Keynote Speakers
Pat Hanrahan, Stanford University
Scalable Data Analysis using R
Pat Hanrahan is a computer graphics researcher, the Canon USA Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in the Computer Graphics Laboratory at Stanford University. His research focuses on rendering algorithms, graphics processing units, as well as scientific illustration and visualization.
Hanrahan received a Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. In 1989, he joined the faculty of Princeton University. In 1995, he moved to Stanford University. As a founding employee at Pixar Animation Studios in the 1980s, Hanrahan was part of the design of the RenderMan Interface Specification and the RenderMan Shading Language. More recently, Hanrahan has served as a co-founder and CTO of Tableau Software.
Tom Malzbender, Hewlett Packard Labs
Imaging the Antikythera Mechanism
Tom is a senior research scientist in the Multimedia Communications and Networking Lab within Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. Much of his work has taken place at the intersection of interactive 3D computer graphics, computer vision and signal processing.
He has developed the techniques of Reflectance Transformation, Polynomial Texture Mapping (PTM) and Fourier Volume Rendering. Tom also developed the capacitive sensing technology that allowed HP to penetrate the consumer graphics tablet market. His PTM methods are used by the National Gallery in London, the Tate Gallery and in the fields of criminal forensics, paleontology and archeology. His recent work on imaging the Antikythera Mechanism led to the deciphering of this ancient astronomical computer. Tom is on the program committee for several 3D graphics and vision conferences.