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Elmar Eisemann

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Current Position

I recently joined the Cluster of Excellence in Saarbruecken as a group leader and junior faculty member of the University of Saarland.
To join me, please use my new email address:

Research

Previously, in the context of my PhD. in computer graphics (under the supervision of F. X. Sillion and X. Décoret ), I was working on optimized object representations with the goal of accelerating common tasks in computer graphics.
We focused on efficient solutions for a large spectrum of applications; soft-shadows, simplification, visibility queries and voxelization.

The goal of our work was the creation of real-time effects in complex scenes.
The key observation in this context is that a scene has to be represented in an adapted manner. We thus explore alternative representations and new ways of interpreting tasks differently. Possibilities as well as restrictions on modern graphics hardware play an important role in our considerations but our goal is to provide long lasting solutions.

Other research directions in computer graphics that I am interested in include computational photography and global illumination.

Publications

Here's a list of my last papers:

Publications in 2011
CNSGE11b
Interactive Indirect Illumination Using Voxel Cone Tracing   GIVoxels-pg2011-authors.pdf
Cyril Crassin, Fabrice Neyret, Miguel Sainz, Simon Green, Elmar Eisemann
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Pacific Graphics 2011), Volume 30, Number 7 - sep 2011
 
Publications in 2010
BEDT10
Diffusion Constraints for Vector Graphics   BezEisDecTho_NPAR2010.pdf
Hedlena Bezerra, Elmar Eisemann, Doug DeCarlo, Joëlle Thollot
NPAR 2010: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Non-photorealistic Animation and Rendering - 2010
CNSE10
Efficient Rendering of Highly Detailed Volumetric Scenes with GigaVoxels. In book: GPU Pro  
Cyril Crassin, Fabrice Neyret, Miguel Sainz, Elmar Eisemann
A K Peters, page 643--676 - 2010
 
Publications in 2009
CNLSE09
Beyond Triangles : GigaVoxels Effects In Video Games   GigaVoxels_Siggraph09_Slides.pdf gigavoxels_siggraph09_talk.pdf
Cyril Crassin, Fabrice Neyret, Sylvain Lefebvre, Miguel Sainz, Elmar Eisemann
SIGGRAPH 2009 : Technical talk - August 2009
Building with Bricks: Cuda-based Gigavoxel Rendering  
Cyril Crassin, Fabrice Neyret, Elmar Eisemann
Intel Visual Computing Research Conference - 2009
CNLE09
GigaVoxels : Ray-Guided Streaming for Efficient and Detailed Voxel Rendering   CNLE09.pdf CNLE09_author0.pdf
Cyril Crassin, Fabrice Neyret, Sylvain Lefebvre, Elmar Eisemann
ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D) - feb 2009
 
Publications in 2008
BEDT08
3D Dynamic Grouping for Guided Stylization   BEDT08.pdf
Hedlena Bezerra, Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret, Joëlle Thollot
NPAR '08: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Non-photorealistic Animation and Rendering, page 89--95 - 2008
SEH08
Clip Art Rendering of Smooth Isosurfaces   clipart.pdf
Matei Stroila, Elmar Eisemann, John C. Hart
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Volume 14, Number 1, page 135-145 - jan 2008
ED08
Occlusion Textures for Plausible Soft Shadows   pib06.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 27, Number 1, page 13--23 - July 2008
SEA08
Sample-based Visibility for Soft Shadows Using Alias-free Shadow Maps   softshadows2008EGSR.pdf
Erik Sintorn, Elmar Eisemann, Ulf Assarsson
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2008), Volume 27, Number 4, page 1285--1292 - June 2008
ED08a
Single-pass GPU Solid Voxelization and Applications   solidvoxelizationAuthorVersion.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
GI '08: Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2008, Volume 322, page 73--80 - 2008
EWHS08
Stylized Vector Art from 3D Models with Region Support   clipartmesh.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Holger Winnemöller, John C. Hart, David Salesin
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2008), Volume 27, Number 4 - June 2008
 
Publications in 2007
ED07
On Exact Error Bounds for View-Dependent Simplification   viewdepArticle.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
Computer Graphics Forum, Volume 26, Number 2, page 202-213 - 2007
ED07a
Visibility Sampling on GPU and Applications   PreprintEG2007.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Eurographics 2007), Volume 26, Number 3 - 2007
 
Publications in 2006
ED06
Fast Scene Voxelization and Applications   voxels05-final.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, page 71-78 - 2006
ED06b
Fast Scene Voxelization Revisited   SketchEisemannDecoretI3D2006FastSceneVoxelizationAndApplications.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
Siggraph technical sketch: SIGGRAPH'2006 - August 2006
ED06a
Plausible Image Based Soft Shadows Using Occlusion Textures   pib06.pdf
Elmar Eisemann, Xavier Décoret
Proceedings of the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 19 (SIBGRAPI) - 2006

»Complete list of my publications
»Complete list of images associated to my publications

Curriculum Vitae

Fall 2008 Group leader and junior faculty member at the University of Saarland
in the context of the Cluster of Excellence on Multimodal Computing and Interaction (MMCI).
2005-2008 PhD. in Mathematics/Computer Science under the supervision of F. X. Sillion and X. Décoret
at the Université Joseph Fourier
2008 Internship at Adobe Systems Inc.
under the supervision of Sylvain Paris
2007 Internship at Adobe Systems Inc.
under the supervision of David Salesin and John C. Hart
2006X Internship at the University of Illinois
in the Graphics Group under the supervision of John C. Hart
2001-2004 Magistère in Computer Science at Paris XI - Orsay
2003-2004 Master in Computer Science (Master IVR)
Master Thesis under the supervision of X. Décoret
2003 Internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in the Computer Graphics Group
2001-2002 Licence and Maitrise in Computer Science at ENS Paris, France
Internship at INRIA Rhone-Alpes under the supervision of C. Soler
2001 Accepted at ENS Paris via the Concours ENS Europe
Vordiplom der Mathematik at the University of Cologne, Germany
1999-2001 Student in mathematics at the University of Cologne, Germany
1998-1999 civil service
1998 Abitur at the Georg-Buechner Gymnasium (Cologne)


You can also download a detailed CV in english (pdf).

Some older projects

Animation

 		Animation Project - Emmanuel Turquin and I made this short movie
3DS Max

Graphics

 		Z-Buffer Grid Impostors
Open GL

Database

 		Library management system
JAVA, ORACLE/SQL

Programming

 		A simple functional language (including "polymorphic typing")
CAML

Vision

 		A simple program to reconstruct a 3D objects using two photos shot from different angles
C++

Motion Planing

 		Shortest path in a 2D polygonal environments
C++, Open GL

Geometric Chat

 		A chat program supporting exchange and display of polygons
including shared calculations of polygonal algorithms
JAVA

Teaching

at the University Joseph Fourier

2007/2008:

"Projet Interface Homme-Machine"

"TD Recherche d'information multimedia" MIAGE

"TD plasticite"



additional teaching:

"Classe passerelles"

"Synthese d'images" Master 2 Informatique


2006/2007:

"Synthese d'images" Master 2 CAO

"TD Recherche d'information multimedia" MIAGE


2005/2006:

"Informatique Graphique" Master 1 Informatique/Mathematique

"Synthese d'images" Master 2 CAO


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