Prof. Fredo Durand
Primary DLC
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Pictorial Style for Non-Photorealistic Rendering
Digital Photography and Video Editing and Enhancement
Real-Time Rendering
Computer Graphics Computational Photography Structural Analysis of Masonry
Content Creation for Online Education Lighting Simulation, Fourier Analysis, Light Fields Computational Optics, Blur Removal, Revealing the Invisible, Video Magnification Systems for Computational Imaging and Compilers Video Lecture Authoring and Editing
Research Summary
Durand's research topics include photo editing, image beautification, contrast management, cinematographic photography and lighting, non-photorealistic rendering, synergy between psychology and art history, parameterization and capture of style, perception for rendering, tone mapping, compensation of the limitations of images , model simplification, realistic rendering, visibility.
Durand did his thesis at iMAGIS under the supervision of Claude Puech and George Drettakis. It dealt with: global 3D visibility, real-time rendering, global illumination, discontinuity meshing.
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Projects
January 19, 2017Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Sampling and Reconstruction for Computer Graphics Rendering and Imaging
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
September 13, 2016Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSimulation and Verification for Vision in the Loop
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
September 13, 2016Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceUncovering the Pain Points in Driving
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
August 4, 2014Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceThe Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
October 7, 2008Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDigital Photography and Image-Based Editing (Computational Photography and Video)
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
December 21, 2005Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceA Frequency Analysis of Light Transport
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
December 21, 2005Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceZooming in with Computational Photography
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
September 23, 2003Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceReal-Time Rendering: Fake Soft Shadows with Smoothies
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
September 22, 2003Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDecoupling of Data into Meaningful Components
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
April 25, 2003Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceTime-Dependent Interactive Tone Mapping
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
April 22, 2003Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputer Depiction and Non-Photorealistic Rendering
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
February 19, 1999Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDigitizing Cities: MIT City Scanning Project -- Fully Automated, Model Acquisiition in Urban Areas
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand
January 6, 1999Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceComputer Graphics Group (CGG)
Principal Investigator Fredo Durand