Kaan Akşit
Associate Professor of Computational Light at University College London,
Optica Senior Member, Optica Display Technology Executive Committee, UCL Departmental Laser Safety Officer

kaanaksit@kaanaksit.com
Kaan Akşit is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department
at University College London
in the United Kingdom, where he 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. 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 Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA
, the USA, between 2014 and 2020. He received Emerging Technologies Best in Show awards in SIGGRAPH 2018
and SIGGRAPH 2019
, DCEXPO special prize in SIGGRAPH 2017
, the best papers in IEEE VR 2017
and ISMAR 2018
, and the 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 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
Jun 1, 2023 | 📰 In her latest article, “The Promise of Holographic Displays,” Sandrine Ceurstemont gathered perspectives on the promise of holographic displays and provided some space for ours. |
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Apr 22, 2023 | 📰 Our paper, ChromaCorrect: Prescription Correction in Virtual Reality Headsets through Perceptual Guidance , is published at Optica’s Biomedical Optics Express. This work is a result of a collaboration with Ahmet H. Güzel, Jeanne Beyazian, Praneeth Chakravarthula, and Kaan Akşit. |
Mar 28, 2023 | 📰 Our paper, HoloBeam: Paper-Thin Near-Eye Displays , is presented at IEEE VR 2023. This work is a collaboration between Yuta Itoh, and Kaan Akşit. |
Mar 28, 2023 | 📰 Our paper, Realistic Defocus Blur for Multiplane Computer-Generated Holography , is presented at IEEE VR 2023. This work is a collaboration between Koray Kavaklı, Yuta Itoh, Hakan Ürey, and Kaan Akşit. |
Mar 15, 2023 | 🗣️ Kaan presented an invited talk titled Could holographic displays be the key to achieving realisms in displays at Huawei United Kingdom. |