Wolfgang Heidrich
Wolfgang Heidrich is a German-Canadian computer scientist and Professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, for which he served as the director of Visual Computing Center [1] from 2014 to 2021. He was previously a professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he was a Dolby Research Chair [2] (2008-2013). His research has combined methods from computer graphics, optics, machine vision, imaging, inverse methods, and perception to develop new Computational imaging and Display technologies. His more recent interest focuses on hardware-software co-design of the next generation of imaging systems, with applications such as High dynamic range (HDR) imaging, compact computational cameras, hyper-spectral cameras, to name just a few.
Heidrich is best known for his work in developing the High dynamic range imaging and displays, which served as the basis for the technology behind BrightSide Technologies, which was acquired by Dolby in 2007, and then later on (as part of the Dolby Vision) turned into one of the core technical solutions for commercial displays [3][4].
In 2010, Heidrich, along with Erik Reinhard, Paul Debevec, Sumanta Pattanaik, Greg Ward, and Karol Myszkowsk, published the book High Dynamic Range Imaging: Acquisition, Display, and Image-Based Lighting [5], that later on became an essential resource for people working with images.
Heidrich was presented AAIA [6] Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow, and Eurograpihcs [7] Fellow in 2022, 2021, and 2013, respectively. He was the recipient of a Humboldt Prize|Humboldt Research Award [8] (2014), a Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research [9] (2011), a NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement [10] (2010), and a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Early Career Scholar Award (2002).
Biography
Heidrich received his Diplom informatiker from University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (1995), an M.Math in computer science from University of Waterloo (1996), and a PhD (with honours) in computer science from University of Erlangen (1999). Before joining UBC, he was a Research Associate at Max Planck Society for Computer Science (1999-2000). Then, he became a faculty member at the University of British Columbia computer science (2000-2018). Since 2014, he has been affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) CS and ECE.
References
- ↑ "Visual Computing Center | VCC | Visual Computing Center". cemse.kaust.edu.sa. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "Dolby invests $1.15m in UBC's 'real-world' display technology research". science.ubc.ca. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "Sony licenses Dolby's HDR tech to make brighter, better Bravia HDTVs in the future". Engadget. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "High-dynamic-range television", Wikipedia, 2022-10-19, retrieved 2022-11-14
- ↑ Reinhard, Erik; Heidrich, Wolfgang; Debevec, Paul; Pattanaik, Sumanta; Ward, Greg; Myszkowski, Karol (2010-05-28). High Dynamic Range Imaging: Acquisition, Display, and Image-Based Lighting. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0-08-095711-1.
- ↑ "Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association". www.aaia-ai.org. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "Eurographics". Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "CS Professor Wolfgang Heidrich Receives 2014 Humboldt Research Award | Computer Science at UBC". www.cs.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ "Charles A. McDowell Award". Research Prizes. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2016-06-28). "NSERC – Discovery Grants – Discovery Accelerator Supplements program". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
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