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Prof. Dr. Jens Krüger

Topics of Research while at tum.3d

GPU-Aided Techniques for Computer Graphics and Visualization
Visual Simulation on GPUs

Additional Functions while at tum.3d

Technical Coordinator exploraTUM
Principal Investigator IGSSE Project Computational steering [ IGSSE Portal] [ SSL]

How to get in Touch

eMail:	jens.krueger(at)dfki.de
Phone:	+49 (681) 302-70750
Fax:	+1 (801) 585-6513
Room:	1.09
Address:	IVDA Saarbrücken, and Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute Campus E 1 7, Room 1.09 66123 Saarbrücken

Teaching Activities while at tum.3d

Image Synthesis ( Winter Term 07/08 )
Simulation and Animation ( Summer Term 07 )
Projekt: Systementwicklung - Entwicklung eines 3D Grafik-Systems ( Summer Term 07 )
Image Synthesis ( Winter Term 06/07 )
Practical course Computer Graphics: Global Illumination Effects ( Summer Term 06 )
3D Rendering Praktikum: Digital Fishtank ( Winter Term 05/06 )
Advanced graphics effects for computer games ( Summer Term 05 )
"Discover the unknown!" ( Winter Term 04/05 )
Programming Direct3D with C# ( Summer Term 04 )
Proseminar Computer Graphics ( Summer Term 04 )
Seminar Computer Graphics ( Summer Term 04 )
Graphics Programming and Applications ( Winter Term 03/04 )
Proseminar Computer Graphics ( Winter Term 03/04 )
OpenGL Praktikum ( Summer Term 03 )
Practical Course Computer Graphics ( Winter Term 02/03 )

Tutorials / Courses with tum.3d

GPGPU Course SIGGRAPH 2007
GPGPU Course SIGGRAPH 2005
GPGPU Course SIGGRAPH 2004
Pacific Vis 09 Tutorial: Interactive Methods in Scientific Visualization (organizer)

Please note that the publication list below is incomplete. For Prof. Dr. Jens Krüger's more recent publications please visit the IVDA Saarbrücken webpage.

Publications with tum.3d

GPU-Aware Hybrid Terrain Rendering
C. Dick, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IADIS CGVCVIP 2010
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Sample-based Surface Coloring
K. Bürger, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Vol. 16, No. 5
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GPU Ray-Casting for Scalable Terrain Rendering
C. Dick, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
Eurographics 2009
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Direct Volume Editing
K. Bürger, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2008)
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Importance-Driven Particle Techniques for Flow Visualization
K. Bürger, P. Kondratieva, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
Pacific Vis 2008
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Interactive Collision Detection for Deformable and GPU objects
J. Georgii, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems Vol. 2 Number 2 (October 2007)
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GPU Rendering of Secondary Effects
K. Bürger, S. Hertel, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
Conference on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV) 2007
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Interactive Visual Exploration of Unsteady 3D Flows
K. Bürger, J. Schneider, P. Kondratieva, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
EuroVis 2007
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Interactive GPU-based Collision Detection
J. Georgii, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IADIS Computer Graphics and Visualization 2007
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Outstanding Paper Award Winner

A GPU Framework for Interactive Simulation and Rendering of Fluid Effects
J. Krüger
Ausgezeichnete Informatikdissertationen 2006, GI-Edition Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)
[Bibtex]

A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware
J. Owens, D. Luebke, N. Govindaraju, M. Harris, J. Krüger, A. Lefohn, T. Purcell
Computer graphics Forum, 2007 Volume 26
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Efficient Stipple Rendering
J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IADIS Computer Graphics and Visualization 2007
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A GPU Framework for Interactive Simulation and Rendering of Fluid Effects
J. Krüger
Ph. D. Thesis
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ClearView: An Interactive Context Preserving Hotspot Visualization Technique
J. Krüger, J. Schneider, R. Westermann
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2006)
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Advanced Volume Rendering Techniques for Medical Applications
J. Georgii, J. Schneider, J. Krüger, R. Westermann, M. Eder, L. Kovacs
5. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie (CURAC), 2006
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Interactive Screen-Space Accurate Photon Tracing on GPUs
J. Krüger, K. Bürger, R. Westermann
Proceedings EGSR 2006
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Compression and Rendering of Iso-Surfaces and Point Sampled Geometry
J. Krüger, J. Schneider, R. Westermann
Visual Computer 2006, Volume 22, Number 8 / August, 2006
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The Application of GPU Particle Tracing to Diffusion Tensor Field Visualization
P. Kondratieva, J. Krüger, R. Westermann
IEEE Visualization 2005
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DuoDecim - A Structure for Point Scan Compression and Rendering
J. Krüger, J. Schneider, R. Westermann
Point-Based Graphics 2005
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Selected for journal publication of outstanding papers.

GPU Simulation and Rendering of Volumetric Effects for Computer Games and Virtual Environments
J. Krüger, R. Westermann
Eurographics 2005
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A Particle System for Interactive Visualization of 3D Flows
J. Krüger, P. Kipfer, P. Kondratieva, R. Westermann
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Vol. 11, No. 6
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A Survey of General-Purpose Computation on Graphics Hardware
J. Owens, D. Luebke, N. Govindaraju, M. Harris, J. Krüger, A. Lefohn, T. Purcell
Eurographics 2005, State of the Art Reports
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GPU Gems 2 Chapter 'A GPU Framework for Solving Systems of Linear Equations'
J. Krüger, R. Westermann
GPU Gems 2
[Bibtex]

High Quality Real-Time Volume Rendering for Time-Dependent Medical Data
J. Schneider, J. Krüger, R. Westermann, S. Nekolla, M. Schwaiger
Curac 2004
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Numerical Simulations on PC Graphics Hardware
J. Krüger, T.Schiwietz, P. Kipfer and R. Westermann
EuroPVM/MPI 2004, Special Session Parsim
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