Dr. Dieter
Schmalstieg - Curriculum Vitae
- Position: Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Visual Computing,
University of Stuttgart
- Address: VISUS, Allmandring 19, 70569 Stuttgart
- Email: dieter.schmalstieg@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
- Web: http://www.visus.uni-stuttgart.de/
- Google scholar:
https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=xXu8K6IAAAAJ
Education
- 1995-1997: PhD program in computer science at the Vienna
University of Technology, thesis The Remote Rendering Pipeline -
Managing Geometry and Bandwidth in Distributed Virtual
Environments, graduation with highest distinction
- 1994-1995: Fulbright stipend for postgraduate studies in Computer
Science at Stanford University, California, USA
- 1989-1993: Master program in computer science at the Vienna
University of Technology, master thesis StoryBoard - A Programming
Language for Computer Animation, graduation with highest
distinction
Professional
- 2023-current: Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Visual
Computing, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- 2023-current: Adjunct professor, Institute of Computer Graphics
and Vision, Graz University of Technology
- 2012-2023: Head, Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz
University of Technology
- 2004-2023: Full professor for Computer Graphics and Virtual
Reality, Graz University of Technology, Austria
- 2017-2018: Visiting scientist, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., San
Diego, CA, USA
- 2008-2015: Director, Christian Doppler Laboratory for
Handheld Augmented Reality
- 2001: Habilitation fuer Praktische Informatik,
tenure promotion to associate professor at Vienna University of
Technology
- 1999: Visiting scientist, University of Tuebingen,
Germany
- 1998: Visiting scientist, at the Fraunhofer Center for Research
in Computer Graphics, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- 1996-2001: Universitaetsassistent (Lecturer), Vienna
University of Technology
- 1995-1996: Research assistant at Vienna University of
Technology
- 1993-1994: Research assistant at Vienna University of
Technology
- 1991-1993: Teaching assistant at Vienna University of
Technology
Teaching
- 2024-current: Course Real-Time Graphics, University of
Stuttgart
- 2023-current: Course Introduction to Computer Graphics,
University of Stuttgart
- 2006-2023: Course Computer Graphics, Graz University of
Technology
- 2005-2023: Course Introduction to Scientific Work, Graz
University of Technology
- 2005-2022: Course Virtual Reality, Graz University of
Technology
- 2004-2015: Seminar Selected Topics in Computer Graphics,
Graz University of Technology
- 2004-2023: Course Real-Time Graphics, Graz University of
Technology
- 2009-2015: Course Distributed Systems, Graz University
of Technology
- 2008-2014: Seminar Scientific Methods, Graz University
of Technology
- 2010-2012: Course Real Time Graphics 2, Graz University
of Technology
- 2008-2009: Course Augmented Reality, Graz University of
Technology
- 2006-2009: Course Scene Graph Programming, Graz
University of Technology
- 2005-2006: Course Visual Information Systems, Graz
University of Technology
- 2005-2006: Course Image Analysis and Computer Graphics,
Graz University of Technology
- 2004: Course Multimedia Interfaces, Vienna University of
Technology
- 2002-2004: Course Location Based Services, Vienna
University of Technology
- 2000-2004: Seminar Foundations of Scientific Work,
Vienna University of Technology
- 1999-2003: Course Immersion, Rhode Island School of
Design, Providence, RI, USA
- 1999: Course Multimedia Programming, Hagenberg
University of Applied Sciences
- 1997-2005: Course Virtual Reality, Vienna University of
Technology
- 1994-2004: Introductory seminar on computer science,
seminar on computer graphics, research seminar on virtual
reality, Vienna University of Technology
- 1995-2000: Teaching assistant on Computer graphics 2+3,
Vienna University of Technology
- 1993-1994: Teaching assistant on Computer graphics,
Vienna University of Technology
- 1991-2000: Teaching assistant on Introduction to computer
science 2, Algorithms and data structures 1+2, Vienna
University of Technology
PhD supervision
As primary advisor
- 2024: Dr. Philip Voglreiter, Handling Real-World Data in
Visual Computing: Algorithms and Applications
- 2024: Dr. Philipp Fleck, Situated Analytics: Data,
Prototyping and Application Concepts for Augmented Reality
- 2021: Dr. Joerg Mueller, Shading Atlas Rendering for Virtual
Reality
- 2020: Dr. Okan Erat, Image-Based Modeling and Rendering for
Telepresence in Remote Exploration Scenarios
- 2020: Dr. Peter Mohr-Ziak, Retargeting Instructions to
Augmented Reality
- 2020: Dr. W. Alexander Isop, Extended Reality Interfaces For
Teleoperation Of Aerial Robots
- 2019: Dr. Thomas Geymayer, Exploring the Information Work
Space
- 2019: Dr. Mark Dokter, Applications of Massively Parallel
Geometry Processing
- 2019: Dr. Christoph Klug, Assistance for Measuring Human-Made
Structures with Robotic Total Stations
- 2018: Dr. Christian Partl, Visual Analysis of Paths in
Multivariate Graphs with Applications in Molecular Biology
- 2018: Dr. Bernhard Kerbl, Load Balancing for Hardware and
Software Rendering on the Graphics Processing Unit
- 2015: Dr. Christian Pirchheim, Exploiting Constraints in
Visual Localization and Mapping for Mobile Augmented
Reality
- 2015: Dr. Andreas Hartl, Mobile Interactive Document
Verification
- 2015: Dr. Markus Tatzgern, Situated Visualization in
Augmented Reality
- 2015: Dr. Jens Grubert, Mobile Augmented Reality for
Information Surfaces
- 2015: Dr. Lukas Gruber, Photometric registration for
Augmented Reality in dynamic environments
- 2014: Dr. Rostislav Khlebnikov, Optical phenomena in
participating media as metaphors for scientific
visualization
- 2013: Dr. Markus Steinberger, Dynamic Resource Scheduling on
Graphics Processors
- 2013: Dr. Tobias Langlotz, AR 2.0 - Social Media in Mobile
Augmented Reality
- 2012: Dr. Alessandro Mulloni, Enhancing Handheld Navigation
Systems with Augmented Reality
- 2012: Dr. Eduardo Veas, Augmented Reality Interfaces for
Mobile Environmental Monitoring
- 2012: Dr. Alexander Lex, Visualization of Multidimensional
Data with Applications in Molecular Biology
- 2011: Dr. Manuela Waldner, WIMP Interfaces for Emerging
Display Environments
- 2011: Dr. Bernhard Kainz, Ray-Based Image Synthesis For
Advanced Medical Applications
- 2011: Dr. Marc Streit, Guided Visual Analysis of
Heterogeneous Data
- 2011: Dr. Gerhard Schall, Mobile Augmented Reality for Human
Scale Interaction with Geospatial Models
- 2010: Dr. Markus Sareika, Urban Sketcher - Mixing Urban
Realities using Mixed Reality
- 2010: Dr. Erick Mendez, On the Usage of Context for Augmented
Reality Visualization
- 2010: Dr. Judith Muehl, Techniques for
Interdisciplinary Validation by Visualization in Physiological Modeling
Liver Radiofrequency Ablation
- 2009: Dr. Denis Kalkofen, Illustrative X-Ray Visualization in
Augmented Reality Environments
- 2008: Dr. Joseph Newman, Ubiquitous Tracking for Distributed
Mixed Reality Environments
- 2007: Dr. Daniel Wagner, Handheld Augmented
Reality
- 2007: Dr. Alexander Bornik, Virtual Liver Surgery
PlanningVirtual Reality based Tools for Radiological
Tasks
- 2007: Dr. Ernst Kruijff, Unconventional 3D User Interfaces
for Virtual Environments
- 2006: Dr. Istvan Barakonyi, Ubiquitous Animated Agents for
Augmented Reality
- 2005: Dr. Bernhard Reitinger, Virtual Liver Surgery
PlanningSimulation of Resections using Virtual Reality
Techniques
- 2004: Dr. Hannes Kaufmann, Geometry Education with Augmented
Reality
- 2004: Dr. Gerhard Reitmayr, On Software Design for Augmented
Reality
As secondary advisor
- 2023: Dr. Christina Schwarz-Gsaxner: Towards Clinical
Translation of Augmented Reality: A Framework for Surgical Navigation in
Head and Neck Procedures
- 2022: Dr. Thomas Neff: Alternative Shading Spaces for
Streaming and Real-Time Rendering
- 2013: Dr. Stefanie Zollmann: Visualization in Outdoor
Augmented Reality
- 2012: Dr. Manfred Klopschitz: Robust Reconstruction and
Efficient Localization for Mobile Augmented Reality
- 2005: Dr. Thomas Psik: Designing multimodal interaction for
configurable distributed systems
- 2002: Dr. Klaus Dorfmueller-Ulhaas: Optical
Tracking - From User Motion To 3D Interaction
- 2001: Dr. Peter Wonka: Occlusion Culling for Real-Time
Rendering of Urban Environments
- 2001: Dr. Michael Wimmer: Representing and Rendering Distant
Objects for Real-Time Visualization
- 2001: Dr. Gerd Hesina: Distributed Collaborative Augmented
Reality
- 2001: Dr. Chris Faisstnauer: Priority Scheduling for
Networked Virtual Environments
PhD graduates appointed as
professor
- 2020: Dr. Manuela Waldner, professor at Vienna University of
Technology, Austria
- 2019: Dr. Eduardo Veas, professor at Graz University of
Technology, Austria
- 2018: Dr. Markus Tatzgern, professor at Salzburg University of
Applied Sciences, Austria
- 2017: Dr. Denis Kalkofen, professor at TU Graz, Austria
- 2016: Dr. Jens Grubert, professor at University of Applied
Sciences Coburg, Germany
- 2016: Dr. Ernst Kruijff, professor at University of Applied
Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
- 2015: Dr. Markus Steinberger, junior group leader, Max Planck
Institute for Informatics, Saarbruecken, Germany
- 2015: Dr. Bernhard Kainz, professor at University of Erlangen,
Germany
- 2015: Dr. Alexander Lex, professor at University of Utah,
USA
- 2014: Dr. Tobias Langlotz, professor at University of Otago,
NZ
- 2012: Dr. Marc Streit, professor at Johannes Keppler University
Linz, Austria
- 2010: Dr. Hannes Kaufmann, professor at TU Wien, Austria
- 2009: Dr. Gerhard Reitmayr, professor at TU Graz,
Austria
Research grants
- 2023: Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Visual Computing,
funding: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2022: SNAP Mixed Reality Research Lab, funding: SNAP,
Inc.
- 2022: SitA - Exploring the Design Space of Situated
Analytics, funding: FWF, program: WEAVE, contract: I5912
- 2020: InpaintFusion - Real-time Three-Dimensional
Diminished Reality, funding: FWF, contract: P33634
- 2019: InstantAvatar - Instant Generation of
Photorealistic Human Models with Mobile Devices, funding: FFG, program:
ICT of the Future, contract: 874065
- 2018: CAMed - Clinical Additive Manufacturing for
Medical Applications, funding: FFG, program: COMET, contract:
20855180
- 2018: EnFaced - Virtual and Augmented Reality Training
and Navigation Module for 3D-Printed Facial Defect Reconstructions,
funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: KLI678
- 2018: Immersive Analytics - Interactive Data Analysis
Using Surfaces and Spaces, with: Tim Dwyer, Bruce Thomas, Kim Marriott,
Mark Billinghurst, funding: Australian Research Council
- 2017: Virtual Welding NEXT, funding: FFG, program:
Production of the Future, contract: 858705
- 2017: MATAHARI - Maintenance through Assistive
Telepresence And Human-centered Augmented Reality in Industry, funding:
FFG, program: Research Studio Austria
- 2017: Fully Programmable GPU Pipelines, funding:
Austrian Science Fund, contract: I3007
- 2016: Scene Generation and Processing, with: VRVis GmbH,
funding: FFG, program: COMET
- 2016: Hardware accelerated intelligent medical imaging,
funding: Graz University of Technology, program: Post-Doc Pool
BioTechMed-Graz
- 2015: IBROC - Image-Based Rendering of Clothes, funding:
FFG, program: ICT of the Future
- 2015: Augur - Augmented Reality for Measurement
Instruments, with: VRVis GmbH, funding: FFG, program: COMET
- 2015: AR Historical Visualization - AR Historical Scene
Visualization on Graz Main Square, funding: CCCom GmbH
- 2014: UFO - Semi-Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for
Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction and Remote Collaboration,
funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: I1681
- 2014: Tiled Display for Tele-teaching, funding:
Initiative Lehrverbund Informatik TU Graz/JKU Linz
- 2014: ClinicImppact - Clinical Intervention Modelling,
Planning and Proof for Ablation Cancer Treatment, funding: European
Union, program: FP7, contract: 610886
- 2013: Simplify AR - Creation of AR-Supported User
Manuals, with: VRVis GmbH, funding: FFG, program: COMET
- 2013: Magellan - Multimodal Authoring and Gaming
Environment for Location-based Collaborative Adventures, funding:
European Union, program: FP7, contract: ICT-611526
- 2013: GoSmart - A Generic Open-end Simulation
Environment for Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatment, funding: European
Union, program: FP7
- 2013: CultAR - Culturally Enhanced Augmented Realities,
funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: ICT-601139
- 2013: Building Visualization with AR, funding: SFG,
program: Innovationsscheck
- 2012: Diagnosis of Tumor Heterogeneity, funding:
Province of Styria, program: Human Technology Interface, contract:
A3-22.M-5/2012-21
- 2012: AR4DOC - AR for Document Inspection, funding:
Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany
- 2011: Managed Volume Processsing on the GPU, funding:
Austrian Science Fund, contract: P23329
- 2011: Computer Illustrated Reality, funding: Austrian
Science Fund, contract: P24021
- 2010: Caleydoplex - Collaborative Information
Exploration, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P22902
- 2009: SMART Vidente - Subsurface Mobile Augmented
Reality Technology, funding: FFG, program: FIT-IT, contract:
820922
- 2009: NARKISSOS - Real-Time Garment Fitting and
Visualization on the Customer Body, funding: FFG, program:
BRIDGE
- 2009: InGeneIous - Visualization of biomolecular and
clinical data, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE, contract: 822719
- 2009: Deskotheque - Spatial Awareness in Collaborative
Multi-Display Environments, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE
- 2008: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic
Imaging, with: University of Graz, Medical University Graz,
funding: Ludwig Boltzmann Society
- 2008: Handheld Augmented Reality, funding: Christian
Doppler Society, program: Christian Doppler Laboratory
- 2007: VIPEM - Visual Analytics for Personalized
Medicine, with: Medical University Graz, funding: Austrian Science Fund,
program: Translational Research
- 2007: POMAR3D - Position and Orientation Technology for
Mobile Augmented Reality, with: TeleConsult GesmbH, funding:
FFG
- 2007: MARCUS - Mobile Augmented Reality and Context in
Urban Scenarios, funding: European Union, program: PEOPLE International
Research Staff Exchange Scheme
- 2007: IMPPACT - Image-Based Multi-Scale Physiological
Planning for Ablation Cancer Treatment, funding: European Union,
program: FP7, contract: 233877
- 2007: HydroSys - Advanced spatial analysis tools for
on-site environmental monitoring and management, funding: European
Union, program: FP7, contract: 2254416
- 2007: Genopticum - Visual Data Mining for Genetic Data,
with: Medical University Graz, funding: FFG, program: FIT-IT, contract:
813398
- 2007: Confluence of Vision and Graphics, funding:
Austrian Science Fund, program: Doctoral College, contract
W1209-N15
- 2006: Vidente - Augmented Reality System for
Visualisation of Subsurface Utility Networks, funding: FFG, program:
BRIDGE, contract: 811000
- 2006: PRESENCCIA - Presence: Research Encompassing
Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and
Applications, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract:
27731
- 2006: IPCity - Presence and Interaction in Urban
Environments, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract:
27571
- 2005: GenView - Analysis of Genetical and Clinical Data
with Information Visualization and Multimodal User Interfaces, funding:
Zukunftsfonds Steiermark
- 2005: A Handheld Augmented Reality Museum Guide,
funding: Austrian Science Fund, program: Translational Research,
contract: L32-N04
- 2004: ARIS*ER - Augmented Reality in Surgery, funding:
European Union, program: Marie Curie RTN, contract: 512400
- 2003: Educating Spatial Intelligence Using Augmented
Reality, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P16803
- 2002: Mobile Augmented Reality fuer Drahtlose
Informations-Systeme, funding: Austrian Ministry of Science,
program: Research Infrastructures, contract: TUWP16
- 2002: Lab@Future, funding: European Union, program: FP6,
contract: 34204
- 2002: Collaborative Augmented Reality for Teaching,
funding: Vienna University of Technology, contract:
9006.10/003/2001
- 2002: Augmented Reality for Pervasive Computing,
funding: Austrian Science Fund Y193
- 2001: Virtual Showcases, funding: European Union,
program: FP6, contract: 28610
- 2000: VRVis - Research Center for Virtual Reality and
Visualization, funding: FFG, program: K-Plus
- 2000: Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality, funding:
Austrian Science Fund, contract: P14470
- 1999: Real-Time Visualization of Urban Environments,
funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P13867
- 1998: Virtual Reality for Space-Craft Operation,
funding: European Space Agency
- 1997: Studierstube - An augmented reality environment
for scientific visualization, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract:
P12074
- 1997: Platform for Animation and Virtual Reality,
funding: European Union, program: FMRX, contract CT-96-0036
- 1996: Lodestar - A level of detail generator for VRML,
funding: MicroGrafx Inc.
- 1996: Efficient remote rendering in distributed virtual
environments, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract:
P11392
Scientific activities
Memberships
in academic societies and advisory boards
- 2022: Member of IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy
- 2021: Fellow of the IEEE
- 2013: Key Researcher, Know-Center GmbH, Graz
- 2013: Member of Academia Europeae
- 2007: Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Junge
Kurie (young class)
- 2002: Steering committee member of IEEE Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality
- 2004: Key Researcher, VRVis GmbH, Vienna
- 2000: Scientific Advisory Committee Member, VRVis GmbH,
Vienna
Journal editor
- 2012: Guest editor, computers & graphics (Elsevier),
special section on Augmented Reality
- 2011-2018: Associate editor in chief, IEEE Transactions on
Visualization and Computer Graphics
- 2009: Guest editor of Virtual Reality (Springer),
special issue on Augmented Reality
- 2008-2011: Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on
Visualization and Computer Graphics
- 2003-2008: Editorial advisory board member, computers &
graphics (Elsevier)
Conference chairing
- 2015-2018: Liason with Transactions on Visualization and Computer
Graphics, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
- 2010, 2013: Program Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality
Conference
- 2009: Program Chair, Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EGVE,
ICAT and EuroVR
- 2007: Chair, EUROGRAPHICS State of the Art Reports
- 2005, 2014, 2018: Financial Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality
- 2004: International Liason Co-Chair, IEEE Virtual
Reality
- 2004: Publicity Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented
Reality
- 2003, 2006: Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented
Reality
- 2002: General Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented
Reality
- 2000: Organizing Chair, EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Virtual
Environments
- 2000-2011: Chair, EUROGRAPHICS Working Group on Virtual
Environments
Program committee
memberships
- 2013: EuroVis Symposium
- 2012: Joint Virtual Reality Conference
- 2012: VMV Vision Modeling Visualization
- 2010-2011: Joint Virtual Reality Conference
- 2010: ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games
- 2008: EUROGRAPHICS Tutorials
- 2008-2012: International Symposium on Visual Computing
- 2007, 2008, 2010: ACM Virtual Reality Software Technology
VRST
- 2005: International Joint Conference on Artificial
Intelligence
- 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008: Area Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality
- 2004, 2006, 2011: EUROGRAPHICS Annual Conference
- 2004: PERVASIVE
- 2003-2011, 2020, 2021, 2023: IEEE Virtual Reality
- 2002: Pacific Graphics
- 2002-2011: Computer Vision Winter Workshop
- 2002: IEEE International Workshop on ARToolKit
- 2000, 2001: ACM Web3D/VRML Symposium
- 2000-2010,2023: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality
- 1999-2009: EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Virtual Environments
Reviewing
- 1996-current: ACM 3D User Interface Symposium, ACM Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction, ACM Intelligent User Interfaces, ACM
Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, ACM User Interface Software and
Technology, ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, computers and graphics,
EUROGRAPHICS Conference, EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Rendering Techniques,
EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Virtual Environments, IEEE Computer Graphics
and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer
Graphics, IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers, IEEE
Visualization, International Journal of Human Computer Studies, Joint
EUROGRAPHICS-IEEE TCCG Symposium on Visualization, Journal of Location
Based Services, PRESENCE Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Summer
Conference on Computer Graphics, Winter School on Computer Graphics,
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Awards
- 2024: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE Virtual Reality, paper:
Instant Segmentation and Fitting of Excavations in Subsurface
Utility Engineering, with: Marco Stranner, Philipp Fleck, Clemens
Arth
- 2023: Impact paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed
and Augmented Reality, paper: Experiences with Handheld Augmented
Reality, with: Daniel Wagner
- 2023: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE International Symposium
on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Exemplar-Based Inpainting for
6DOF Virtual Reality Photos, with: Shohei Mori, Denis
Kalkofen
- 2022: Best journal paper award, IEEE International Symposium on
Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Video See-Through Mixed Reality
with Focus Cues, with: Christoph Ebner, Shohei Mori, Peter Mohr,
Denis Kalkofen, Yifan Peng, Gordon Wetzstein
- 2022: Election into the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality
Academy, Inaugural Class
- 2022: Honorary Award at the IEEE VR Workshop 2022 on Open Access
Tools and Libraries for Virtual Reality for Rag-Rug: An Open Source
Toolkit for Situated Visualization and Analytics
- 2021: Elevation to IEEE Fellow
- 2020: IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award
- 2019: Research Award of the Land Styria
- 2019: Nomination for best exhibit, ACM SIGGRAPH Emerging
Technologies, exhibit: Shading Atlas Streaming
Demonstration
- 2018: Impact paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed
and Augmented Reality, paper: Pose tracking from natural features on
mobile phones, with: Daniel Wagner, Gerhard Reitmayr, Alessandro
Mulloni, Tom Drummond
- 2018: Best paper award, IEEE Biomedical Engineering International
Conference, paper: Pattern Recognition and Mixed Reality for
Computer Aided Maxillofacial Surgery and Oncological Assessment,
with: Antonio Pepe, Gianpaolo Trotta, Juergen Wallner, Christina
Gsaxner, Jan Egger, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua
- 2017: Nikola Tesla Medal awarded to the most successful
inventor by Graz University of Technology
- 2017: Best short paper award, EuroVis 2016, paper: Dynamic
Label Placement for Forensic Volume Visualization, with: Christof
Sirk, Denis Kalkofen, Alexander Bornik
- 2017: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE 3DUI, paper:
Adaptive User Perspective Rendering for Handheld Augmented
Reality, with: Peter Mohr, Markus Tatzgern, Jens Grubert, Denis
Kalkofen
- 2016: Best paper honorable mention, EuroVis 2016, paper:
Pathfinder: Visual Analysis of Paths in Graphs, with: Christian
Partl, Samuel Gratzl, Marc Streit, Anne-Mai Wassermann, Hanspeter
Pfister, Alexander Lex
- 2015: Human Technology Interface Research Award of the Province
of Styria, paper: StratomeX: Guided Visual Exploration of Genomic
Stratifications in Cancer, with: Marc Streit, Alexander Lex, Samuel
Gratzl, Christian Partl, Hanspeter Pfister, Peter J. Park, Nils
Gehlenborg
- 2015: Best paper award, IEEE ISMAR, paper: Instant Outdoor
Localization and SLAM Initialization from 2.5D Maps, with: Clemens
Arth, Christian Pirchheim, Jonathan Ventura, Vincent Lepetit
- 2014: Best paper honorable mention, EUROGRAPHICS 2014, paper:
Parallel Generation of Architecture on the GPU, with: Markus
Steinberger, Michael Kenzel, Bernhard Kainz, Joerg
Mueller, Peter Wonka
- 2014: Best paper honorable mention, ACM CHI, paper: Show me
the Invisible: Guidance to Hidden Content, with: Thomas Geymayer,
Markus Steinberger, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit
- 2013: Elected as member of the Academia Europaea
- 2013: Best poster honorable mention, IEEE SciVis, paper:
Volume Rendering with Advanced GPU Scheduling Strategies, with:
Philip Voglreiter, Markus Steinberger, Rostislav Khlebnikov, Bernhard
Kainz
- 2012: IEEE Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award in
recognition for seminal technical achievement in Augmented
Reality
- 2012: Best paper award, IEEE BioVis, paper: enRoute: Dynamic
Path Extraction from Biological Pathway Maps for In-Depth Experimental
Data Analysis, with: Christian Partl, Alexander Lex, Denis
Kalkofen, Marc Streit, Karl Kashofer
- 2012: Best paper award (rank 3), EuroVis 2012, paper:
StratomeX: Visual Analysis of Large-Scale Heterogeneous Genomics
Data for Cancer Subtype Characterization (Alexander Lex, Marc
Streit, Hans-Joerg Schulz, Christian Partl, Peter Park,
Nils Gehlenborg
- 2011: Best paper honorable mention, ACM CHI, paper:
Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management, with: Manuela
Waldner, Markus Steinberger, Raphael Grasset
- 2011: Best paper award, ACM Symposium on Non-Photorealistic
Animation and Renderin, paper: Using Perceptual Features to
Accelerate Ray-based Image Generation, with: Bernhard Kainz, Stefan
Hauswiesner, Denis Kalkofen
- 2011: Best paper award, IEEE Information Visualization, paper:
Context-Preserving Visual Links, with: Markus Steinberger,
Manuela Waldner, Marc Streit, Alexander Lex
- 2010: Best student paper award, Graphics Interface 2010, paper:
Visual Links Across Applications, with: Manuela Waldner, Werner
Puff, Mark Streit, Alexander Lex
- 2009: Dr. Wolfgang Houska Award der
Bank-Austria-Privatstiftung for the project
Vidente
- 2008: Best paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and
Augmented Reality, paper: Pose Tracking from Natural Features on
Mobile Phones, with: Daniel Wagner, Gerhard Reitmayr, Alessandro
Mulloni, Tom Drummond
- 2007: Rank 7 in the citation ranking of Austrian computer science
researchers (over 100 listed) according to a study on computer science
and communication research in Austria, conducted on behalf of the
Austrian ministry of traffic, innovation and technology.
- 2007: Elected as member of Junge Kurie department of the
Austrian Academy of Science
- 2007: Best student paper award, IEEE International Symposium on
Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Interactive Focus and Context
Visualization for Augmented Reality, with: Denis Kalkofen,
Erick Mendez
- 2004: Best paper award (rank 3) of computers &
graphics, paper: Real-time View-dependent Image Warping to
Correct Non-linear Distortion for Curved Virtual Showcase Displays,
with: Oliver Bimber, Bernd Froehlich, L. Miguel
Encarnacao
- 2003: Best paper award nominee of INI-GraphicsNet, paper: The
Studierstube Augmented Reality Project, with: Anton Fuhrmann, Gerd
Hesina, Zsolt Szalavari, L. Miguel Encarnacao, Michael Gervautz, Werner
Purgathofer
- 2002: START prize awarded by the Austrian Science Fund to
significant young researchers
- 2000: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE Virtual Reality, paper:
Priority Round Robin Scheduling for Very Large Virtual
Environments
- 2000: Best paper award (rank 2) of Fraunhofer Haus der
Graphischen Datenverarbeitung, paper: Using Transparent Props
for Interaction with the Virtual Table, with: Zsolt Szalavari, L.
Miguel Encarnacao
- 1997: Grant from the Austrian Science Fund to publish PhD thesis
in the book series on computer graphics and computer vision of the
Austrian Computer Society
- 1996: Best paper award, European Meeting on Cybernetics and
Systems Research, paper: Implementing Gibsonian Virtual
Environments, with: Michael Gervautz