Research at the Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory:

Rendering Algorithms

Rendering Research Group

Mike Cammarano

Pat Hanrahan
hanrahan@graphics.stanford.edu
Henrik Wann Jensen
henrik@graphics.stanford.edu
Steve Marschner
srm@graphics.stanford.edu
Tim Purcell
tpurcell@graphics.stanford.edu
Ravi Ramamoorthi
ravir@graphics.stanford.edu
Yelena Vileshina
lena@graphics.stanford.edu

Research

Realistic image synthesis is a long standing goal of computer graphics. The objective is to compute the distribution of light in a virtual scene given a description of the geometry, the lights and the materials. Our research is focused on: realistic image synthesis in complex scenes, understanding and modeling the appearance of natural materials, new models for light scattering, the theoretical foundations of rendering algorithms, shading language semantics, interactive lighting design, interactive ray tracing, and hardware acceleration.

Recent Publications

Realistic Image Synthesis Using Photon Mapping: Henrik Wann Jensen; AK Peters 2001
An Efficient Representation for Irradiance Environment Maps: Ravi Ramamoorthi and Pat Hanrahan; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2001 Proceedings)
A Physically-Based Night Sky Model: Henrik Wann Jensen, Fredo Durand, Michael M. Stark, Simon Premoze, Julie Dorsey, and Peter Shirley; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2001 Proceedings)
A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport: Henrik Wann Jensen, Steve Marschner, Marc Levoy, and Pat Hanrahan; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2001 Proceedings)
A Signal-Processing Framework for Inverse Rendering: Ravi Ramamoorthi and Pat Hanrahan; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2001 Proceedings)
Visual Simulation of Smoke: Ronald Fedkiw, Jos Stam, and Henrik Wann Jensen; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2001 Proceedings)
On the relationship between Radiance and Irradiance: Determining the illumination from images of a convex Lambertian object: Ravi Ramamoorthi and Pat Hanrahan; The Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics, Image Science and Vision 2001
Analysis of Planar Light Fields from Homogeneous Convex Curved Surfaces Under Distant Illumination: Ravi Ramamoorthi and Pat Hanrahan; Proc. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI, 2001
Ray Tracing Point Sampled Geometry: Gernot Schaufler and Henrik Wann Jensen; Proc. 2000 Eurographics Workshop on Rendering
Efficient Image-Based Methods for Rendering Soft Shadows: Maneesh Agrawala, Ravi Ramamoorthi, Alan Heirich, and Laurent Moll; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2000 Proceedings)
Monte Carlo Evaluation of Non-Linear Scattering Equations for Subsurface Reflection: Matt Pharr and Pat Hanrahan; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2000 Proceedings)
A Fast Relighting Engine for Interactive Cinematic Lighting Design: Reid Gershbein and Pat Hanrahan; Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2000 Proceedings)
Realistic Modeling and Rendering of Plant Ecosystems: Oliver Deussen, Pat Hanrahan, Bernd Lintermann, Radomir Mech, Matt Pharr, and Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz; Proc. SIGGRAPH '98

Last update: January 1, 2002

henrik@graphics.stanford.edu