Taehyun Rhee
About Taehyun Rhee
Affiliations (Current and Past)
- Victoria University of Wellington, Computational Media Innovation Centre (CMIC)
Location
- Wellington, New Zealand
Bio
SIGGRAPH Asia 2022
A. Prof. Taehyun Rhee is the Director of Computational-Media-Innovation Centre, co-founder of Computer Graphics degrees at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He worked in the immersive-interactive technology and emerging media sector over 25 years, across academia and industry. He worked at Samsung (1996-2012) as their Principal-Researcher and General Manager to lead their Computer Graphics Research at SAIT, and a Senior Researcher of Research-Innovation-Centre. He severed as the general chair for Pacific Graphics 2020-2021, and VR AR chair for SIGGRAPH-Asia 2018. His current research focuses on cinematic real-time lighting/rendering/composition, live visual effects, augmented telepresence, telecollaboration, and immersive visualization and interaction.
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2023
Prof. Taehyun James (TJ) Rhee is a Director of the Computational Media Innovation Centre and the founder of Computer Graphics degrees at Victoria University of Wellington. With over 25 years of experience in the immersive and interactive media sector, he has worked in both academia and industry (including 17 years in Samsung), published numerous top-tier papers with thousands of citations and 30 patents. He has demonstrated leadership in the Computer Graphics community as the VRAR Programme Chair at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018, General Chair at Pacific Graphics 2020 and 2021, and Executive Committee of Asia Graphics Association. Prof. Rhee also presented live demos in various venues including Real-Time Live! at SIGGRAPH 2018 and 2021, and SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 and 2022. His current research focus is to advance immersive, interactive, and intelligent media technologies for augmented telepresence, digital twins, and live visual effects.
SIGGRAPH Asia 2018Dr. Taehyun Rhee is an associate professor at Victoria University of Wellington, a founder/director of the Victoria Computer Graphics Research Lab, deputy director/research director of Computational Medial Innovation Centre, and a founder and leader of the mixed reality startup, DreamFlux. Before joining Victoria in 2012, he was a principal researcher in the Mixed Reality Group, Future IT Centre at Samsung (2008-2012). Also, he was a senior researcher/researcher of Research Innovation Center at Samsung Electronics (1996-2003). His current research activities is focused on cinematic real-time lighting and rendering, mixed reality rendering, immersive visualization and interaction, and human digital content interaction.
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
Conference Contributions
Experiences
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Real-Time Live!
Contributor(s):Entry #: 105VR Experiences
Learning
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Courses
Other Information
Roles
- Awardee
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Courses Organizing Committee Member
- Immersive Pavilion (VR Village) Developer
- Real-Time Live Presenter
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