Andreas Velten is an Associate Scientist at the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a member of the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab. He obtained his PhD in Physics at the University of New Mexico designing lasers for ultra sensitive phase measurements.

Dr. Veltens research aims to develop new and improved scientific tools through innovation in optics, imaging and computation. His research focuses on the combination of advanced signal processing, computational imaging, and ultra-fast optics. By co-designing software and hardware of an optical system it is possible to create tools and devices with new capabilities, such as cameras that look around corners or inside the human body. He has authored several peer reviewed articles, conference papers, and patents, as well as a book.

His work has featured in several top media outlets including the BBC, the New York Times, and the Economist.

In his free time he enjoys hiking, sailing, and singing solo and as part of ensembles.

Video from Nature about our recent publication. A camera that can image around a corner.



The Media Lab Labcast about our around the corner imaging system.



Video: A light pulse illuminating a tomato captured and visualized in slow motion.



Video from MIT News about our Light in Motion light capture project.



Our presentation at SIGGRAPH was given in front of a packed audience.



Introducing our group and my project to HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium and representatives of the Belgian government, industry and media.



US deputy secretary of defense William J. Lynn learning about our project.

Paper in Nature Communications. Today my main project, a camera that can look around corners was published by Nature Communications. The paper also made it to the nature.com news page and several news sources.

New Position. I am now working as an Associate Scientist under Rock Mackie at the Morgridge Institute for Research

Press Coverage. Our light in Motion visualization project has been featured prominently in more than 100 newspapers worldwide and achieved over 4 million cumulative hits on youtube.

SIGGRAPH 11. I had a lot of fun at my first SIGGRAPH. There where several high quality papers from our group. I gave my presentation in front of a packed conference hall and got a lot of positive feedback.

OSA Imaging Science. My talk at the OSA Imaging Science conference in Toronto produced a lot of interesting feedback.

CVPR 11. Although I can not be there myself, our project is represented as a poster at CVPR in Colorado Springs this year.

Belgian Delegation. I gave a lab tour to 40 representatives of Belgian government, industry and media today. Here is a picture of me with crown prince Philippe.

Virtual Trillion Frame per Second Movies. We modified the camera we use to look around corners to capture movies of light pulses. I will present the results at SIGGRAPH in August.

ICCP 11. Our poster and Rameshes talk made an impression at ICCP this year. And, of course, the ICCP crowd is always fun to be around ...

Radio Interview. I am giving a brief interview on our research on KGO radio in San Francisco.

Media Attention. Our research in transient imaging to build a laser and camera that can 'look around corners' has recently been published by several new stations including the BBC and the Economist. read more…