Paul S. Heckbert
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Pacific Data Images (PDI) and GigaPan, Postdoctoral Researcher
Other Affiliation(s):
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- Carnegie Mellon University
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 1993
Paul Heckbert is an assistant professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. For his BS degree in Mathematics at MIT, he developed algorithms for color image quantization, and at the New York Institute of Technology and Pixar, he developed software for computer animation. Paul received Master’s and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in the topics of texture mapping and global illumination, respectively. His research interests are computer graphics and image processing.
SIGGRAPH 1992
Paul Heckbert is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. Starting in Fall 1992, Paul will be an assistant professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. For his BS degree in Mathematics at MIT, he developed algorithms for color image quantization, and at the New York Institute of Technology and Pixar, he developed software for computer animation. Paul received master’s and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in the topics of texture mapping and global illumination, respectively. His research interests are computer graphics and image processing.
Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1992, "Global Illumination"
- SIGGRAPH 1993, "RES Global Illumination"
- SIGGRAPH 1997, "Multiresolution Surface Modeling"
Artwork(s):
Artwork Collaboration(s):
Experience(s):

Type: [Studio (SIGGRAPH Labs)]
Vignette Correction in GigaPan Stitch
Organizer(s): [Heckbert] [Sargent]
[SIGGRAPH 2011]
Learning Presentation(s):

Type: [Courses]
Procedural Implicit Techniques for Modeling and Texturing
Organizer(s): [Ebert] [Hart]
Presenter(s): [Ebert] [Hart] [Bloomenthal] [Fleischer] [Heckbert] [Pedersen]
Entry No.: [16]
[SIGGRAPH 1998]

Type: [Courses]
Multiresolution Surface Modeling
Organizer(s): [Heckbert]
Presenter(s): [Heckbert] [Hoppe] [Rossignac] [Schroeder] [Soucy] [Varshney]
Entry No.: [25]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
New Frontiers in Modeling and Texturing
Organizer(s): [Hart] [Ebert]
Presenter(s): [Hart] [Ebert] [Bloomenthal] [Heckbert] [Fleischer] [Pedersen] [Prusinkiewicz]
Entry No.: [14]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]

Type: [Courses]
RES Global Illumination
Organizer(s): [Heckbert]
Presenter(s): [Heckbert] [Arvo] [Nishita] [Shirley]
Entry No.: [42]
[SIGGRAPH 1993]

Type: [Courses]
Global Illumination
Organizer(s): [Heckbert]
Presenter(s): [Heckbert] [Rushmeier] [Shirley] [Sillion] [Ward]
Entry No.: [18]
[SIGGRAPH 1992]