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Michael Wimmer

Michael Wimmer

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Computer Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6808
World Ranking
9307
National Ranking
82

Overview

Michael Wimmer is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has a research focus that encompasses multiple facets of computer science and engineering. Their work is centered in the fields of computer graphics, computational mechanics, and computer vision, with particular emphasis on techniques related to visualization, 3D shape modeling, and imaging.

The main fields of study for Wimmer include:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Within these, Wimmer has contributed extensively to subfields such as:

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

The primary topics covered in their research consist of:

  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
  • Advanced Vision and Imaging
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Wimmer's publication record includes papers in a variety of frequently chosen venues, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Graphics Forum
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
  • Eurographics
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Some recent papers authored by or involving Wimmer are:

  • A Hierarchical 3D Gaussian Representation for Real-Time Rendering of Very Large Datasets, 2024, ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • Fast Out-of-Core Octree Generation for Massive Point Clouds, 2020, Computer Graphics Forum
  • A two-site Kitaev chain in a two-dimensional electron gas, 2024, Nature
  • Fusion protocol for Majorana modes in coupled quantum dots, 2023, Physical Review B
  • Software Rasterization of 2 Billion Points in Real Time, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

Collaborations with other researchers have been an aspect of Wimmer's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Bernhard Kerbl
  • Markus Schütz
  • Chun-Xiao Liu
  • Iva Kovačić
  • Johannes Unterguggenberger

Best Publications

  • Instant architecture

    Peter Wonka;Michael Wimmer;François Sillion;William Ribarsky

  • A Survey of Urban Reconstruction

    P. Musialski;P. Musialski;P. Wonka;P. Wonka;D. G. Aliaga;M. Wimmer

  • Technical Section: Evaluation of HDR tone mapping methods using essential perceptual attributes

    Martin adík;Michael Wimmer;Laszlo Neumann;Alessandro Artusi

  • Light space perspective shadow maps

    Michael Wimmer;Daniel Scherzer;Werner Purgathofer

  • Coherent Hierarchical Culling: Hardware Occlusion Queries Made Useful

    Jiří Bittner;Michael Wimmer;Harald Piringer;Harald Piringer;Werner Purgathofer

  • Interactive visual editing of grammars for procedural architecture

    Markus Lipp;Peter Wonka;Michael Wimmer

  • Visibility Preprocessing with Occluder Fusion for Urban Walkthroughs

    Peter Wonka;Michael Wimmer;Dieter Schmalstieg

  • O-snap: Optimization-based snapping for modeling architecture

    Murat Arikan;Michael Schwärzler;Simon Flöry;Michael Wimmer

  • Real-Time Shadows

    Elmar Eisemann;Michael Schwarz;Ulf Assarsson;Michael Wimmer

  • Points2Surf Learning Implicit Surfaces from Point Clouds

    Philipp Erler;Paul Guerrero;Stefan Ohrhallinger;Niloy J. Mitra

  • Continuous projection for fast L1 reconstruction

    Reinhold Preiner;Oliver Mattausch;Murat Arikan;Renato Pajarola

  • CHC++: Coherent Hierarchical Culling Revisited

    Oliver Mattausch;Jiří Bittner;Michael Wimmer

  • Points2Surf: Learning Implicit Surfaces from Point Cloud Patches

    Philipp Erler;Paul Guerrero;Stefan Ohrhallinger;Michael Wimmer

  • Instant points: fast rendering of unprocessed point clouds

    Michael Wimmer;Claus Scheiblauer

  • Differential Instant Radiosity for mixed reality

    Martin Knecht;Christoph Traxler;Oliver Mattausch;Werner Purgathofer

  • Image Attributes and Quality for Evaluation of Tone Mapping Operators

    M. Wimmer;L. Neumann;A. Artusi

  • Rendering time estimation for real-time rendering

    Michael Wimmer;Peter Wonka

  • Reduced-order shape optimization using offset surfaces

    Przemyslaw Musialski;Thomas Auzinger;Michael Birsak;Michael Wimmer

  • Interactive Modeling of City Layouts using Layers of Procedural Content

    Markus Lipp;Daniel Scherzer;Peter Wonka;Michael Wimmer

  • Physically Guided Animation of Trees

    Ralf Habel;Alexander Kusternig;Michael Wimmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Wonka
Peter Wonka King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Elmar Eisemann
Elmar Eisemann Delft University of Technology
Dieter Schmalstieg
Dieter Schmalstieg University of Stuttgart
Steffen Fritz
Steffen Fritz International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Steven Feiner
Steven Feiner Columbia University
Linda See
Linda See International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Leif Kobbelt
Leif Kobbelt RWTH Aachen University

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