Alexander Wilkie

Full Professor

Head of the computer graphics branch of CGG
At Charles University since 2008.

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Biography

Core research interest: computer graphics so accurate that it can be used to predict what things would look like, if they were real.
Predictive Rendering, in other words.

Of the many potential research areas within Predictive Rendering, I have over the years specialised in the following:

Spectral rendering, in particular
- Inclusion of fluorescence into rendering pipelines
- Polarisation effects
- Spectral uplifting
Skylight models
Colour science
Contrast enhancement for full colour 3D printing

The last point might seem like an odd addition to this research portfolio, until one realises that optimisation of 3D print appearance critically depends on being able to predict what a 3D print-out would look like, if it were created with a specific voxel configuration. So moving the state of the art in this area forward really belongs to the rendering people, as prediction of print-out appearance is the hardest part of any such feedback loop.

A very long term project of mine is ART: The Advanced Rendering Toolkit. This is rendering research software we have used over the years to prototype various effects that do not fit well into conventional rendering software.

Teaching

Introduction to Colour Science

The lecture gives an introduction to colour science from a computer graphics viewpoint. Its goal is to deliver a complete overview of the problem domain of colour perception and reproduction.

Predictive Image Synthesis Technologies

The topic of this lecture is predictive image synthesis, and the technologies that are needed to accomplish it. The emphasis of the lecture is on those aspects of computer graphics that are unique to this particular application domain.

Seminar on Scientific Soft Skills

The goal of the seminar is to imporve the participants' skills in scientific work. The topics include effective reading of scientific publications, critical interpretation of published results, scientific writing, presentation in the English language.

Introduction to Computer Graphics

[CZ: informace o české paralelce]

Basic course of 2D and 3D computer graphics - topics: human visual system, color systems, color reproduction, vector and raster graphics, halftoning, anti-aliasing, HDR graphics, basic drawing algorithms, raster image coding, 3D scene representation, linear 2D and 3D transformations, projections, algorithms for hidden line/surface removal, introduction to shading, OpenGL basics.

Computer graphics and vision seminar

The seminar for advanced computer graphics and vision has no fixed topics, its purpose is to inform participants about recent advances in computer graphics and vision. Participants of the seminar present interesting methods from literature (external students) or their own research (CGG group members).