Kaan Akşit's personal website

kaanaksit@kaanaksit.com

Kaan Akşit is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at University College London, where he leads the Computational Light Laboratory. Kaan received his PhD degree in electrical engineering at Koç University, Türkiye*, in 2014. His M.Sc. degree is in electrical power engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, obtained in 2010. Kaan obtained his B.S. degree 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 virtual reality, augmented reality, and three-dimensional displays with glasses and without glasses. He worked as a research intern in Philips Research, the Netherlands, and Disney Research, Switzerland, in 2009 and 2013, respectively. In addition, he was a research scientist at NVIDIA, the USA, between 2014 and 2020. He is the recipient of Emerging Technologies best in show awards in SIGGRAPH 2019 and SIGGRAPH 2018, DCEXPO special prize in SIGGRAPH 2017, the best papers in ISMAR 2018 and IEEE VR 2017, and best paper nominee in IEEE VR 2019 and IEEE VR 2021.

Keywords: Computational Light, Computational Displays, Perceptual Graphics

Websites: Personal website, Computational Light Laboratory, Odak library

For more details about Kaan’s academic profile such as conflicts, list of talks or academic servies, please visit biography section of this website.

News

8 Aug 2022	🏫 Our course, Optimizing Vision and Visuals: Lectures on Cameras, Displays and Perception is available at SIGGRAPH 2022 program.
20 Jul 2022	🧿 kaanaksit.com uses a new layout.

Projects

Realistic Defocus Blur for Multiplane Computer-Generated Holography

Kavaklı, Koray, Itoh, Yuta, Urey, Hakan, and Akşit, Kaan

arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.07030 2022

@article{kavakli2022realistic,
  title = {Realistic Defocus Blur for Multiplane Computer-Generated Holography},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Itoh, Yuta and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.07030},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.07030},
  video = {https://youtu.be/5tG8SaJGpUc}
}

Optimizing vision and visuals: lectures on cameras, displays and perception

Kavaklı, Koray, Walton, David Robert, Antipa, Nick, Mantiuk, Rafał, Lanman, Douglas, and Akşit, Kaan

2022

@incollection{kavakli2022optimizing,
  title = {Optimizing vision and visuals: lectures on cameras, displays and perception},
  author = {Kavaklı, Koray and Walton, David Robert and Antipa, Nick and Mantiuk, Rafał and Lanman, Douglas and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Courses},
  pages = {1--66},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3532720.3535650},
  video = {https://youtu.be/z_AtSgct6_I},
}

Metameric Varifocal Holograms

Walton, David R, Kavaklı, Koray, Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner, Swapp, David, Weyrich, Tim, Urey, Hakan, Steed, Anthony, Ritschel, Tobias, and Akşit, Kaan

In 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) 2022

@inproceedings{walton2022metameric,
  title = {Metameric Varifocal Holograms},
  author = {Walton, David R and Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Swapp, David and Weyrich, Tim and Urey, Hakan and Steed, Anthony and Ritschel, Tobias and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
  pages = {746--755},
  year = {2022},
  organization = {IEEE},
  video = {https://vimeo.com/623474853},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/VR51125.2022.00096}
}

Unrolled Primal-Dual Networks for Lensless Cameras

Kingshott, Oliver, Antipa, Nick, Bostan, Emrah, and Akşit, Kaan

arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.04353 2022

@article{kingshott2022unrolled,
  title = {Unrolled Primal-Dual Networks for Lensless Cameras},
  author = {Kingshott, Oliver and Antipa, Nick and Bostan, Emrah and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.04353},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2203.04353}
}

Learned holographic light transport

Kavaklı, Koray, Urey, Hakan, and Akşit, Kaan

Applied Optics 2022

Invited

@article{kavakli2022learned,
  title = {Learned holographic light transport},
  author = {Kavakl{\i}, Koray and Urey, Hakan and Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Applied Optics},
  volume = {61},
  number = {5},
  pages = {B50--B55},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  dataset = {https://rdr.ucl.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Phase-only_holograms_and_captured_photographs/15087867},
  award = {Invited},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.439401}
}

Beyond blur: Real-time ventral metamers for foveated rendering

Walton, David R, Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner, Friston, Sebastian, Swapp, David, Akşit, Kaan, Steed, Anthony, and Ritschel, Tobias

ACM Transactions on Graphics 2021

@article{walton2021beyond,
  title = {Beyond blur: Real-time ventral metamers for foveated rendering},
  author = {Walton, David R and Dos Anjos, Rafael Kuffner and Friston, Sebastian and Swapp, David and Akşit, Kaan and Steed, Anthony and Ritschel, Tobias},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics},
  volume = {40},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1--14},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3450626.3459943}
}

Sensicut: Material-aware laser cutting using speckle sensing and deep learning

Dogan, Mustafa Doga, Acevedo Colon, Steven Vidal, Sinha, Varnika, Akşit, Kaan, and Mueller, Stefanie

In The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology 2021

@inproceedings{dogan2021sensicut,
  title = {Sensicut: Material-aware laser cutting using speckle sensing and deep learning},
  author = {Dogan, Mustafa Doga and Acevedo Colon, Steven Vidal and Sinha, Varnika and Akşit, Kaan and Mueller, Stefanie},
  booktitle = {The 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology},
  pages = {24--38},
  year = {2021},
  video = {https://youtu.be/BdvSAJaukI8},
  presentation = {https://youtu.be/fxD5GEMQ8kk},
  dataset = {https://www.kaggle.com/dogadgn/sensicut-speckle-patterns},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3472749.3474733}
}

Beaming displays

Itoh, Yuta, Kaminokado, Takumi, and Akşit, Kaan

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2021

Best paper nominee

@article{itoh2021beaming,
  title = {Beaming displays},
  author = {Itoh, Yuta and Kaminokado, Takumi and Ak{\c{s}}it, Kaan},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
  volume = {27},
  number = {5},
  pages = {2659--2668},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  video = {https://youtu.be/TKl1l3b-LDs},
  presentation = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0nY4_cauZY},
  award = {Best paper nominee},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2021.3067764}
}

Telelife: The Future of Remote Living

Orlosky, Jason, Sra, Misha, Bektaş, Kenan, Peng, Huaishu, Kim, Jeeeun, Kos’myna, Nataliya, Höllerer, Tobias, Steed, Anthony, Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi, and Akşit, Kaan

Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2021

@article{10.3389/frvir.2021.763340,
  author = {Orlosky, Jason and Sra, Misha and Bektaş, Kenan and Peng, Huaishu and Kim, Jeeeun and Kos’myna, Nataliya and Höllerer, Tobias and Steed, Anthony and Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi and Akşit, Kaan},
  title = {Telelife: The Future of Remote Living},
  journal = {Frontiers in Virtual Reality},
  volume = {2},
  year = {2021},
  url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.763340},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.763340},
  issn = {2673-4192},
}

Patch scanning displays: spatiotemporal enhancement for displays

Akşit, Kaan

Optics express 2020

@article{akcsit2020patch,
  title = {Patch scanning displays: spatiotemporal enhancement for displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan},
  journal = {Optics express},
  volume = {28},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2107--2121},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  video = {https://youtu.be/c3okd_gIlrg},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.380858}
}

Toward standardized classification of foveated displays

Spjut, Josef, Boudaoud, Ben, Kim, Jonghyun, Greer, Trey, Albert, Rachel, Stengel, Michael, Akşit, Kaan, and Luebke, David

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2020

@article{spjut2020toward,
  title = {Toward standardized classification of foveated displays},
  author = {Spjut, Josef and Boudaoud, Ben and Kim, Jonghyun and Greer, Trey and Albert, Rachel and Stengel, Michael and Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {26},
  number = {5},
  pages = {2126--2134},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973053}
}

Optical gaze tracking with spatially-sparse single-pixel detectors

Li, Richard, Whitmire, Eric, Stengel, Michael, Boudaoud, Ben, Kautz, Jan, Luebke, David, Patel, Shwetak, and Akşit, Kaan

In 2020 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR) 2020

@inproceedings{li2020optical,
  title = {Optical gaze tracking with spatially-sparse single-pixel detectors},
  author = {Li, Richard and Whitmire, Eric and Stengel, Michael and Boudaoud, Ben and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David and Patel, Shwetak and Akşit, Kaan},
  booktitle = {2020 IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR)},
  pages = {117--126},
  year = {2020},
  organization = {IEEE},
  video = {https://youtu.be/7_hMGwTGdhg},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR50242.2020.00033}
}

Manufacturing application-driven foveated near-eye displays

Akşit, Kaan, Chakravarthula, Praneeth, Rathinavel, Kishore, Jeong, Youngmo, Albert, Rachel, Fuchs, Henry, and Luebke, David

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2019

Best paper nominee

@article{akcsit2019manufacturing,
  title = {Manufacturing application-driven foveated near-eye displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Rathinavel, Kishore and Jeong, Youngmo and Albert, Rachel and Fuchs, Henry and Luebke, David},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {25},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1928--1939},
  year = {2019},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  presentation = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYWjqPeMSw8},
  award = {Best paper nominee},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2019.2898781}
}

Near-eye display and tracking technologies for virtual and augmented reality

Koulieris, George Alex, Akşit, Kaan, Stengel, Michael, Mantiuk, Rafał K, Mania, Katerina, and Richardt, Christian

In Computer Graphics Forum 2019

@inproceedings{koulieris2019near,
  title = {Near-eye display and tracking technologies for virtual and augmented reality},
  author = {Koulieris, George Alex and Akşit, Kaan and Stengel, Michael and Mantiuk, Rafa{\l} K and Mania, Katerina and Richardt, Christian},
  booktitle = {Computer Graphics Forum},
  volume = {38},
  number = {2},
  pages = {493--519},
  year = {2019},
  organization = {Wiley Online Library},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13654}
}

Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display.

Kim, Jonghyun, Jeong, Youngmo, Stengel, Michael, Akşit, Kaan, Albert, Rachel A, Boudaoud, Ben, Greer, Trey, Kim, Joohwan, Lopes, Ward, Majercik, Zander, and others,

ACM Trans. Graph. 2019

@article{kim2019foveated,
  title = {Foveated AR: dynamically-foveated augmented reality display.},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Jeong, Youngmo and Stengel, Michael and Akşit, Kaan and Albert, Rachel A and Boudaoud, Ben and Greer, Trey and Kim, Joohwan and Lopes, Ward and Majercik, Zander and others},
  journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.},
  volume = {38},
  number = {4},
  pages = {99--1},
  year = {2019},
  video = {https://youtu.be/IknBUoRGUkM},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3306346.3322987}
}

Matching prescription & visual acuity: Towards ar for humans

Kim, Jonghyun, Stengel, Michael, Wu, Jui-Yi, Boudaoud, Ben, Spjut, Josef, Akşit, Kaan, Albert, Rachel, Greer, Trey, Jeong, Youngmo, Lopes, Ward, and others,

2019

Emerging technologies best in show award

@incollection{kim2019matching,
  title = {Matching prescription \& visual acuity: Towards ar for humans},
  author = {Kim, Jonghyun and Stengel, Michael and Wu, Jui-Yi and Boudaoud, Ben and Spjut, Josef and Akşit, Kaan and Albert, Rachel and Greer, Trey and Jeong, Youngmo and Lopes, Ward and others},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2019},
  award = {Emerging technologies best in show award},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3305367.3327978}
}

Steerable application-adaptive near eye displays

Rathinavel, Kishore, Chakravarthula, Praneeth, Akşit, Kaan, Spjut, Josef, Boudaoud, Ben, Whitted, Turner, Luebke, David, and Fuchs, Henry

2018

Emerging Technology Best in Show Award

@incollection{rathinavel2018steerable,
  title = {Steerable application-adaptive near eye displays},
  author = {Rathinavel, Kishore and Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Akşit, Kaan and Spjut, Josef and Boudaoud, Ben and Whitted, Turner and Luebke, David and Fuchs, Henry},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2018},
  award = {Emerging Technology Best in Show Award},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3214907.3214911}
}

Focusar: Auto-focus augmented reality eyeglasses for both real world and virtual imagery

Chakravarthula, Praneeth, Dunn, David, Akşit, Kaan, and Fuchs, Henry

IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics 2018

Best paper award

@article{chakravarthula2018focusar,
  title = {Focusar: Auto-focus augmented reality eyeglasses for both real world and virtual imagery},
  author = {Chakravarthula, Praneeth and Dunn, David and Akşit, Kaan and Fuchs, Henry},
  journal = {IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics},
  volume = {24},
  number = {11},
  pages = {2906--2916},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  award = {Best paper award},
  video = {https://youtu.be/6rC_XGXk3CY},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2018.2868532}
}

Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes

Dunn, David, Tippets, Cary, Torell, Kent, Fuchs, Henry, Kellnhofer, Petr, Myszkowski, Karol, Didyk, Piotr, Akşit, Kaan, and Luebke, David

2017

Emerging Technologies DCEXPO Special Prize

@incollection{dunn2017membrane,
  title = {Membrane AR: varifocal, wide field of view augmented reality display from deformable membranes},
  author = {Dunn, David and Tippets, Cary and Torell, Kent and Fuchs, Henry and Kellnhofer, Petr and Myszkowski, Karol and Didyk, Piotr and Akşit, Kaan and Luebke, David},
  booktitle = {ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 Emerging Technologies},
  pages = {1--2},
  year = {2017},
  award = {Emerging Technologies DCEXPO Special Prize},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3084822.3084846}
}

Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens

Akşit, Kaan, Lopes, Ward, Kim, Jonghyun, Shirley, Peter, and Luebke, David

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) 2017

@article{akcsit2017near,
  title = {Near-eye varifocal augmented reality display using see-through screens},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Lopes, Ward and Kim, Jonghyun and Shirley, Peter and Luebke, David},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)},
  volume = {36},
  number = {6},
  pages = {1--13},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {ACM New York, NY, USA},
  video = {https://youtu.be/dN-8X0lUig4},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3130800.3130892}
}

Slim near-eye display using pinhole aperture arrays

Akşit, Kaan, Kautz, Jan, and Luebke, David

Applied optics 2015

@article{akcsit2015slim,
  title = {Slim near-eye display using pinhole aperture arrays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kautz, Jan and Luebke, David},
  journal = {Applied optics},
  volume = {54},
  number = {11},
  pages = {3422--3427},
  year = {2015},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  video = {https://youtu.be/UYGa6n_0aUs},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.54.003422}
}

From sound to sight: Using audio processing to enable visible light communication

Schmid, Stefan, Schwyn, Daniel, Akşit, Kaan, Corbellini, Giorgio, Gross, Thomas R, and Mangold, Stefan

In 2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps) 2014

@inproceedings{schmid2014sound,
  title = {From sound to sight: Using audio processing to enable visible light communication},
  author = {Schmid, Stefan and Schwyn, Daniel and Akşit, Kaan and Corbellini, Giorgio and Gross, Thomas R and Mangold, Stefan},
  booktitle = {2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps)},
  pages = {518--523},
  year = {2014},
  organization = {IEEE},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2014.7063484}
}

Connecting networks of toys and smartphones with visible light communication

Corbellini, Giorgio, Akşit, Kaan, Schmid, Stefan, Mangold, Stefan, and Gross, Thomas R

IEEE communications magazine 2014

@article{corbellini2014connecting,
  title = {Connecting networks of toys and smartphones with visible light communication},
  author = {Corbellini, Giorgio and Akşit, Kaan and Schmid, Stefan and Mangold, Stefan and Gross, Thomas R},
  journal = {IEEE communications magazine},
  volume = {52},
  number = {7},
  pages = {72--78},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  video = {https://youtu.be/10lv_FwlqMo},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2014.6852086}
}

Head-worn mixed reality projection display application

Akşit, Kaan, Kade, Daniel, Özcan, Oğuzhan, and Urey, Hakan

In Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2014

@inproceedings{akcsit2014head,
  title = {Head-worn mixed reality projection display application},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Kade, Daniel and {\"O}zcan, O{\u{g}}uzhan and Urey, Hakan},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology},
  pages = {1--9},
  year = {2014},
  video = {https://youtu.be/7F3Z-4UZWUc},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/2663806.2663826}
}

Super stereoscopy technique for comfortable and realistic 3D displays

Akşit, Kaan, Niaki, Amir Hossein Ghanbari, Ulusoy, Erdem, and Urey, Hakan

Optics letters 2014

@article{akcsit2014supes,
  title = {Super stereoscopy technique for comfortable and realistic 3D displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Niaki, Amir Hossein Ghanbari and Ulusoy, Erdem and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics letters},
  volume = {39},
  number = {24},
  pages = {6903--6906},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.006903}
}

Dynamic exit pupil trackers for autostereoscopic displays

Akşit, Kaan, Baghsiahi, Hadi, Surman, Phil, Ӧlçer, Selim, Willman, Eero, Selviah, David R, Day, Sally, and Urey, Hakan

Optics express 2013

@article{akcsit2013dynamic,
  title = {Dynamic exit pupil trackers for autostereoscopic displays},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Baghsiahi, Hadi and Surman, Phil and Ӧl{\c{c}}er, Selim and Willman, Eero and Selviah, David R and Day, Sally and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics express},
  volume = {21},
  number = {12},
  pages = {14331--14341},
  year = {2013},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  video = {https://youtu.be/Oh1xDgdbvYU},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.014331}
}

Multi-view autostereoscopic projection display using rotating screen

Eldes, Osman, Akşit, Kaan, and Urey, Hakan

Optics Express 2013

Spotlight on Optics at Optica

@article{eldes2013multi,
  title = {Multi-view autostereoscopic projection display using rotating screen},
  author = {Eldes, Osman and Akşit, Kaan and Urey, Hakan},
  journal = {Optics Express},
  volume = {21},
  number = {23},
  pages = {29043--29054},
  year = {2013},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  award = {Spotlight on Optics at Optica},
  video = {http://youtu.be/853-4knJ2Nc},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.029043}
}

Portable 3D Laser Projector using Mixed Polarization Technique

Akşit, Kaan, Eldes, O., Viswanathen, S., Freeman, M., and Urey, H.

Journal of Display Technology 2012

Best 3D product award of International 3D Society (4th year)

@article{aksit2012portable,
  title = {{Portable 3D Laser Projector using Mixed Polarization Technique}},
  author = {Akşit, Kaan and Eldes, O. and Viswanathen, S. and Freeman, M. and Urey, H.},
  journal = {Journal of Display Technology},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {582--589},
  year = {2012},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  award = {Best 3D product award of International 3D Society (4th year)},
  video = {https://youtu.be/mZXOTRDEyg0},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/JDT.2012.2205664},
}

Heart rate monitoring via remote photoplethysmography with motion artifacts reduction

Cennini, Giovanni, Arguel, Jeremie, Akşit, Kaan, and Leest, Arno

Optics Express 2010

@article{cennini2010heart,
  title = {{Heart rate monitoring via remote photoplethysmography with motion artifacts reduction}},
  author = {Cennini, Giovanni and Arguel, Jeremie and Akşit, Kaan and van Leest, Arno},
  journal = {Optics Express},
  volume = {18},
  number = {5},
  pages = {4867--4875},
  year = {2010},
  publisher = {Optical Society of America},
  video = {https://youtu.be/5X1clsjqQnw},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.004867}
}