Holly E. Rushmeier

Most Recent Affiliation(s):

• Yale University, Computer Science, Professor

Other / Past Affiliation(s):

• Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

• National Institute of Standards and Technology

• IBM Corporation

Location:

• New Haven, United States of America

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Bio:

• SIGGRAPH ASIA 2024:

  Holly Rushmeier is the John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. Her research interests include shape and appearance capture, applications of perception in computer graphics, modeling material appearance and developing computational tools for cultural heritage.

   

  Holly Rushmeier received a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1977, 1986 and 1988 respectively. Between receiving the BS and returning to graduate school in 1983 she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and at Washington Natural Gas Company (now a part of Puget Sound Energy). In 1988 she joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Georgia Tech. While there she conducted sponsored research in the area of computer graphics image synthesis and taught classes heat transfer and numerical methods at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. At the end of 1991 Holly Rushmeier joined the computing and mathematics staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, focusing on scientific data visualization.

  From 1996 to early 2004 Rushmeier was a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. At IBM she worked on a variety of data visualization problems in applications ranging from engineering to finance. She also worked in the area of acquisition of data required for generating realistic computer graphics models, including a project to create a digital model of Michelangelo’s Florence Pieta, and the development of a scanning system to capture shape and appearance data for presenting Egyptian cultural artifacts on the World Wide Web.

  Rushmeier was Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics from 1996-99 and co-EiC of Computer Graphics Forum (2010-2014). She has also served on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, ACM Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage and IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. She currently serves the editorial boards of ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, ACM Transactions on Graphics, the Visual Computer and Computers and Graphics. In 1996 she served as the papers chair for the ACM SIGGRAPH conference, in 1998, 2004, and 2005 as the papers co-chair for the IEEE Visualization conference and in 2000 as the papers co-chair for the Eurographics Rendering Workshop. She has also served in numerous program committees including multiple years on the committees for SIGGRAPH, IEEE Visualization, Eurographics, Eurographics Rendering Workshop/Symposium, and Graphics Interface.

  Rushmeier is a fellow of the ACM and of the Eurographics Association. She has lectured at many meetings and academic institutions, including invited keynote presentations at international meetings (Eurographics Rendering Workshop 94, 3DIM 01 , Eurographics Conference 2001 and 2012, Pacific Graphics 2010, SCCG 2013, CGI 2014, CAA 2015 and VISAPP 2017.) She has spoken at and/or organized many tutorials and panels at the SIGGRAPH and IEEE Visualization conferences. Rushmeier served as chair of the Computer Science Department, July 2011- July 2014.

  SIGGRAPH 2022

  Holly Rushmeier is the John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, and has led a distinguished career in computer graphics research, receiving among many other honors the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award for her work on global illumination, material capture, and the display on high dynamic range images. Her work has enriched our quantitative understanding of every aspect of rendering, from the microscopic characteristics of scattering to the broader representation of appearance to the perception of images by the human visual system. Holly has also applied her work on capture to preservation of world’s cultural heritage.

  SIGGRAPH 2009

  Holly Rushmeier received a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1977, 1986, and 1988 respectively. Between receiving the BS and returning to graduate school in 1983 she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and at Washington Natural Gas Company (now a part of Puget Sound Energy). In 1988 she joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Georgia Tech. While there she conducted sponsored research in the area of computer graphics image synthesis and taught classes heat transfer and numerical methods at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. At the end of 1991 Dr. Rushmeier joined the computing and mathematics staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, focusing on scientific data visualization.

  From 1996 to early 2004 Dr. Rushmeier was a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. At IBM she worked on a variety of data visualization problems in applications ranging from engineering to finance. She also worked in the area of acquisition of data required for generating realistic computer graphics models, including a project to create a digital model of Michelangelo’s Florence Pieta, and the development of a scanning system to capture shape and appearance data for presenting Egyptian cultural artifacts on the World Wide Web.

  Dr. Rushmeier was Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics from 1996-99. She has also served on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. She is currently on the editorial boards of Computer Graphics Forum, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, ACM Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage and ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. In 1996 she served as the papers chair for the ACM SIGGRAPH conference, in 1998, 2004 and 2005 as the papers’ co-chair for the IEEE Visualization conference and in 2000 as the papers co- chair for the Eurographics Rendering Workshop. She has also served in numerous program committees including multiple years on the committees for SIGGRAPH, IEEE Visualization, Eurographics, Eurographics Rendering Workshop, and Graphics Interface.

  SIGGRAPH 2008

  Holly Rushmeier received a BS, MS, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1977, 1986, and 1988 respectively. Between receiving the BS and returning to graduate school in 1983 she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and at Washington Natural Gas Company (now a part of Puget Sound Energy). In 1988 she joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Georgia Tech. While there she conducted sponsored research in the area of computer graphics image synthesis and taught
  classes heat transfer and numerical methods at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. At the end of 1991, Dr. Rushmeier joined the computing and mathematics staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, focusing on scientific data visualization.

  From 1996 to early 2004 Dr. Rushmeier was a research staff member at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. At IBM she worked on a variety of data visualization problems in applications ranging from engineering to finance. She also worked in the area of acquisition of data required for generating realistic computer graphics models, including a project to create a digital model of Michelangelo’s Florence Pieta, and the development of a scanning system to capture shape and appearance data for presenting Egyptian cultural artifacts on the World Wide Web.

  Dr. Rushmeier was Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics from 1996-99. She has also served on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. She is currently on the editorial boards of Computer Graphics Forum, IEEE Computer Graphics and Application, ACM Journal of Computing and Cultural Heritage and ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. In 1996 she served as the papers chair for the ACM SIGGRAPH conference, in 1998, 2004, and 2005 as the papers co-chair for the IEEE Visualization conference and in 2000 as the papers co-chair for the Eurographics Rendering Workshop.

  She has also served in numerous program committees including multiple years on the committees for SIGGRAPH, IEEE Visualization, Eurographics, Eurographics Rendering Workshop, and Graphics Interface.

  SIGGRAPH 2004

  Holly Rushmeier is a Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. Her research interest include realistic rendering, 3D object digital capture, applications of perception to graphics, data visualization and cultural heritage. She was part of the teams that constructed digital models used in the study documented in Michelangelo’s Florence Piet (Princeton Press, 2003), and in the Egyptian Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage website www.eternalegypt.org. She has served as papers chair for ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE Visualization and the Eurographics Rendering Symposium, and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics.

  SIGGRAPH 1999
  

  Holly Rushmeier is a research staff member at the IBM TJ Watson Research Center. She received a BS (1977), MS (1986), and PhD (1988) in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Since receiving the PhD, she has held positions at Georgia Tech, and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In 1990, she was selected as a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator. In 1996, she served as the Papers chair for the ACM SIGGRAPH conference and in 1998 the Papers co-chair for the IEEE Visualization conference. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions in Graphics. She has published numerous papers in the areas of data visualization, computer graphics image synthesis and thermal sciences. In the area of global illumination she has worked on the problems of comparing real and synthetic images, imaging participating media, and combining ray tracing and radiosity methods. Most recently she has worked on accurate tone reproduction for high dynamic range images, and systems for acquiring physical data for realistic rendering.

  SIGGRAPH 1994

  Holly Rushmeier is on the staff of the Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She received a BS (1977), MS (1986), and PhD (1988) in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Following receipt of the B.S. degree she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, and at the Washington Natural Gas Company (both in Seattle, WA). Upon completion of the Ph.D., she served on the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was the recipient of an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. She is the author of articles in the fields of computer graphics and in radiative heat transfer. Her research interests include computer graphics synthetic image generation, scientific visualization, and radiant heat transfer.

  SIGGRAPH 1993

  Holly Rushmeier (chair) is on the staff of the Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She received a BS(1977), MS(1986), and PhD(1988) in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Following receipt of the BS she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, and at the Washington Natural Gas Company (both in Seattle, WA). Upon completion of the PhD, she served on the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Georgia Tech, where she was the recipient of an NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award. She is the author of articles in the fields of computer graphics and in radiative heat transfer. Her research interests include computer graphics synthetic image generation, scientific visualization, and radiant heat transfer.

  SIGGRAPH 1992

  Holly Rushmeier is a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Until recently, she was an Assistant Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Following receipt of the BS degree she worked as an engineer at the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, and at the Washington Natural Gas Company (both in Seattle, WA). She is the author of numerous articles both in the field of computer graphics and in radiative heat transfer. Her research interests include computer graphics synthetic image generation, infrared signature analysis, and radiant heat transfer.

SIGGRAPH Member Profile:

• Holly E. Rushmeier Member Profile

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Course Organizer:

• SIGGRAPH 1993, "Making Radiosity Practical"
• SIGGRAPH 1994, "Advanced Topics in Radiosity"
• SIGGRAPH 1998, "A Basic Guide to Global Illumination"
• SIGGRAPH 1999, "Case Study: Scanning Michelangelo's Florentine Pietá"
• SIGGRAPH 2005, "Digital Modeling of the Appearance of Materials"
• SIGGRAPH 2006, "Digital Modeling of the Appearance of Materials"

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Learning Category: Organizing Committee Member:

• Technical Papers, SIGGRAPH 2001
• Technical Papers, SIGGRAPH Asia 2015
• Technical Papers, SIGGRAPH Asia 2020
• Panels, SIGGRAPH 2004

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Learning Category: Jury Member:

• Talks-Sketches, SIGGRAPH 2002
• Panels, SIGGRAPH 2002