Kaan Akşit
Associate Professor of Computational Light at University College London,
Optica Senior Member, IEEE Senior Member, Optica Display Technology Chair, ACM TOG Associate Editor, UCL Departmental Laser Safety Officer
kaanaksit@kaanaksit.com
Kaan Akşit is an Associate Professor of Computational Light in the Computer Science department
at University College London
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where Kaan also leads the Computational Light Laboratory
. Kaan received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Koç University
, Türkiye*
, in 2014. His M.Sc. degree is in electrical power engineering from RWTH Aachen University
, Germany, in 2010. Kaan obtained his B.S. in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical University
, Türkiye, in 2007. Kaan researches the intersection of light and computation, including computational approaches in imaging, graphics, fabrication, and displays. Kaan’s research works are widely known among the optics and graphics community for his contributions to display technologies dedicated to 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Kaan worked as a research intern in Philips Research
, the Netherlands, and Disney Research
, Switzerland, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In addition, Kaan was a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA
, the United States of America, between 2014 and 2020. Over the years, Kaan’s research works has been recognized with numerous awards from various highly respected venues and institutions including ACM SIGGRAPH
, IEEE VR and ISMAR
and Optica
.
Prospective Students: Students interested in conducting research work for their master thesis in the domains of computational displays, computational imaging, perceptual graphics, physically informed deep learning models and generative models in physical sciences, optical computing, can reach out via email for more details. Students are encouraged to reach out via email for open Ph.D. studentships
and research intern positions with their resume and research statements.
Keywords: Computational Light
, Computational Displays
, Perceptual Graphics
, Optical Computing
Websites: Personal website
, Computational Light Laboratory
, Odak Toolkit
Public engagements: High-Beams Seminars
, Research Hub
For more details about Kaan’s academic profile such as conflicts, list of talks or academic services, please visit biography section
of this website.
news
Dec 03, 2024 | 📰 Our innovative research on computational displays and lensless cameras are presented at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 in Tokyo, Japan. These works are collaborations with a series of academic and industrial partners including Chuanjun Zheng, Liang Shi, Ozan Cakmakci, Yicheng Zhan, Ziyang Chen, Mustafa Doğa Doğan, Josef Spjut, and Kaan Akşit. |
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Nov 26, 2024 | 📰 I start serving as an Associate Editor at ACM Transaction on Graphics (ToG) . Starting from January, 2025, I will serve as the chair of Optica Display Technology group until January 2027. I am also recognized as a IEEE Senior Member . |
Apr 22, 2024 | 📰 Our paper, Multi-color Holograms Improve Brightness in Holographic Displays , is awarded with Graphics Replicability Stamp Initiative’s replicability stamp. This work is a collaboration between Koray Kavaklı, Liang Shi, Hakan Urey, Wojciech Matusik, and Kaan Akşit. |
selected publications
- SIGGRAPH