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Bruce Walter is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, focusing primarily on research within computer science. Their work spans several subfields, including computer vision and pattern recognition, computer graphics and computer-aided design, atomic and molecular physics and optics, computational mechanics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Walter's research interests cover a range of topics related to visual computing and optics. The main areas of study include:

  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
  • Advanced Vision and Imaging
  • Image Enhancement Techniques
  • Optical Measurement and Interference Techniques
  • Color Science and Applications
  • Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements

They have contributed papers published predominantly in the ACM Transactions on Graphics, among other venues. The recent papers authored or co-authored by Walter span from 2020 to 2024, notably addressing simulation, modeling, and reflectance computation related to wave optics and surface appearance. Selected recent publications include:

  • A wave optics based fiber scattering model, 2020, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • A Practical Wave Optics Reflection Model for Hair and Fur, 2023, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • A Full-Wave Reference Simulator for Computing Surface Reflectance, 2023, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Efficient Dataflow Modeling of Peripheral Encoding in the Human Visual System, 2022, ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  • Appearance Modeling of Iridescent Feathers with Diverse Nanostructures, 2024, ACM Transactions on Graphics

Walter frequently collaborates with a group of researchers across related fields. Notable frequent co-authors include Steve Marschner, Mengqi Xia, Eric Michielssen, Vasha DuTell, and Ruth Rosenholtz, indicating an interdisciplinary and multi-author approach to research projects.

The primary publication venues for Walter's research include:

  • ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  • Computer Graphics Forum
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Vision

Through these contributions, Bruce Walter engages with both theoretical and applied aspects of optics and computational imaging, reflecting diverse expertise in complex visual phenomena and computational techniques.

Best Publications

  • Microfacet models for refraction through rough surfaces

    Bruce Walter;Stephen R. Marschner;Hongsong Li;Kenneth E. Torrance

  • Optimistic parallelism requires abstractions

    Milind Kulkarni;Keshav Pingali;Bruce Walter;Ganesh Ramanarayanan

  • Lightcuts: a scalable approach to illumination

    Bruce Walter;Sebastian Fernandez;Adam Arbree;Kavita Bala

  • A framework for realistic image synthesis

    Donald P. Greenberg;Kenneth E. Torrance;Peter Shirley;James Arvo

  • Interactive rendering using the render cache

    Bruce Walter;George Drettakis;Steven Parker

  • Multidimensional lightcuts

    Bruce Walter;Adam Arbree;Kavita Bala;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Visual equivalence: towards a new standard for image fidelity

    Ganesh Ramanarayanan;James Ferwerda;Bruce Walter;Kavita Bala

  • Global Illumination via Density-Estimation

    Peter Shirley;Bretton Wade;Philip M. Hubbard;David Zareski

  • Interactive global illumination in dynamic scenes

    Parag Tole;Fabio Pellacini;Bruce Walter;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Scalable Realistic Rendering with Many-Light Methods

    Carsten Dachsbacher;Jaroslav Křivánek;Miloš Hašan;Adam Arbree

  • Fast agglomerative clustering for rendering

    B. Walter;K. Bala;M. Kulkarni;K. Pingali

  • Combining edges and points for interactive high-quality rendering

    Kavita Bala;Bruce Walter;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Global illumination using local linear density estimation

    Bruce Walter;Philip M. Hubbard;Peter Shirley;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Interactive virtual relighting and remodeling of real scenes

    Céline Loscos;Marie-Claude Frasson;George Drettakis;Bruce Walter

  • Virtual spherical lights for many-light rendering of glossy scenes

    Miloš Hašan;Jaroslav Křivánek;Bruce Walter;Kavita Bala

  • Looking against the light: how perception of translucency depends on lighting direction.

    Bei Xiao;Bruce Walter;Ioannis Gkioulekas;Todd Zickler

  • Optimistic parallelism benefits from data partitioning

    Milind Kulkarni;Keshav Pingali;Ganesh Ramanarayanan;Bruce Walter

  • Bidirectional lightcuts

    Bruce Walter;Pramook Khungurn;Kavita Bala

  • Single scattering in refractive media with triangle mesh boundaries

    Bruce Walter;Shuang Zhao;Nicolas Holzschuch;Kavita Bala

  • Predicting Appearance from Measured Microgeometry of Metal Surfaces

    Zhao Dong;Bruce Walter;Steve Marschner;Donald P. Greenberg

  • Scalable Realistic Rendering with Many-Light Methods.

    Carsten Dachsbacher;Jaroslav Krivánek;Milos Hasan;Adam Arbree

Frequent Co-Authors

Kavita Bala
Kavita Bala Cornell University
Donald P. Greenberg
Donald P. Greenberg Cornell University
Steve Marschner
Steve Marschner Cornell University
George Drettakis
George Drettakis French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Keshav Pingali
Keshav Pingali The University of Texas at Austin
Todd Zickler
Todd Zickler Harvard University
Peter Shirley
Peter Shirley Nvidia (United States)
Carsten Dachsbacher
Carsten Dachsbacher Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ravi Ramamoorthi
Ravi Ramamoorthi University of California, San Diego

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