Henrik Wann Jensen (born 1969 in

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researcher. He is best known for developing the

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technique as the subject of his

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thesis, but has also done important research in simulating

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and the

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. He was awarded an

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(

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) in 2004 together with Stephen R. Marschner and

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for ''pioneering research in simulating subsurface scattering of light in translucent materials as presented in their paper "A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport."''. The technique of simulating and scattering light on a subsurface are used by the major render engines used in the Computer Graphic industry like MentalRay or V-Ray. He is a

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emeritus at the ''Computer Graphics Laboratory'' at

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and has engineering degrees from the

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, where he received his PhD. He is also a part of a company Luxion which is focused on simulating physically accurate light properties on a 3D object.

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20040110061126/http://graphics.ucsd.edu/~henrik/ Homepage of Henrik Wann Jensen at University of California, San Diego.Interview with Henrik Wann Jensen and Thomas Teger from Luxion.
1970 births Living people Danish computer scientists Computer graphics professionals Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners {{Denmark-scientist-stub