Publications Here is a list of publications with which I have been involved: 

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1. Density Prediction for Importance Sampling in Realistic Image Synthesis by Kurt Zimmerman.  PhD Thesis, Indiana University, June 1998
• pdf file
2. Spatially Nonuniform Scaling Functions for High Contrast Images by Chiu, Herf, Shirley, Swamy, Wang, Zimmerman. Proceedings of Graphics Interface '93.
• abstract and comments
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3. Direct Lighting Models for Ray Tracing with Cylindrical Lamps by Kurt Zimmerman. Graphics Gems V. '95.
• summary and examples
• I don't think that I can legally allow you to grab a postscript version. You will have to purchase Graphics Gems V.
4. A Two-Pass Realistic Image Synthesis Method for Complex Scenes by Kurt Zimmerman and Peter Shirley.  Sixth Eurographics Workshop on Rendering, 1995.
• summary and examples
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5. Monte Carlo Methods for Direct Lighting Calculations by Shirley, Wang, Zimmerman. ACM Transactions on Graphics Jan 96.
• abstract and comments
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6. The Light Volume: an Aid to Rendering Complex Environments by Chiu, Zimmerman, Shirley. 1996 Rendering Workshop.
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7. Physically-Based Glare Effects for Digital Images. by Spencer, Shirley, Zimmerman & Greenberg. SIGGRAPH 95
• pdf file
8. Notes on Photometric Data by Kurt Zimmerman.  A slightly clearer version of these notes appeared in the course notes Realistic Input for Realistic Images, SIGGRAPH Course 1 notes, 1995
• Personal notes that may be helpful to others.
9. Getting Started With SCIRun by Dav de St. Germain and Kurt Zimmerman
• A file for developers who will be creating modules for SCIRun
10. Level-Of-Detail Volume Rendering via 3D Textures.. by Weiler, Westermann, Hansen, Zimmerman & Ertl. Proceedings of IEED VolVis '00 (IEEE, 2000)
• pdf file
11. Visualization in the SCIRun Problem Solving Environment.. by Weinstein, Parker, Simpson, Zimmerman & Jones. In Hansen & Johnson, ed. The Visualization Handbook Elsevier, Inc., 2005, pp. 615-632.