computer graphics

Professor Wolfgang Heidrich elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and named a 2025 Optica Fellow

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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.

Discrete Laplacians for Polygons and Polyhedral

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Being able to accurately solve PDEs on arbitrary polygonal/polyhedral meshes is a central goal and has been considered for various differential operators over the last years. In this talk I will present a simple approach for computing (piecewise) linear and quadratic basis functions for general polygons and polyhedra, from which discrete operators for gradient, divergence and Laplacian can be derived.

Web-based 3D Visualization

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In this seminar I will present how to create 3D computer graphics and visualization systems for the web, using WebAssmbly and WebGPU language specifications, which are new, bleeding-edge technologies. Previously, accelerated graphics on the web was based on JavaScript libraries, which is still very popular, but they do not offer detailed memory management and code optimization, necessary for systems requiring high memory load and high computational demands. WebAssembly and WebGPU can be compiled from the C++ or Rust code, which also allows the deployment of the same codebase either for web or for the desktop-based applications.

Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Heidrich

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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Humboldt Research Award to Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich.

Alumni Focus: Ronell Sicat

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As the volume and complexity of data captured around the world continues to grow exponentially, new ways of exploring and visualizing this data are required. Today, society has moved beyond the traditional desktop computer with tools such as augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) at the forefront of immersive data visualization and analysis.

KAUST Ph.D. student Jinhui Xiong wins best paper award

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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.

Meet KAUST prospective student: Feng Liang

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Feng Liang is a computer science and engineering graduate who will join KAUST from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China. Feng will join the University this fall as a M.S. candidate and member of the KAUST Nanovisualization Research Group under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola.

Dr. Ciril Bohak Joins the Visual Computing Center

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We are proudly announcing that Dr. Ciril Bohak has joined VCC as a Postdoctoral researcher of Computer Science in October, 2020. Ciril Bohak is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant in the Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Multimedia, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His main research interests are Computer Graphics, Data Visualization, and Game Technology. His current research includes real-time medical and biological volumetric data visualization on the web, visualization of geodetic data (LiDAR and orthophoto) and high-energy

Yongliang Yang

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Yongliang Yang was a Research Scientist at the Visual Computing Center in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he’s an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science at University of Bath in United Kingdom. Education and Early Career Yongliang received his Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Technology in 2004, from Tsinghua University. He continued to pursue his Master and Ph.D. degree in Graphics and Geometric Computing Group in Tsinghua, under the supervision of Prof. Shi-Min Hu. In 2009, he joined KAUST as a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof

Yousif Aldolaijan

Yousif Aldolaijan was a Computer Science Master student under the supervision of Prof. Ivan Viola at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Yousif received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA in 2018. He joined KAUST to continue his studies in Computer Science and received his Master's degree in Computer Science from KAUST in 2020. During the summer of 2018, he joined Google as a Software Engineering Intern for three months. He worked on

Yipeng Qin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yipeng Qin was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Professor Peter Wonka at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he is a Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Informatics in Cardiff University (CU), United Kingdom. Education and Early Career In 2013, Yipeng Qin graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Later during 2017, he obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University in
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Xingdi Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Visualization: Riemannian Geometry based observer relative vortex extraction; Computer vision: depth estimation, point cloud understanding. Computer graphics: discrete geometry, graphics engine, etc.

Wolfgang Heidrich

Professor, Computer Science
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.

Torsten Hadrich

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Torsten Hadrich is a Ph.D. candidate at Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), studying under the supervision of Professor Dominik Michels in Computational Sciences Group (CSG). Education and Early Career Torsten Hadrich obtained his bachelor degree in Computer Science and Media from Stuttgart Media University in Germany in 2010. After that, he received his master degree in Information Engineering from the University of Konstanz in Germany in 2014. Torsten started his career life early in 2002. He was an IT Specialist for Application

Suhib Alsisan

Suhib Alsisan was a Master student in Computer Science Program at Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah university of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he is a Software Engineer at Facebook, Washington, United States. Education and Career He received his bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from University of Jordan, Jordan in 2009. He joined KAUST and earned his master degree in Computer Science in 2011. Education Profile M.S. Computer Science, King Abdullah university of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2011 B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Jordan

Sara Shaheen

Sara Shaheen was a Ph.D. student in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Bernard Ghanem at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). She is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Prince Sultan University (PSU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Education and Career Sara received her Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Prince Sultan University (PSU) in Riyadh in 2010. She joined the MS/PhD program in KAUST and earned her Master and Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2017. She was a part of Image and Video Understanding

Ronell Sicat

Visualization Scientist, Core labs and Research Infrastructure
Ronell Sicat is a scientist with more than 10 years of experience in scientific research and software development. His main interests are scalable visualization and analysis of large-scale data (e.g., images, volumes, meshes), and immersive analytics that leverage augmented/virtual reality. He is passionate about helping domain scientists solve their problems using my wide-ranging experience in programming, image processing, segmentation, quantitative analysis, and computer graphics.

Peter Wonka

Professor, Computer Science
Professor Peter Wonka is a computer scientist with a research focus in computer vision, computer graphics, remote sensing, and machine learning.

Peter Rautek

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Peter Rautek is a Research Scientist in the High-Performance Visualization Group working with Professor Markus Hadwiger at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Ondrej Strnad

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Ondrej Strnad is a Research Scientist currently working with Professor Markus Hadwiger in the High-Performance Visualization Group at KAUST. His research focuses on large-scale, out-of-core oil reservoir visualization. Ondrej joined KAUST in November 2019, initially becoming a member of Ivan Viola's Nanovisualization Research Group, where he worked on procedural modeling, generation, and visualization of highly populated, dense biological scenes.

Omar Mena Facio

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Omer Mena Facio is a Master student in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Omer Mena Facio

Ngan Nguyen

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Ngan Nguyen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Ngan has a Master's Degree in Computer Science. She worked at Gameloft Company as a Developer. After that, she joined the University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City as a Lecturer. Research Interest Ngan is focusing on Computer Graphics, Visualization, and their overlaps into

Mohamed Ibrahim

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Mohamed Ibrahim is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Performance Visualization Group (VCCVIS) working with Prof. Markus Hadwiger at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the American University in Cairo (AUC) in 2010. Later on, he obtained a Master’s degree in Computer Science from KAUST in 2012. He graduated from KAUST with a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2019. Research Interest Mohamed Ibrahim's research is concerned with Large-Scale data visualization. He's especially interested

Modar Alfadly

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Modar Alfadly is a Ph. D. candidate in Image and Video Understanding Lab (IVUL) Group under the supervision of Prof. Bernard Ghanem at KAUST. Education and Early Career Alfadly received his bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in 2016. A year later, he obtained his master’s degree in Computer Science and successfully defended his thesis, titled “Analytic Treatment of Deep Neural Networks under Additive Gaussian Noise”. Research Interest Modar Alfadly is focusing on understanding deep neural networks to build more intelligent

Michael Birsak

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Michael Birsak is a Research Scientist working with Professor Peter Wonka at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Martins Bruvelis

Senior Information Technology Specialist, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering
Martins is a Tier 3 IT Specialist with a background in quantum engineering and data science. He leverages analytical, multidisciplinary, and data-driven approaches to drive innovation and efficiency within the IT infrastructure. He excels at full-stack development, identifying complex problems' root causes and developing impactful long-term solutions within a broad area of competence.

Libo Huang

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Libo Huang is a Ph.D. candidate at Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), studying under the supervision of Professor Dominik Michels in Computational Sciences Group (CSG). Education and Early Career Libo Huang obtained his bachelor degree in Geophysics from Peking University in China in 2015. After that, he joined KAUST and received his master degree in Earth Science and Engineering in 2016. Education Profile M. Sc., Earth Science and Engineering , King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, 2016 B. Sc

Juris Grigs

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Juris Grigs is a Computer Science Ph.D. student in the KAUST High-Performance Visualization Group (VCCVis) under the supervision of Professor Markus Hadwiger at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Juris obtained his bachelor's degree in ​Physics from the University of Latvia in 2017. He joined KAUST as an Electrical Engineering student with the Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuit Technology (IMPACT) Research Group. Now,he is a Ph.D. student in the VCCVis Research Group. Research Interests Juris's research interests include ​data

Julio Rey Ramirez

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Julio Rey Ramirez is a Master student under the supervision of Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Julio Rey Ramirez was an electronics engineer from National University of Colombia (UNAL). He worked as laboratory assistant in the lighting testing lab (LABE) at UNAL from 2015 to 2018. Julio Rey Ramirez joined KAUST as a visiting student in 2019, and worked in the programming of machine vision cameras and computational microscopy under the supervision of professor Wolfgang Heidrich

Jing Ren

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Jing Ren is a Ph. D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Peter Wonka at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Jing Ren obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Zhejiang University in China. Later on in 2015, she received her M.Sc. degree in Mathematical and Computational Finance from the University of Oxford in United Kingdom. Scientific Interest Jing Ren is mainly interested in her research in Computer Graphics and Geometry Processing. Selected Publications One of the recent publication that Jing Ren co

Ibraheem Alhashim

Ibraheem Alhashim is a Remote Researcher working with Professor Peter Wonka. Education and Early Career Ibraheem Alhashim completed his B.Sc. with honors in Computer Science at the Portland State University in 2008, followed by his M.Sc. in Computer Science in 2011 under the supervision of Prof. Hao Zhang and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Hao Zhang and Prof. Ghassan Hamarneh at Simon Fraser University in Canada. During both his Master and Ph.D., Alhashim was working at the GrUVi Lab at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Dr. Alhashim joined KAUST in 2017

Han Shao

Han Shao is a Ph.D. candidate at Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), studying under the supervision of Professor Dominik Michels in Computational Sciences Group (CSG). Education and Early Career Han Shao obtained his bachelor degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, China in 2014. After that, he joined KAUST and received his master degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. Research Interest Han is investigating the combustion phenomenon using CFD tools. For now

Feng Liang

Feng Liang is a former member of the Nanovisualization Research Group at KAUST lead by Professor Ivan Viola. Before joining KAUST, Feng obtained a bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China. Research Interests Feng's research interests include artificial intelligence and computer graphics.

Eva Bones

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Eva Bones is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Research Interest Eva is focusing on Computer Graphics and Visualization. Academic Advisors Ivan Viola, Professor, Computer Science.

Donggang Jia

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Donggang Jia is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Donggang has a Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Before that, he received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. Research Interest Donggang is focusing on computer graphics and visualization

Dawar Khan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Dawar Khan has been working as a Postdoctoral researcher with Professor Ivan Viola in the Nanovisualization Research Group, at Visual Computing Center, KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, since April 2022. Previously he worked as assistant professor at Interactive Media Design Lab, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan and at the University of Haripur, Pakistan. Education and Early Career He received the BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Malakand, Pakistan, in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and the PhD degree in

Daoming Liu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Daoming Liu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Professor Helmut Pottmann at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Daoming Liu obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). During his Ph.D., he spent one year at TUDelft as a visiting doctoral student. Before joining VCC/KAUST, he worked at ShanghaiTech University as a Research Assistant Professor. Research Interest Daoming Liu’s research was focused on physical simulation, geometric computing and their

Da Li

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Da Li is a Master student in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Cheng Wang

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Cheng Wang received his PhD in the Computer Science Program under the supervision of Professor Helmut Pottmann at the Visual Computing Center (VCC). He is now an Assistant Professor at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom Education and Early Career Cheng received his Bachelor's Degree in Automation from Tsinghua University, China in 2016. He joined KAUST to continue his studies and received his Master's Degree in Computer Science in 2018. Research Interest Cheng is mainly interested in Computer Graphics, Geometric Computing, and Machine Learning. Education Profile M.S., Computer

Caigui Jiang

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Caigui Jiang is a Research Scientist at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) working with Professor Helmut Pottmann at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Dr. Jiang obtained a bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and his masters in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems from Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in China. After that, he joined KAUST to receive his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2016. Caigui has a diverse experience in the academic and research field. In 2016, he joined Max Planck Institute for Informatics as a Postdoctoral

Bolun Wang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Bolun Wang is a Postdoc at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) working with Professor Helmut Pottmann at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and early career 2016.09-2022.01 Ph.D. in fundamental mathematics at Honors College & Key Laboratory of Mathematics, Information and Behavioral, Beihang University. Advisor: Prof. Zhiming Zheng and Xin Jiang 2019.02-2020.09 Visiting Student at Geometric Computing Lab, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University Major in Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry Advisor: Prof. Daniele Panozzo 2012.09-2016

Anna Fruehstueck

Anna Fruehstueck was a Ph. D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Peter Wonka at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and successfully defended her PhD in Computer Science on April 17, 2023. Education and Early Career Anna Fruehstueck obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Informatics and Visual Computing from Vienna University of Technology in Austria in 2011. Later on in 2015, she received her M.Sc. degree in Visual Computing from Vienna University of Technology in Austria. During her studies, Anna worked as software developer at SimVis in Vienna, Austria. And in

Amani Ageeli

Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Amani Ageeli is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science program under the supervision of Professor Markus Hadwiger at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Amani received her bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in 2016. She joined KAUST to continue her studies and earned a master's degree in Computer Science in 2019. Currently, she's working on directed research with Prof. Markus Hadwiger in the High-Performance Visualization Group. Research Interest Amani

Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has joined the Nanovisualization Research Group as a Research Scientist working with Professor Ivan Viola. His main research interests are Visualization & Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction & Virtual Reality, and Microarchitecture. Dr. Alexandre A. Kouyoumdjian has also worked in the industry as an R&D Consultant for a start-up that develops VR applications meant to ease chronic pain and a graphics programmer for a game studio. Education Profile Ph.D., Computer Science, Université Paris-Saclay,FRANCE, 2018 M.S., Computer Science (Bioinformatics and

Alexandra Irger

M.S. Student, Computer Science
Alexandra Irger is a Master student in Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Ivan Viola at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Before coming to KAUST, Alexandra graduated from TU Wien with a BSc in Media Informatics and Visual Computing in 2023. Research Interest Alexandra is focusing on Scientific Visualization and Computer Graphics.

Abdalla Gaafar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Abdalla Gaafar is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Professor Peter Wonka at the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Abdalla obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Graphics at the University of Konstanz in Germany in 2019. He holds a Master of Science degree in Mobile and Personal Communications from King’s College London, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan. Research Interest Dr. Abdalla is mainly interested in Computer Graphics and Visual Computing areas