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83
Citations
24391
World Ranking
908
National Ranking
493

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality
  • 1997 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to computer graphics hardware and algorithms.
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - ACM Fellow Dr. Henry Fuchs is internationally known for his contributions to high performance, parallel display architecture. He was a pioneer who recognized the importance of parallelism for graphic processors.

Overview

Henry Fuchs is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a notable concentration in subfields such as Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scope of Henry Fuchs's work covers a variety of topics, including Advanced Vision and Imaging, Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, Digital Holography and Microscopy, Human Pose and Action Recognition, Augmented Reality Applications, and Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis.

Recent publications by Henry Fuchs include:

  • Learned hardware-in-the-loop phase retrieval for holographic near-eye displays, 2020, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Neural Human Performer: Learning Generalizable Radiance Fields for Human Performance Rendering, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Gaze-Contingent Retinal Speckle Suppression for Perceptually-Matched Foveated Holographic Displays, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Hogel-Free Holography, 2022, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • DELIFFAS: Deformable Light Fields for Fast Avatar Synthesis, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Henry Fuchs frequently collaborates with several co-authors. Among the most frequent are Praneeth Chakravarthula, Youngjoong Kwon, Shengze Wang, Felix Heide, and Dahun Kim.

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, UNC Libraries, ACM Transactions on Graphics, and the 2022 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV).

Honors received by Henry Fuchs include:

  • IEEE Fellow (2015) for contributions to computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1997) for contributions to computer graphics hardware and algorithms
  • ACM Fellow (1995) recognized internationally for contributions to high performance, parallel display architecture and parallelism for graphic processors

Best Publications

  • Optimal surface reconstruction from planar contours

    H. Fuchs;Z. M. Kedem;S. P. Uselton

  • On visible surface generation by a priori tree structures

    Henry Fuchs;Zvi M. Kedem;Bruce F. Naylor

  • The office of the future: a unified approach to image-based modeling and spatially immersive displays

    Ramesh Raskar;Greg Welch;Matt Cutts;Adam Lake

  • Merging virtual objects with the real world: seeing ultrasound imagery within the patient

    Michael Bajura;Henry Fuchs;Ryutarou Ohbuchi

  • A sorting classification of parallel rendering

    S. Molnar;M. Cox;D. Ellsworth;H. Fuchs

  • Pixel-planes 5: a heterogeneous multiprocessor graphics system using processor-enhanced memories

    Henry Fuchs;John Poulton;John Eyles;Trey Greer

  • Visualization and computer graphics

    David S. Ebert;Charles D. Hansen;Georges-Pierre Bonneau;L. A. B. Gravir

  • Methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction and endoscope using real-time structured light depth extraction

    Kurtis P. Keller;Jeremy D. Ackerman;Michael H. Rosenthal;Henry Fuchs

  • Multi-projector displays using camera-based registration

    R. Raskar;M.S. Brown;Ruigang Yang;Wei-Chao Chen

  • Optical Versus Video See-Through Head-Mounted Displays in Medical Visualization

    Jannick P. Rolland;Henry Fuchs

  • Augmented Reality Visualization for Laparoscopic Surgery

    Henry Fuchs;Mark A. Livingston;Ramesh Raskar;D`nardo Colucci

  • Multi-projector displays using camera-based registration

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  • Towards Performing Ultrasound-Guided Needle Biopsies from within a Head-Mounted Display

    Henry Fuchs;Andrei State;Etta D. Pisano;William F. Garrett

  • Vision-based tracking with dynamic structured light for video see-through augmented reality

    Henry Fuchs;Mark Alan Livingston

  • Spatially augmented reality

    Ramesh Raskar;Greg Welch;Henry Fuchs

  • Dynamic shader lamps : painting on movable objects

    D. Bandyopadhyay;R. Raskar;H. Fuchs

  • Fast spheres, shadows, textures, transparencies, and imgage enhancements in pixel-planes

    Henry Fuchs;Jack Goldfeather;Jeff P. Hultquist;Susan Spach

  • Near real-time shaded display of rigid objects

    Henry Fuchs;Gregory D. Abram;Eric D. Grant

  • Encumbrance-free telepresence system with real-time 3D capture and display using commodity depth cameras

    Andrew Maimone;Henry Fuchs

  • Technologies for augmented reality systems: realizing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies

    Andrei State;Mark A. Livingston;William F. Garrett;Gentaro Hirota

  • A sorting classification of parallel rendering

    Steven Molnar;Michael Cox;David Ellsworth;Henry Fuchs

  • Optimal surface reconstruction from planar contours

    H. Fuchs;Z. M. Kedem;S. P. Uselton

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei State
Andrei State University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Greg Welch
Greg Welch University of Central Florida
Stephen M. Pizer
Stephen M. Pizer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mary C. Whitton
Mary C. Whitton University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ruigang Yang
Ruigang Yang University of Kentucky
Jan-Michael Frahm
Jan-Michael Frahm University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frederick P. Brooks
Frederick P. Brooks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leonard McMillan
Leonard McMillan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gary Bishop
Gary Bishop University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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