Alec Jacobson
Regular biography
Alec Jacobson is an Assistant Professor (CS) in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. His title includes the pronouns 'he/him,' and his contact information is available at jacobson@cs.toronto.edu. His professional profile can be accessed through the University of Toronto's faculty directory at https://www.mathematics.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/alec-jacobson. Jacobson's research interests are not explicitly detailed in the provided information.
Scholar-generated biography
Alec Jacobson is a researcher at the University of Toronto and Adobe Research, specializing in Computer Graphics and Geometry Processing. His work focuses on real-time rendering, 3D shape representation, and efficient geometric algorithms. Jacobson has developed tools like libigl, a C++ geometry processing library, and contributed to datasets such as Thingi10k, which supports 3D-printing research. His publications explore topics like neural geometric level of detail, bounded biharmonic weights, and fast winding numbers for 3D shapes. His research bridges computational geometry with machine learning, emphasizing practical applications in rendering and deformation.