Rate Professor Henrik Jensen

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark.

Research Interests: Computer graphics, realistic image synthesis, subsurface scattering, and rendering techniques for translucent materials.

Appointments: Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego.

Awards: Academy Award for Technical Achievement (2004) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for pioneering subsurface scattering techniques.

Publications:

• A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport, SIGGRAPH 2001.
• Light Scattering in Refractive Media, ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Additional Contributions: Developed rendering algorithms widely used in film and animation industries, including Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic.