Dimitris Metaxas
Also known as Dimitris N. Metaxas
Dimitris Metaxas is a computer scientist at Rutgers University whose work spans computer vision, medical image analysis, and graphics. He earned his doctorate at the University of Toronto in 1992 and taught at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Rutgers in 2001. His Navier-Stokes methodology for fluids was used to create the water scenes in the film Antz in 1998. In 2002 he founded the Center for Computational Biomedicine, Imaging and Modeling, and in 2024 the Rutgers Board of Governors named him Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science. He is a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers and served as lead general chair of CVPR 2026.
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- Rutgers University
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Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.
Timeline
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1988–1992
Degrees from Maryland and Toronto
He earns an M.Sc. in computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1988. A Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Toronto follows in 1992.
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1998
Navier-Stokes fluids for Antz
He introduces a Navier-Stokes methodology for fluids, and the water scenes in the film Antz are created with it in 1998.
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1998–2001
Tenured at Pennsylvania
At the University of Pennsylvania, he becomes a tenured associate professor in 1998 and directs the VAST Lab until 2001.
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2001–2002
Rutgers and a new center
In September 2001, he moves to Rutgers as a professor, and in 2002 he founds the Center for Computational Biomedicine, Imaging and Modeling there.
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2013–2017
Chair of computer science
He serves as chair of the computer science department from 2013 to 2017.
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June 2024
Board of Governors Professor
In June 2024, the Rutgers University Board of Governors names him Board of Governors Professor of Computer Science, the highest academic distinction at the university. The appointment recognizes his work in computer vision, medical image analysis, and graphics.
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2026
Lead general chair of CVPR 2026
He serves as lead general chair of CVPR 2026.
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As of October 2026
Distinguished professor at Rutgers
He is a Distinguished Professor in computer science at Rutgers, a post he has held since July 2007. His computer vision work covers model-based tracking, learning, sparsity, and gesture recognition.
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