Bio

Professor Hanrahan's current research involves rendering algorithms, high performance graphics architectures, and systems support for graphical interaction. He also has worked on raster graphics systems, computer animation and modeling and scientific visualization, in particular, volume rendering.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Visualization Career Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2006)
  • Two Technical Awards, American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2013)
  • Stephen A. Coons Award, ACM SIGGRAPH (2013)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (2013 - Present)
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013 - Present)

Professional Education

  • PhD, Wisconsin (1986)

Contact

  • Academic
    hanrahan@cs.stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Computer Science Position: Professor Emeritus
    • Gates Bldg 3B-370
    • Stanford,  California  94305-9035 
    (650) 723-0033 (fax)
    University - Faculty Department: Electrical Engineering Position: Professor Emeritus (650) 723-0033 (fax)
    University - Emeritus faculty Department: Computer Science Position: Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council (650) 723-0033 (fax)

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 9035

Links

2024-25 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • AHA: An Agile Approach to the Design of Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Accelerators and Compilers ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems Koul, K., Melchert, J., Sreedhar, K., Truong, L., Nyengele, G., Zhang, K., Liu, Q., Setter, J., Chen, P., Mei, Y., Strange, M., Daly, R., Donovick, C., Carsello, A., Kong, T., Feng, K., Huff, D., Nayak, A., Setaluri, R., Thomas, J., Bhagdikar, N., Durst, D., Myers, Z., Tsiskaridze, N., Richardson, S., et al 2023; 22 (2)

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3534933

  • Improving Energy Efficiency of CGRAs with Low-Overhead Fine-Grained Power Domains ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems Nayak, A., Zhang, K., Setaluri, R., Carsello, A., Mann, M., Torng, C., Richardson, S., Bahr, R., Hanrahan, P., Horowitz, M., Raina, P. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1145/3558394

  • fault: A Python Embedded Domain-Specific Language for Metaprogramming Portable Hardware Verification Components International Conference on Computer Aided Verification Truong, L., Herbst, S., Setaluri, R., Mann, M., Daly, R., Zhang, K., Donovick, C., Stanley, D., Horowitz, M., Barrett, C., Hanrahan, P. 2020

    View details for DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-53288-8_19

  • Space-Time Hierarchical Occlusion Culling for Micropolygon Rendering with Motion Blur High Performance Graphics Boulos, S., Luong, E., Fatahalian, K., Moreton, H., Hanrahan, P. 2010
  • Hardware Implementation of Micropolygon Rasterization with Motion and Defocus Blur High Performance Graphics Brunhaver, John, S., Fatahalian, K., Hanrahan, P. 2010
  • Data-Parallel Rasterization of Micropolygons with Defocus and Motion Blur High Performance Graphics Fatahalian, K., Luong, E., Boulos, S., Akeley, K., Mark, William, R., Hanrahan, P. 2009
  • Interactive k-D Tree GPU Raytracing Horn, D., Sugerman, J., Houston, M., Hanrahan, P. 2007
  • Enhancing Visual Analysis of Network Traffic Using Knowledge Representation Xiao, L., Gerth, J., Hanrahan, P. 2006
  • Sequoia: Programming the Memory Hierarchy IEEE Supercomputing Fatahalian, K., Dally, William, J., Hanrahan, P., Knight, T., Houston, M., Erez, M. 2006
  • Light Field Photography with a Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera Technical Report CSTR 2005-02, Computer Science Department Ng, R., Levoy, M., Bredif, M., Duval, G., Horowitz, M., Hanrahan, P. 2005
  • Understanding the Efficiency of GPU Algorithms for Matrix-Matrix Multiplication Fatahalian, K., Sugerman, J., Hanrahan, P. 2004
  • Triple Product Wavelet Integrals for All-Frequency Relighting Ng, R., Ramamoorthi, R., Hanrahan, P. 2004
  • Efficient Partitioning of Fragment Shaders for Multiple-Output Hardware Foley, T., Houston, M., Hanrahan, P. 2004
  • Identification and Validation of Cognitive Design Principles for Automated Generation of Assembly Instructions Heiser, J., Phan, D., Agrawala, M., Tversky, B., Hanrahan, P. 2004
  • Photon Mapping on Programmable Graphics Hardware Purcell, Timothy, J., Donner, C., Cammarano, M., Jensen, H. W., Hanrahan, P. 2003
  • Viewing Complex Environment with Hierarchical Light Fields Technical Report CS-TR-2002-03, Computer Science Department Chen, X., Pereira, L., Hanrahan, P. 2002
  • Efficient Partitioning of Fragment Shaders for Multipass Rendering on Programmable Graphics Hardware Chan, E., Ng, R., Sen, P., Proudfoot, K., Hanrahan, P. 2002
  • Query, Analysis, and Visualization of Hierarchically Structured Data using Polaris ACM SIGKDD Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Stolte, C., Tang, D., Hanrahan, P. 2002
  • A Signal-Processing Framework for Reflection ACM Transactions on Graphics Ramamoorthi, R., Hanrahan, P. 2002
  • ICrafter: A Service Framework for Ubiquitous Computing Environments Hanrahan, P., Ponnekanti, Shankar, R., Lee, B., Fox, A., Hanrahan, H., Winograd, T. 2001
  • A Practical Model for Subsurface Light Transport Jensen, H. W., Marschner, S., Levoy, M., Hanrahan, P. 2001
  • Rivet: A Flexible Computer Systems Visualization Environment Computer Graphics Bosch, R., Stolte, C., Tang, D., Gerth, J., Rosenblum, M., Hanrahan, P. 2000
  • Distributed Rendering for Scalable Displays IEEE Supercomputing Humphreys, G., Buck, I., Eldridge, M., Hanrahan, P. 2000
  • Tracking Graphics State For Networked Rendering Buck, I., Humphreys, G., Hanrahan, P. 2000
  • Parallel Texture Caching Igehy, H., Eldridge, M., Hanrahan, P. 1999
  • Visualizing Application Behavior on Superscalar Processors Stolte, C., Bosch, R., Hanrahan, P., Rosenblum, M. 1999
  • Simple Models of the Impact of Overlap in Bucket Rendering Chen, M., Stoll, G., Igehy, H., Proudfoot, K., Hanrahan, P. 1998
  • The Design of a Parallel Graphics Interface Igehy, H., Stoll, G., Hanrahan, P. 1998
  • Realistic Modeling and Rendering of Plant Ecosystems Hanrahan, P., Deussen, O., Hanrahan, P., Lintermann, B., Mech, R., Pharr, M. 1998
  • Rendering Complex Scenes with Memory-Coherent Ray Tracing Pharr, M., Kolb, C., Gershbein, R., Hanrahan, P. 1997
  • The Two-User Responsive Workbench: Support for Collaboration Through Individual Views of a Shared Space Agrawala, M., Beers, A., Froehlich, B., Hanrahan, P., McDowall, I., Bolas, M. 1997
  • Geometry Caching for Ray-Tracing Displacement Maps Pharr, M., Hanrahan, P. 1996
  • Flow and Changes in Appearance Dorsey, J., Pedersen, H., Hanrahan, P. 1996
  • Light Field Rendering Levoy, M., Hanrahan, P. 1996
  • Modeling and Rendering of Metallic Patinas Dorsey, J., Hanrahan, P. 1996
  • A Realistic Camera Model for Computer Graphics Kolb, C., Mitchell, D., Hanrahan, P. 1995
  • Profiling the X Protocol Danskin, J., Hanrahan, P. 1994
  • Wavelet Methods for Radiance Computations Schroeder, P., Hanrahan, P. 1994
  • Compression Performance of the Xremote Protocol Danskin, J., Hanrahan, P. 1994
  • Textures and Radiosity: Controlling Emission and Reflection with Texture Maps Gershbein, R., Schroeder, P., Hanrahan, P. 1994
  • Partitioning and Ordering Large Radiosity Computations Teller, S., Fowler, C., Funkhouser, T., Hanrahan, P. 1994
  • On the Form Factor between Two Polygons Schroeder, P., Hanrahan, P. 1993
  • Reflection from Layered Surfaces due to Subsurface Scattering Hanrahan, P., Krueger, W. 1993
  • A Hierarchical Illumination Algorithm for Surfaces with Glossy Reflection Hanrahan, P., Aupperle, L. 1993
  • Wavelet Projections for Radiosity Schroeder, P., Gortler, S., Cohen, M., Hanrahan, P. 1993
  • Wavelet Projections for Radiosity Hanrahan, P., Schroeder, P., Gortler, S., Cohen, M., Hanrahan, P. 1993
  • Importance and Discrete Three Point Transport Hanrahan, P., Aupperle, L. 1993
  • Wavelet Radiosity Gortler, S., Schroeder, P., Cohen, M., Hanrahan, P. 1993
  • Visibility Computations for Global Illumination Algorithms Teller, S., Hanrahan, P. 1993
  • Illumination from Curved Reflectors Hanrahan, P., Mitchell, D. 1992
  • Fast Algorithms for Volume Ray Tracing Hanrahan, P., Danskin, J., Hanrahan, P. 1992
  • Hierarchical Splatting: A Progressive Refinement Algorithm for Volume Rendering Hanrahan, P., Hanrahan, P., Laur, D. 1991
  • A Hierarchical Radiosity Algorithm Hanrahan, P., Salzman, D., Aupperle, L. 1991
  • A Rapid Hierarchical Radiosity Algorithm for Unoccluded Environments Hanrahan, P., Salzman, D. 1990
  • Effects of Visual and Verbal Presentation on Cognitive Load in Vigilance, Memory and Arithmetic Tasks Psychophysiology Klingner, J., Tversky, B., Hanrahan, P.
  • Performance Analysis and Visualization of Parallel Systems Using SimOS and Rivet: A Case Study Bosch, R., Stolte, C., Stoll, G., Rosenblum, M., Hanrahan, P.