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Thomas Annen

Thomas Annen

Max Planck Institut Informatik
D4 - Computer Graphics
Campus E1 4, Room 226
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
P: (+49) 681 9325 426
F: (+49) 681 9325 499
tannen@mpi-inf.mpg.de


Research Interests


I moved to California to join the R&D Team at PDI/DreamWorks.

My research interests over the past four years covered efficient hardware accelerated algorithms in the following areas:



Publications


sig_01-2008sig_02-2008 T. Annen, Z. Dong, T. Mertens, P. Bekaert, H.-P. Seidel, and J. Kautz
Real-Time, All-Frequency Shadows in Dynamic Scenes
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2008)
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex][Models, Images, Settings (as zip file)]
vcf_01-2008vcf_02-2008 T. Annen, H. Theisel, C. Rössl, G. Ziegler, and H.-P. Seidel
Vector Field Contours
Proceedings of Graphics Interface, May 2008
[Paper (revised version coming soon!)] [Slides] [BibTex]
esm_01-2008esm_02-2008 T. Annen, T. Mertens, H.-P. Seidel, E. Flerackers, and J. Kautz
Exponential Shadow Maps
Proceedings of Graphics Interface, May 2008
[Paper] [Slides: ppt or pptx] [BibTex]
egsr01-2007egsr02-2007 T. Annen, T. Mertens, P. Bekaert, H.-P. Seidel, and J. Kautz
Convolution Shadow Maps
Rendering Techniques 2007: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering, June 2007
[Paper] [Slides] [Video] [Demo] [BibTex]
ssc01-2006ssc02-2006 T. Annen, W. Matusik, M. Zwicker, H. Pfister, and H.-P. Seidel
Distributed Rendering for Multiview Parallax Displays
Stereoscopic Displays and Applications XVII, January 2006
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
jgt01-2005jgt02-2005 S. Brabec, T. Annen, and Hans-Peter Seidel
Practical Shadow Mapping
The jgt Editors Choice, August 2005
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
visrt01-2004visrt02-2004 K. Dmitriev, T. Annen, G. Krawczyk, K. Myszkowski, and H.-P. Seidel
A CAVE System for Interactive Modeling of Global Illumination in Car Interior
ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, 2004
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
egsr01-2004egsr02-2004 T. Annen, J. Kautz, F. Durand, and H.-P. Seidel
Spherical Harmonic Gradients for Mid-Range Illumination
Rendering Techniques 2004: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
eg01-2003eg01-2003 F. Drago, K. Myszkowski, T. Annen, and N. Chiba
Adaptive Logarithmic Mapping For Displaying High Contrast Scenes
Proceedings of Eurographics 2003
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
cgi01-2002cgi02-2002 S. Brabec, T. Annen, and H.-P. Seidel
Shadow Mapping for Hemispherical and Omnidirectional Light Sources
Advances in Modelling, Animation and Rendering, Proceedings CGI 2002
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
jgt01-2002jgt02-2002 S. Brabec, T. Annen, and H.-P. Seidel
Practical Shadow Mapping
Journal of Graphics Tools, Vol. 7, Number 4, 2003
[Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]

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