Wolfgang Heidrich
Image courtesy of Fredo Durand
 
Professor & Dolby Research Chair
Department of Computer Science
The University of British Columbia

Mailing Address:
2366 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
CANADA
Office:
X639 - 2366 Main Mall 
ICICS/CS Building
(Enter from Engineering Rd.)
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
(604)822-4326
(604)822-4231
heidrich@cs.ubc.ca

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Biography

Diplom Informatiker, University of Erlangen (1995); M.Math (Computer Science), University of Waterloo (1996); PhD (with honours), University of Erlangen (1999); Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science (1999-2000); Assistant Professor, UBC (2000-2004); Associate Professor, UBC (2004-2010); Dolby Research Chair in Computer Science, UBC (since 2008); Full Professor, UBC (since 2010).

Affiliations: IMAGER Computer Graphics Lab, Laboratory for Computational Intelligence, Institute for Applied Mathematics, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.

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Research

My research interests are at the intersection of computer graphics, machine vision, optics, imaging, and perception. A significant portion of my research in the past few years has been on high dynamic range imaging and display devices. Brightside Technologies, a startup company commercializing the first true HDR display technology was acquired by Dolby Inc. in 2007. Since then, Brightside has been transformed into Dolby Canada, am imaging research facility operating out of Vancouver. In May 2008, Dolby funded my research chair to support activities in HDR imaging and related topics.

Detailed list of projects and publications.

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Students

Students and PostDocs I supervise(d)

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Teaching

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Local Resources

  • RenderOGL package documentation
  • How to integrate your home machine or laptop into the department network
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    Funding Sources

    I gratefully acknowledge ongoing financial support from the following institutions:
  • Dolby Canada (formerly BrightSide Technologies, a.k.a Sunnybrook Technologies)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) NCE
  • Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
  • In the past I have also been supported by:
  • BC Advanced Systems Institute (ASI)
  • British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF)
  • Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) NCE
  • Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC)
  • Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
  • Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Precarn Incorporated
  • Point Grey Research Inc.
  • UBC Blusson Fund
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