Wenzel Jakob
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
EPFL IC IINFCOM RGL
BC 345 (Bâtiment BC)
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 13 29
+41 21 693 52 15
Office: BC 345
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EPFL IC SIN-GE
INN 112 (Bâtiment INN)
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://sin.epfl.ch
EPFL IC SSC-GE
INR 130 (Bâtiment INR)
Station 14
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://ssc.epfl.ch
Fields of expertise
Material Appearance Modeling
Computer Graphics
Biography
I am an assistant professor leading the Realistic Graphics Lab at EPFL's School of Computer and Communication Sciences. I completed my Ph.D. at the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University, where I was advised by Steve Marschner. Before coming to EPFL, I was a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zürich's Interactive Geometry Lab where I worked with Olga Sorkine-Hornung.Current work
My research is in the area of computer graphics and involves creating synthetic images that reproduce the visual complexity of the tangible world. This entails developing efficient data structures, computational models and measurement methodologies that can be used to model the way in which light interacts with the materials around us.A second interest of mine is the high dimensional geometry of problems in light transport, and how it can be exploited to develop more efficient simulation methods.
The overarching goal of my work is to improve the accuracy and fidelity of light transport simulations in computer graphics, and to make the underlying models accurate and fast enough for predictive design and manufacturing applications.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Computer Science
Communication Systems