Fredo Durand (he/him/his)

Amar Bose Professor of Computing

Department
Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Technology Areas
Computer Science: Networking & Signals, Bioinformatics / Sensing & Imaging: Optical Sensing, Imaging, Acoustics / Communication Systems: Wireless, Optical / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment, Autonomous Systems / Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Biotechnology: Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring / Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials / Drug Delivery: Microparticles & Nanoparticles / Therapeutics: Nucleic Acids, Vaccines / Electronics & Photonics: Lasers, Photonics / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Health Monitoring

Background and Education

Frédo Durand is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He received his PhD from Grenoble University, France, in 1999, supervised by Claude Puech and George Drettakis. From 1999 till 2002, he was a post-doc in the MIT Computer Graphics Group with Julie Dorsey.

He works both on synthetic image generation and computational photography, where new algorithms afford powerful image enhancement and the design of imaging system that can record richer information about a scene. His research interests span most aspects of picture generation and creation, from rendering to computational photography. He works on differentiable rendering, compilers for high-performance imaging, and video magnification

Awards and Honors

Technologies

Complex-Valued Eulerian Motion Modulation

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #15699J
William Freeman / Neal Wadhwa / Michael Rubinstein / Hao-Yu Wu / Eugene Shih / Fredo Durand (he/him/his) / John Guttag
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Eulerian Video Magnification for Revealing Subtle Changes in the World

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #15698J
William Freeman / Michael Rubinstein / Hao-Yu Wu / Eugene Shih / Fredo Durand (he/him/his) / John Guttag
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Near Real-Time Video Camera Identification of Operational Mode Shapes and Frequencies

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #18231
Oral Buyukozturk / Justin Chen / Neal Wadhwa / Myers Davis / Fredo Durand (he/him/his) / William Freeman
Technology Areas: Industrial Engineering & Automation / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Riesz Pyramids for Fast Phase-Based Video Magnification

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #16815
William Freeman / Neal Wadhwa / Michael Rubinstein / Fredo Durand (he/him/his)
Technology Areas: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) / Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Gradient Preservation for Image Processing

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #12508
Fredo Durand (he/him/his) / Sylvain Paris / Soonmin Bae
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Two-Scale Tone Management for Photographic Look

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #12342
Fredo Durand (he/him/his) / Sylvain Paris / Soonmin Bae
Technology Areas: Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Video Magnification in Presence of Large Motions

Technology / Case number: #17890J
William Freeman / Mohamed Hefeeda / Mohamed Elgharib / Fredo Durand (he/him/his)
Technology Areas: Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Joint View Expansion and Filtering for Automultiscopic 3D Displays

Technology / Case number: #16503
William Freeman / Pitchaya Sitthi-Amorn / Piotr Didyk / Wojciech Matusik / Fredo Durand (he/him/his)
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Computer Science / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Refraction Wiggles for Measuring Fluid Depth and Velocity from Video

Technology / Case number: #17103
William Freeman / Tianfan Xue / Neal Wadhwa / Michael Rubinstein / Fredo Durand (he/him/his)
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Refractive Flow Measurement System

Technology / Case number: #16332
William Freeman / Tianfan Xue / Neal Wadhwa / Michael Rubinstein / Fredo Durand (he/him/his)
Technology Areas: Communication Systems / Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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