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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:

Shadow Algorithms
Precomputed Radiance Transfer
Graphics Hardware
Vector Field Visualization
Multiview Parallax Displays
Virtual Reality Applications

Publications

	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)]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	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]
	S. Brabec, T. Annen, and Hans-Peter Seidel Practical Shadow Mapping The jgt Editors Choice, August 2005 [Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
	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]
	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]
	F. Drago, K. Myszkowski, T. Annen, and N. Chiba Adaptive Logarithmic Mapping For Displaying High Contrast Scenes Proceedings of Eurographics 2003 [Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]
	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]
	S. Brabec, T. Annen, and H.-P. Seidel Practical Shadow Mapping Journal of Graphics Tools, Vol. 7, Number 4, 2003 [Paper] [Slides] [BibTex]

Education

09/2004 - 07/2008:
Ph.D. in Computer Science from Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany and the Max-Planck-Institut Informatik
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Efficient Shadow Map Filtering
10/2002 - 09/2004:
Studies in Computer Science at the Saarland University
Title of Master's Thesis (Diplomarbeit): Radiance Transfer Using Spherical Harmonic Gradients
(supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel, Prof. Dr. Frédo Durand, and Dr. Jan Kautz) (PDF)
10/1998 - 09/2002:
Studies in Computer Science at the Saarland University of Applied Sciences
Title of Bachelor's Thesis (Diplomarbeit (FH)): Advanced Shadow Map Parameterization
(supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel, Dr. Stefan Brabec) (PDF)

Hobbies

Music
Cycling
Beach Volleyball
Travelling

Thomas Annen Max Planck Institut InformatikD4 - 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.

Publications

Education

Links

Hobbies

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