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2026

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Computer Science

D-Index
134
Citations
59901
World Ranking
89
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Hans-Peter Seidel is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Germany. Their research spans various aspects of computer science and engineering, with a strong focus on computer vision, computer graphics, and related technological applications.

The main fields of study covered in their publications include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

The subfields of study in which they have conducted research are:

  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Environmental Engineering

Their work addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Image Enhancement Techniques
  • Color Science and Applications
  • Advanced Vision and Imaging
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Advanced Neural Network Applications

Hans-Peter Seidel has authored several research papers, including:

  • "Cinematic Gaussians: Real-Time HDR Radiance Fields with Depth of Field" (2024, Computer Graphics Forum)
  • "Neural Relightable Participating Media Rendering" (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "EventHands: Real-Time Neural 3D Hand Pose Estimation from an Event Stream" (2020, arXiv (Cornell University))

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Chao Wang
  • Krzysztof Wolski
  • Bernhard Kerbl
  • Ana Serrano
  • Mojtaba Bemana

Hans-Peter Seidel's articles have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Graphics Forum

In 2012, Hans-Peter Seidel was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Laplacian surface editing

    O. Sorkine;D. Cohen-Or;Y. Lipman;M. Alexa

  • Multi-level partition of unity implicits

    Yutaka Ohtake;Alexander Belyaev;Marc Alexa;Greg Turk

  • VNect: real-time 3D human pose estimation with a single RGB camera

    Dushyant Mehta;Srinath Sridhar;Oleksandr Sotnychenko;Helge Rhodin

  • Interactive multi-resolution modeling on arbitrary meshes

    Leif Kobbelt;Swen Campagna;Jens Vorsatz;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Free-viewpoint video of human actors

    Joel Carranza;Christian Theobalt;Marcus A. Magnor;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • A data-driven approach for real-time full body pose reconstruction from a depth camera

    Andreas Baak;Meinard Muller;Gaurav Bharaj;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Feature sensitive surface extraction from volume data

    Leif P. Kobbelt;Mario Botsch;Ulrich Schwanecke;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Performance capture from sparse multi-view video

    Edilson de Aguiar;Carsten Stoll;Christian Theobalt;Naveed Ahmed

  • Motion capture using joint skeleton tracking and surface estimation

    Juergen Gall;Carsten Stoll;Edilson de Aguiar;Christian Theobalt

  • Ridge-valley lines on meshes via implicit surface fitting

    Yutaka Ohtake;Alexander Belyaev;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • A Statistical Model of Human Pose and Body Shape

    Nils Hasler;Carsten Stoll;Martin Sunkel;Bodo Rosenhahn

  • XNect: real-time multi-person 3D motion capture with a single RGB camera

    Dushyant Mehta;Oleksandr Sotnychenko;Franziska Mueller;Weipeng Xu

  • Image-based reconstruction of spatial appearance and geometric detail

    Hendrik P. A. Lensch;Jan Kautz;Michael Goesele;Wolfgang Heidrich

  • A perceptual framework for contrast processing of high dynamic range images

    Rafal Mantiuk;Karol Myszkowski;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Real-time generation of continuous levels of detail for height fields

    Stefan Röttger;Wolfgang Heidrich;Philipp Slusallek;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Realistic, hardware-accelerated shading and lighting

    Wolfgang Heidrich;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Differential coordinates for interactive mesh editing

    Y. Lipman;O. Sorkine;D. Cohen-Or;D. Levin

  • Pattern-aware Deformation Using Sliding Dockers

    Martin Bokeloh;Michael Wand;Vladlen Koltun;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Stackless KD-Tree Traversal for High Performance GPU Ray Tracing

    Stefan Popov;Johannes Günther;Hans-Peter Seidel;Philipp Slusallek

  • StyleRig: Rigging StyleGAN for 3D Control Over Portrait Images

    Ayush Tewari;Mohamed Elgharib;Gaurav Bharaj;Florian Bernard

  • Free-Viewpoint Video of Human Actors

    Joel Carranza;Christian Theobalt;Marcus Magnor;Hans-Peter Seidel

  • Laplacian Surface Editing

    Olga Sorkine;Yaron Lipman;Daniel Cohen-Or;Marc Alexa

Frequent Co-Authors

Karol Myszkowski
Karol Myszkowski Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Christian Theobalt
Christian Theobalt Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Tobias Ritschel
Tobias Ritschel University College London
Hendrik P. A. Lensch
Hendrik P. A. Lensch University of Tübingen
Holger Theisel
Holger Theisel Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Marcus Magnor
Marcus Magnor Technische Universität Braunschweig
Bodo Rosenhahn
Bodo Rosenhahn University of Hannover
Jan Kautz
Jan Kautz Nvidia (United States)
Wolfgang Heidrich
Wolfgang Heidrich King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Michael Wand
Michael Wand Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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