Researcher

Michael Oren

Michael Oren wrote computer-vision research in the 1990s, much of it with Shree Nayar. In 1993 he and Nayar published a CVPR paper on reflectance from rough diffuse surfaces, and the Oren–Nayar reflectance model predicts the appearance of concrete, plaster and sand. Their paper on specular surface geometry won the ICCV Marr Prize in 1995. In 1997 he co-wrote a CVPR paper on pedestrian detection with Tomaso Poggio and three others. In 1998 he published “A General Framework for Object Detection” at ICCV.

Timeline

  1. 1993

    Reflectance from rough surfaces

    He and Shree Nayar publish “Diffuse Reflectance from Rough Surfaces” at CVPR 1993. The Oren–Nayar reflectance model predicts the appearance of concrete, plaster and sand.

  2. 1994

    Generalizing Lambert's reflectance model

    He co-authors “Generalization of Lambert’s reflectance model,” a SIGGRAPH 1994 paper. He also co-authors “Seeing Beyond Lambert’s Law” at ECCV 1994.

  3. 1995

    The ICCV Marr Prize

    They win the ICCV Marr Prize in 1995 for “A Theory of Specular Surface Geometry.”

  4. 1997

    Pedestrian detection with wavelets

    He co-writes “Pedestrian Detection Using Wavelet Templates,” a CVPR 1997 paper, with Constantine Papageorgiou, Pawan Sinha, Edgar Osuna and Tomaso Poggio.

  5. 1998

    A general object detection framework

    He publishes “A General Framework for Object Detection” at ICCV 1998.

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  1. Diffuse Reflectance from Rough Surfaces | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Oren–Nayar reflectance model - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. “Generalization of Lambert’s reflectance model” by Oren and Nayar – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES history.siggraph.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Seeing Beyond Lambert's Law | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. List of Marr Prize Papers cs.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. A Theory of Specular Surface Geometry | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Pedestrian Detection Using Wavelet Templates | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Oren, Michael | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. A General Framework for Object Detection | ML Anthology mlanthology.org. Checked 15 October 2026.