International Congress of Basic Science, Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award in IT from the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, SIGGRAPH Asia Doctoral Consortium, Microsoft Research Asia Ph.D. Fellowship, and both ACCV Best Application Paper Award and Best Demo Award.

Daisuke Iwai from University of Osaka

Daisuke Iwai is a professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science at the University of Osaka, running XR Group. His research interests include augmented reality, virtual reality, projection mapping, projector-camera systems, computational displays, digital fabrication, human-computer interaction, and Shitsukan science. Prof. Iwai is the recipient of numerous awards, including a JSPS Prize as well as many Best Paper, Poster, and Demo Awards.

Delio Vicini from Google

Delio Vicini is a senior research scientist at Google Zurich, where he works on inverse rendering, digital humans and optical simulation. Before joining Google, he completed his PhD at EPFL's Realistic Graphics Lab, working under the supervision of Wenzel Jakob. Delio's PhD thesis is on efficient and accurate physically-based differentiable rendering algorithms. Delio obtained his bachelor's at the University of Bern and his master's from ETH Zurich, where he completed his master thesis at Disney Research. He worked as an intern for Facebook Reality Labs, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Research.