About Wolfgang Heidrich Wolfgang Heidrich Professor, Computer Science Computational Photography computer graphics optics inverse methods Professor Heidrich is apinoeer in the development of novel sensing and display technologies by combining computer graphics, machine vision, imaging, inverse methods, optics and perception. Articles Related News February 2026 Professor Wolfgang Heidrich named an ACM Fellow 3 min read · Wed, Feb 4 2026 Computational Photography computer graphics optics KAUST Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the highest honors in the field of computing. December 2025 KAUST’s eye-inspired imaging approach wins Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 3 min read · Sun, Dec 21 2025 Awards News computational imaging Image Fusion Adaptive Optics Fovea Stacking rethinks camera design by combining localized optical correction with computational reconstruction. February 2025 Professor Wolfgang Heidrich elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and named a 2025 Optica Fellow 5 min read · Wed, Feb 26 2025 Awards News computational imaging computer graphics optics artificial intelligence generative ai KAUST Professor Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Optica, recognizing his pioneering contributions to computational imaging, display systems and AI-driven optical technologies. August 2024 Deep learning improves lens design 1 min read · Mon, Aug 12 2024 News Clip News An automated scheme for optical lens design looks set to enhance mobile phone cameras. July 2023 Professor Wolfgang Heidrich to receive ACM SIGGRAPH’s Computer Graphics Achievement Award 1 min read · Tue, Jul 4 2023 Spotlight News CEMSE Professor Wolfgang Heidrich will receive the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technique’s (ACM SIGGRAPH) Computer Graphics Achievement Award this August. The ACM SIGGRAPH is a global nonprofit organization that advances computer graphics and interactive technologies. August 2021 Harnessing the particle-tracking power of the algorithm 1 min read · Wed, Aug 25 2021 News fluid dynamics visual computing algorithms Computer science A simple camera system paired with a sophisticated image-processing algorithm can achieve faster and more accurate reconstructions of particle flow. June 2021 KAUST VCC research scientist appointed as Associate Editor of leading IEEE journal 4 min read · Thu, Jun 3 2021 News Laurent Condat, a research scientist based in the KAUST Visual Computing Center, has recently been appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP). The peer-reviewed journal covers novel theory, algorithms, performance analyses, and applications of techniques for the processing, understanding, learning, retrieval, mining, and extraction of information from signals. July 2020 Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Xinge Yang 1 min read · Thu, Jul 9 2020 News machine learning Computer Vision IoT Xinge Yang is a 22-year-old graduate who will join KAUST from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Yang will join the University in the fall of 2020 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Computational Imaging Group under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Heidrich. June 2020 Meet KAUST prospective student: Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza 2 min read · Wed, Jun 24 2020 News Computer Vision machine learning Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza is a 24-year-old electrical engineering graduate from the city of Natal, Brazil. Matheus first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2019 and was instantly impressed by the university’s research facilities. January 2020 KAUST Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong wins best paper award 1 min read · Thu, Jan 23 2020 News Spotlight Computer Vision modeling visualization computer graphics KAUST computer science Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong recently won the best paper award at the 24th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization. The symposium took place from September 30 to October 2, 2019, at the University of Rostock, Germany, and provided the opportunity for researchers to discuss a wide range of topics in computer science, including computer graphics, vision, visualization and visual analytics. December 2019 Jinhui Xiong wins Best Paper Award at VMV 2019 2 min read · Mon, Dec 2 2019 News Spotlight computational imaging 3D reconstruction Fourth-year computer science Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong won the best paper award at this year’s 24th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV) 2019. February 2019 Scanning in the Fourth Dimension 1 min read · Sun, Feb 17 2019 News visualization visual computing Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography is a widely used technology that visualizes an object's external and internal structure by assembling a series of two-dimensional images taken sequentially across or around it. However, as anyone who has had a medical magnetic resonance imaging scan will recall, this type of 3D reconstruction requires the subject to be motionless throughout the capture process, which can take minutes. Capturing a 3D structure that changes or deforms over time is much more difficult, and existing approaches often yield reconstructions marred by image artifacts and October 2018 Aerial Path Planning for Urban Scene Reconstruction: A Continuous Optimization Method and Benchmark 1 min read · Tue, Oct 16 2018 News optimization urban planning Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are ideal capturing devices for high-resolution urban 3D reconstructions using multi-view stereo. Nevertheless, practical considerations such as safety usually mean that access to the scan target is often only available for a short amount of time, especially in urban environments. It, therefore, becomes crucial to perform both view and path planning to minimize flight time while ensuring complete and accurate reconstructions. In this work, we address the challenge of automatic view and path planning for UAV-based aerial imaging with the goal of urban November 2016 Driven to diffraction 1 min read · Wed, Nov 9 2016 News electrical engineering bioscience light Optical elements that diffract light could lead to smaller and more powerful cameras. February 2015 A breeding ground for successful start-ups 1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015 News visualization quadcopter State-of-the-art facilities and world-class research projects give rise to thriving start-up companies based at KAUST. September 2014 Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Heidrich 1 min read · Thu, Sep 11 2014 Spotlight News Computational Photography computer graphics optics The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Humboldt Research Award to Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich.
Professor Wolfgang Heidrich named an ACM Fellow 3 min read · Wed, Feb 4 2026 Computational Photography computer graphics optics KAUST Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the highest honors in the field of computing.
KAUST’s eye-inspired imaging approach wins Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 3 min read · Sun, Dec 21 2025 Awards News computational imaging Image Fusion Adaptive Optics Fovea Stacking rethinks camera design by combining localized optical correction with computational reconstruction.
Professor Wolfgang Heidrich elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and named a 2025 Optica Fellow 5 min read · Wed, Feb 26 2025 Awards News computational imaging computer graphics optics artificial intelligence generative ai KAUST Professor Wolfgang Heidrich has been named a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Optica, recognizing his pioneering contributions to computational imaging, display systems and AI-driven optical technologies.
Deep learning improves lens design 1 min read · Mon, Aug 12 2024 News Clip News An automated scheme for optical lens design looks set to enhance mobile phone cameras.
Professor Wolfgang Heidrich to receive ACM SIGGRAPH’s Computer Graphics Achievement Award 1 min read · Tue, Jul 4 2023 Spotlight News CEMSE Professor Wolfgang Heidrich will receive the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technique’s (ACM SIGGRAPH) Computer Graphics Achievement Award this August. The ACM SIGGRAPH is a global nonprofit organization that advances computer graphics and interactive technologies.
Harnessing the particle-tracking power of the algorithm 1 min read · Wed, Aug 25 2021 News fluid dynamics visual computing algorithms Computer science A simple camera system paired with a sophisticated image-processing algorithm can achieve faster and more accurate reconstructions of particle flow.
KAUST VCC research scientist appointed as Associate Editor of leading IEEE journal 4 min read · Thu, Jun 3 2021 News Laurent Condat, a research scientist based in the KAUST Visual Computing Center, has recently been appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP). The peer-reviewed journal covers novel theory, algorithms, performance analyses, and applications of techniques for the processing, understanding, learning, retrieval, mining, and extraction of information from signals.
Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Xinge Yang 1 min read · Thu, Jul 9 2020 News machine learning Computer Vision IoT Xinge Yang is a 22-year-old graduate who will join KAUST from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Yang will join the University in the fall of 2020 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Computational Imaging Group under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Heidrich.
Meet KAUST prospective student: Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza 2 min read · Wed, Jun 24 2020 News Computer Vision machine learning Matheus Vinícius Medeiros de Souza is a 24-year-old electrical engineering graduate from the city of Natal, Brazil. Matheus first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2019 and was instantly impressed by the university’s research facilities.
KAUST Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong wins best paper award 1 min read · Thu, Jan 23 2020 News Spotlight Computer Vision modeling visualization computer graphics KAUST computer science Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong recently won the best paper award at the 24th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization. The symposium took place from September 30 to October 2, 2019, at the University of Rostock, Germany, and provided the opportunity for researchers to discuss a wide range of topics in computer science, including computer graphics, vision, visualization and visual analytics.
Jinhui Xiong wins Best Paper Award at VMV 2019 2 min read · Mon, Dec 2 2019 News Spotlight computational imaging 3D reconstruction Fourth-year computer science Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong won the best paper award at this year’s 24th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV) 2019.
Scanning in the Fourth Dimension 1 min read · Sun, Feb 17 2019 News visualization visual computing Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography is a widely used technology that visualizes an object's external and internal structure by assembling a series of two-dimensional images taken sequentially across or around it. However, as anyone who has had a medical magnetic resonance imaging scan will recall, this type of 3D reconstruction requires the subject to be motionless throughout the capture process, which can take minutes. Capturing a 3D structure that changes or deforms over time is much more difficult, and existing approaches often yield reconstructions marred by image artifacts and
Aerial Path Planning for Urban Scene Reconstruction: A Continuous Optimization Method and Benchmark 1 min read · Tue, Oct 16 2018 News optimization urban planning Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are ideal capturing devices for high-resolution urban 3D reconstructions using multi-view stereo. Nevertheless, practical considerations such as safety usually mean that access to the scan target is often only available for a short amount of time, especially in urban environments. It, therefore, becomes crucial to perform both view and path planning to minimize flight time while ensuring complete and accurate reconstructions. In this work, we address the challenge of automatic view and path planning for UAV-based aerial imaging with the goal of urban
Driven to diffraction 1 min read · Wed, Nov 9 2016 News electrical engineering bioscience light Optical elements that diffract light could lead to smaller and more powerful cameras.
A breeding ground for successful start-ups 1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015 News visualization quadcopter State-of-the-art facilities and world-class research projects give rise to thriving start-up companies based at KAUST.
Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Heidrich 1 min read · Thu, Sep 11 2014 Spotlight News Computational Photography computer graphics optics The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Humboldt Research Award to Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich.
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