Scholar
Kaan Akşit
Google Scholar ID: FhyBsnQAAAAJ
Associate Professor of Computational Light, University College London
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,927
H-index
21
i10-index
35
Publications
20
Co-authors
108
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Received numerous awards from prestigious venues including ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE VR, ISMAR, and Optica
- Named Senior Member by both IEEE and SPIE in 2025
- Paper 'All-optical image denoising using a diffractive visual processor' recognized as the most downloaded paper of 2024 by Nature’s Light: Science & Applications
- Work 'SpecTrack: Learned Multi-Rotation Tracking via Speckle Imaging' received Honorable Mention at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Posters Program
- Multiple papers accepted to ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Posters, including 'Efficient Proxy Raytracer for Optical Systems using Implicit Neural Representations' and 'Assessing Learned Models for Phase-only Hologram Compression'
Background
- Associate Professor of Computational Light in the Department of Computer Science at University College London
- Leads the Computational Light Laboratory
- Research focuses on the intersection of light and computation, including computational approaches in imaging, graphics, fabrication, and displays
- Well-known in the optics and graphics communities for contributions to display technologies for 3D, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR)
- Research keywords: Computational Light, Computational Displays, Perceptual Graphics, Optical Computing
Miscellany
- Optica Intelligent Interfaces and Displays Technology Chair
- Associate Editor for ACM Transactions on Graphics (ACM TOG)
- Engages in public outreach through High-Beams Seminars and Research Hub
- Develops and maintains the Odak Toolkit
- Welcomes prospective master’s students, PhD applicants, and research interns via email
