Juan Griffe
Assistant Professor at Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
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Top SchoolJuan Griffe is a computer scientist and Assistant Professor specializing in realistic image synthesis, graphics-driven vision and machine learning, with nine years of experience bridging academic research and software engineering. Currently a PhD candidate and former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Graphics and Imaging Lab, his work focuses on predictive and physically based rendering of structured and multiscale materials, with publications on biologically inspired appearance models and procedural multiscale geometry. He has combined deep technical research (Mitsuba, PBRT, OptiX, PyTorch) with practical backend development experience in .NET and Java, enabling both prototype systems and production-ready services. His research secondments at DTU produced collaborative advances in microstructure modeling and scattering models validated against measurements, underscoring an emphasis on realism and empirical validation. Based in Zaragoza, he brings a multicultural perspective from Venezuela to Europe and enjoys outdoor sports, reflecting a pragmatic, hands-on approach to complex visual computing problems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Universidad de ZaragozaBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Universidad Central de VenezuelaHigh School Science, High School Science at U.E Escuela ComunitariaMaster's degree Informatics: Computer Graphics and Vision, Master's degree Informatics: Computer Graphics and Vision at Technical University of Munich
Spanish, English, German
Github Skills (11)
tracer8
rendering7
raytracing7
opengl5
pbr4
physically-based-rendering4
vulkan3
pytorch1
computer-vision1
deep-learning1
portrait1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
juanraul8/juanraul8.github.io
Oct 2020 - Mar 2025
Flexible-Jekyll is a simple and clean theme for Jekyll
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
cleanclean-themejekylljekyll-themeflexible
juanraul8/recipes
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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