Amir Semmo

Publications

61 journal and conference papers, posters, demos and my doctoral thesis on expressive rendering, image and video stylization, and cartography-oriented visualization.

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2026

Local Content-Style Control for Diffusion-based Image Stylization

Amir Semmo

ConferenceACM SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Communications, 2026

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2024

Artistic style decomposition for texture and shape editing

Max Reimann, Martin Büßemeyer, Benito Buchheim, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

JournalThe Visual Computer, 2024

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2023

Controlling Geometric Abstraction and Texture for Artistic Images

Martin Büßemeyer, Max Reimann, Benito Buchheim, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceProceedings International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2023

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Art-directable Stroke-based Rendering on Mobile Devices

Ronja Wagner, Sebastian Schulz, Max Reimann, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceProceedings Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV), 2023

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Interactive Control over Temporal Consistency while Stylizing Video Streams

Sumit Shekhar, Max Reimann, Moritz Hilscher, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceComputer Graphics Forum (Proceedings Eurographics Symposium on Rendering), 2023

ALIVE: Adaptive Chromaticity for Interactive Low-light Image and Video Enhancement

Sumit Shekhar, Max Reimann, Jobin Wattasseril, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2023

DOIPaper (PDF)

2022

WISE: Whitebox Image Stylization by Example-based Learning

Winfried Lötzsch, Max Reimann, Martin Büßemeyer, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceEuropean Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022

Trios: Stylistic Rendering of 3D Photos

Ulrike Bath, Sumit Shekhar, Hendrik Tjabben, Amir Semmo, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2022

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CERVI: Collaborative Editing of Raster and Vector Images

Ulrike Bath, Julian Egbert, Julian Schmidt, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

JournalThe Visual Computer, 2022

DOIPaper (PDF)

Controlling Strokes in Fast Neural Style Transfer using Content Transforms

Max Reimann, Benito Buchheim, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

JournalThe Visual Computer, 2022

DOIPaper (PDF)

Design Space of Geometry-based Image Abstraction Techniques with Vectorization Applications

Lisa Ihde, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2022

Paper (PDF)

NPRportrait 1.0: A three-level benchmark for non-photorealistic rendering of portraits

Paul L. Rosin, Yu-Kun Lai, David Mould, Ran Yi, Itamar Berger, Lars Doyle, Seungyong Lee, Chuan Li, Yong-Jin Liu, Amir Semmo, Ariel Shamir, Minjung Son, and Holger Winnemöller

JournalComputational Visual Media, 2022

DOIPaper (PDF)

2021

MotionViz: Artistic Visualization of Human Motion on Mobile Devices

Maximilian Mayer, Philipp Trenz, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Mandy Klingbeil, Jürgen Döllner, Matthias Trapp, and Amir Semmo

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2021

DOIVideo (YouTube)

Interactive Multi-level Stroke Control for Neural Style Transfer

Max Reimann, Benito Buchheim, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceInternational Conference on Cyberworlds, 2021

DOIPaper (PDF)

Service-based Analysis and Abstraction for Content Moderation of Digital Images

Moritz Hilscher, Hendrik Tjabben, Hendrik Rätz, Amir Semmo, Lonni Besançon, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceGraphics Interface, 2021

Interactive Photo Editing on Smartphones via Intrinsic Decomposition

Sumit Shekhar, Max Reimann, Maximilian Mayer, Amir Semmo, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceComputer Graphics Forum (Proceedings Eurographics), 2021

Teaching Data-driven Video Processing via Crowdsourced Data Collection

Max Reimann, Ole Wegen, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceEurographics Education Papers, 2021

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2020

Graphite: Interactive Photo-to-Drawing Stylization on Mobile Devices

Amir Semmo and Sebastian Pasewaldt

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2020

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Reducing Affective Responses to Surgical Images and Videos through Stylization

Lonni Besançon, Amir Semmo, David Biau, Bruno Frachet, Virginie Pineau, El Hadi Sariali, Marc Soubeyrand, Rabah Taouachi, Tobias Isenberg, and Pierre Dragicevic

JournalComputer Graphics Forum, 2020

2019

Consistent Filtering Of Videos And Dense Light-Fields Without Optic-Flow

Sumit Shekhar, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, Okan Tarhan Tursun, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Karol Myszkowski, and Jürgen Döllner

Conference24th International Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization, 2019

ViVid: Depicting Dynamics in Stylized Live Photos

Amir Semmo, Max Reimann, Mandy Klingbeil, Sumit Shekhar, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2019

DOIPaper (PDF)

Locally Controllable Neural Style Transfer on Mobile Devices

Max Reimann, Mandy Klingbeil, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

JournalThe Visual Computer, 2019

DOIPaper (PDF)

2018

MaeSTrO: Mobile-Style Transfer Orchestration Using Adaptive Neural Networks

Max Reimann, Amir Semmo, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Mandy Klingbeil, and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2018

DOIPaper (PDF)

Reducing Affective Responses to Surgical Images through Color Manipulation and Stylization

Lonni Besançon, Amir Semmo, David Biau, Bruno Frachet, Virginie Pineau, El Hadi Sariali, Rabah Taouachi, Tobias Isenberg, and Pierre Dragicevic

ConferenceJoint Symposium on Computational Aesthetics, Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, and Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (Expressive), 2018

DOIPaper (PDF)

MNPR: A Framework for Real-Time Expressive Non-Photorealistic Rendering of 3D Computer Graphics

Santiago Montesdeoca, Hock Soon Seah, Amir Semmo, Pierre Bénard, Romain Vergne, Joelle Thollot, and Davide Benvenuti

ConferenceJoint Symposium on Computational Aesthetics, Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, and Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (Expressive), 2018

Approaches for Local Artistic Control of Mobile Neural Style Transfer

Max Reimann, Mandy Klingbeil, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

Poster / DemoExpressive Poster Session, 2018

DOIPaper (PDF)

MaeSTrO: A Mobile App for Style Transfer Orchestration using Neural Networks

Max Reimann, Mandy Klingbeil, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceInternational Conference on Cyberworlds, 2018

Service-based Processing and Provisioning of Image-Abstraction Techniques

Marvin Richter, Maximilian Söchting, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Matthias Trapp

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG), 2018

DOIPaper (PDF)

Teaching Image-Processing Programming for Mobile Devices: A Software Development Perspective

Matthias Trapp, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Tobias Dürschmid, Amir Semmo, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceEurographics Education Papers, 2018

DOIPaper (PDF)

2017

ProsumerFX: Mobile Design of Image Stylization Components

Tobias Dürschmid, Maximilian Söchting, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications, 2017

DOIPaper (PDF)

Challenges in User Experience Design of Image Filtering Apps

Mandy Klingbeil, Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications, 2017

DOIPaper (PDF)

Demo: Pictory - Neural Style Transfer and Editing with CoreML

Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Mandy Klingbeil, and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoSIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (Demo), 2017

DOIPaper (PDF)

Pictory: Combining Neural Style Transfer and Image Filtering

Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, Jürgen Döllner, and Mandy Klingbeil

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2017

DOIPaper (PDF)

Neural Style Transfer: A Paradigm Shift for Image-based Artistic Rendering?

Amir Semmo, Tobias Isenberg, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings International Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR), 2017

2016

Interactive Image Filtering with Multiple Levels-of-Control on Mobile Devices

Amir Semmo, Tobias Dürschmid, Matthias Trapp, Mandy Klingbeil, Jürgen Döllner, and Sebastian Pasewaldt

ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications, 2016

BeCasso: Artistic Image Processing and Editing on Mobile Devices

Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Frank Schlegel

Poster / DemoSIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (Demo), 2016

DOIPaper (PDF)

Design and Implementation of Non-Photorealistic Rendering Techniques for 3D Geospatial Data

Amir Semmo

ThesisDoctoral Thesis, Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, 2016

URNThesis (PDF)

BeCasso: Image Stylization by Interactive Oil Paint Filtering on Mobile Devices

Amir Semmo, Jürgen Döllner, and Frank Schlegel

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Appy Hour, 2016

DOIPaper (PDF)

Interactive Multi-scale Oil Paint Filtering on Mobile Devices

Amir Semmo, Mattias Trapp, Tobias Dürschmid, Jürgen Döllner, and Sebastian Pasewaldt

Poster / DemoACM SIGGRAPH Posters, 2016

DOIPaper (PDF)

Interactive Oil Paint Filtering On Mobile Devices

Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, Sebastian Pasewaldt, and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoExpressive Poster Session, 2016

DOIPaper (PDF)

Image Stylization by Interactive Oil Paint Filtering

Amir Semmo, Daniel Limberger, Jan Eric Kyprianidis, and Jürgen Döllner

JournalComputers & Graphics, 2016

2015

Cartography-Oriented Design of 3D Geospatial Information Visualization - Overview and Techniques

Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, Markus Jobst, and Jürgen Döllner

JournalThe Cartographic Journal (International Cartographic Conference), 2015

Image Stylization by Oil Paint Filtering using Color Palettes

Amir Semmo, Daniel Limberger, Jan Eric Kyprianidis, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging (CAe), 2015

Interactive Image Filtering for Level-of-Abstraction Texturing of Virtual 3D Scenes

Amir Semmo and Jürgen Döllner

JournalComputers & Graphics, 2015

DOIPaper (PDF)

Interactive Rendering and Stylization of Transportation Networks Using Distance Fields

Matthias Trapp, Amir Semmo, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), 2015

DOIPaper (PDF)

2014

An Interaction Framework for Level-of-Abstraction Visualization of 3D Geovirtual Environments

Amir Semmo and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings 2nd ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on MapInteraction, 2014

DOIPaper (PDF)

Multi-Perspective 3D Panoramas

Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

JournalInternational Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS), 2014

DOIPaper (PDF)

Oil Paint Filtering Using Color Palettes For Colorization

Amir Semmo and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoExpressive Poster Session, 2014

Paper (PDF)

Image Filtering for Interactive Level-of-Abstraction Visualization of 3D Scenes

Amir Semmo and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging (CAe), 2014

2013

Interactive Projective Texturing for Non-Photorealistic Shading of Technical 3D Models

Roland Lux, Matthias Trapp, Amir Semmo, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings of 11th Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics 2013 Conference (TP.CG), 2013

Real-Time Rendering of Water Surfaces with Cartography-Oriented Design

Amir Semmo, Jan Eric Kyprianidis, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization, and Imaging (CAe), 2013

2012

Towards Comprehensible Digital 3D Maps

Sebastian Pasewaldt, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings Service-Oriented Mapping (SOMAP), 2012

Evaluating the Perceptual Impact of Rendering Techniques on Thematic Color Mappings in 3D Virtual Environments

Juri Engel, Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings 18th International Workshop on Vision, Modeling and Visualization (VMV), 2012

DOIPaper (PDF)

Concepts for Cartography-Oriented Visualization of Virtual 3D City Models

Amir Semmo, Dieter Hildebrandt, Matthias Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

JournalPhotogrammetrie - Fernerkundung - Geoinformation (PFG), 2012

DOIPaper (PDF)

Interactive Visualization of Generalized Virtual 3D City Models using Level-of-Abstraction Transitions

Amir Semmo, Matthias Trapp, Jan Eric Kyprianidis, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceComputer Graphics Forum (Proceedings EuroVis), 2012

Colonia 3D - Communication of Virtual 3D Reconstructions in Public Spaces

Matthias Trapp, Amir Semmo, Rafael Pokorski, Claus-Daniel Herrmann, Jürgen Döllner, Michael Eichhorn, and Michael Heinzelmann

JournalInternational Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era (IJHDE), 2012

DOIPaper (PDF)

2011

Colonia3D

Matthias Trapp, Amir Semmo, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings 9. Konferenz Kultur und Informatik - Multimediale Systeme, 2011

Paper (PDF)

Ansätze zur kartographischen Gestaltung von 3D-Stadtmodellen

Amir Semmo, Matthias, Trapp, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings 31. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, 2011

Paper (PDF)

2010

Anisotropic Kuwahara Filtering with Polynomial Weighting Functions

Jan Eric Kyprianidis, Amir Semmo, Henry Kang, and Jürgen Döllner

Poster / DemoNPAR Poster Session / Proceedings EG UK Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics (TP.CG), 2010

Paper (PDF)

Automated Image-Based Abstraction of Aerial Images

Amir Semmo, Jan Eric Kyprianidis, and Jürgen Döllner

ConferenceProceedings of 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, 2010

DOIPaper (PDF)

ContextLua: Dynamic Behavioral Variations in Computer Games

Benjamin Hosain Wasty, Amir Semmo, Malte Appeltauer, Bastian Steinert, and Robert Hirschfeld

ConferenceProceedings of 2nd International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming, 2010

Paper (ACM DL)