Marc Levoy: Formerly a professor at Stanford and later a principal engineer at Google, Levoy’s work on computational photography underpins features like HDR+ and Night Sight on Google’s Pixel smartphones. He is widely recognized for blending hardware and algorithms to enhance photos.
Shree Nayar: A professor at Columbia University, Nayar’s research has led to the development of novel cameras, including the self-powered camera and the Omnicam that captures a 360° field of view. His work challenges traditional constraints of photography.
Frédo Durand: As an MIT professor, Durand has made significant contributions to image enhancement techniques, especially tone mapping, which improves the appearance of HDR images on standard displays.
Ramesh Raskar: Based at MIT Media Lab, Raskar has introduced groundbreaking ideas in computational photography, including the “femto-photography” technique that visualizes light in motion, effectively capturing the speed of light.
Brian Cabral: Director of Engineering at Facebook, Cabral has spearheaded advancements in 3D imaging and computational photography, paving the way for innovations in virtual and augmented reality.
Kari Pulli: With a career spanning Nokia, Light, Intel, and currently at Google, Pulli has been a force in the computational photography domain, particularly in the integration of AI and ML into photo enhancement.
Anat Levin: A professor at the Weizmann Institute, Levin’s work in computational photography revolves around digital image manipulation, offering methods to decode and
enhance features within an image that are not immediately discernible.
Paul Debevec: As a senior scientist at Google VR and adjunct research professor at USC, Debevec’s work has been instrumental in high-dynamic-range radiance maps and image-based modeling, impacting both photography and film.
Sylvain Paris: Working with Adobe, Paris has played a crucial role in developing features for Photoshop and other Adobe products rooted in computational photography. His expertise aids in making complex edits more intuitive and efficient.
Ren Ng: Founder of the revolutionary light field camera company, Lytro, and a professor at UC Berkeley, Ng’s research focuses on light field technology, allowing photographers to refocus images after they are taken.
