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Researcher

Carlo Tomasi

Carlo Tomasi is a computer-vision researcher whose work connects image streams, motion, and shape. With Takeo Kanade, he developed a factorization method for recovering scene shape and camera motion; he later co-authored bilateral filtering, a method that smooths images while preserving edges. He chaired Duke's computer science department and received an IEEE Computer Society Helmholtz Prize in 2013; he became an ACM Fellow in 2016 for contributions to computer vision. In 2025, he co-authored Pose Splatter, a 3D Gaussian splatting model for quantifying animal pose and appearance. He is the Iris Einheuser Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Duke.

Works
149
Citations
30,124
h-index
44

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1991–1992

    A doctorate in computer vision

    He completes a PhD in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in the 1991–1992 academic year, with Takeo Kanade advising his thesis, Shape and Motion from Image Streams: A Factorization Method.

  2. 1993

    Factoring shape from motion

    In 1993, he and Takeo Kanade publish a factorization method for inferring scene geometry and camera motion from image streams.

  3. 1997–1998

    A seminar and an image filter

    In 1997, he is one of the advisers for a seminar on graphics, geometry, vision, robotics, and numerical methods. In 1998, he and Roberto Manduchi publish a bilateral filter that smooths images while preserving edges.

  4. 2013

    Chairing Duke computer science

    In 2013, he chairs Duke's computer science department and argues that the growing importance of big data increases demand for a joint master's degree in economics and computation.

  5. 2013

    An IEEE Helmholtz Prize

    He wins a Helmholtz Prize from the IEEE Computer Society in 2013.

  6. 2016

    An ACM Fellowship

    He becomes an ACM Fellow in 2016 for contributions to computer vision.

  7. 2025

    Modeling animal pose in 3D

    In 2025, he co-authors Pose Splatter, a 3D Gaussian splatting model for quantifying animal pose and appearance.

  8. Since 2016

    Professor at Duke

    He is the Iris Einheuser Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Duke, a role he has held since 2016.

Sources and credits

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  1. Doctoral Degrees Conferred | Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Department csd.cs.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Carlo Tomasi | Scholars@Duke profile: Scholarly Works scholars.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. CS 528 - Graphics/Geometry/Vision/Robotics Seminar graphics.stanford.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Bilateral Filtering for Gray and Color Images | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Duke Trustees Approve Six New Graduate Programs | Duke Today today.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Carlo Tomasi | Scholars@Duke profile: Recognition scholars.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Carlo Tomasi Named ACM Fellow | Department of Computer Science cs.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Carlo Tomasi | Scholars@Duke profile scholars.duke.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.