Wenzel Jakob

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Tenure Track Assistant Professor

wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch +41 21 693 13 29 https://rgl.epfl.ch

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BC 345 (Bâtiment BC)
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CH-1015 Lausanne

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Fields of expertise

Image Synthesis 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

PhD Programs

Doctoral program in computer and communication sciences

PhD Students

Crespo Castaño Miguel, Nicolet Baptiste Alexandre Marie Philippe Claude, Nimier-David Merlin Eléazar, Vicini Delio Aleardo, Zhang Ziyi,

Past EPFL PhD Students

Zeltner Tizian Lucien ,

Courses

Numerical methods for visual computing and ML

Visual computing and machine learning are characterized by their reliance on numerical algorithms to process large amounts of information such as images, shapes, and 3D volumes. This course will familiarize students with a range of essential numerical tools to solve practical problems in this area.

Program: Section of Computer Science

Advanced computer graphics

This course covers advanced 3D graphics techniques for realistic image synthesis. Students will learn how light interacts with objects in our world, and how to recreate these phenomena in a computer simulation to create synthetic images that are indistinguishable from photographs.

Program: Section of Digital Humanities

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