Prof. Dr. Thomas Ertl
 | Position: | Full professor of computer science at the University of Stuttgart Head of the Visualization and Interactive Systems Institute (VIS) Head of the Visualization Institute of the University of Stuttgart (VISUS) |
| Address: | Universitätsstraße 38, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany located here: maps (Google) and travel instructions | |
| Office: | Computer Science Building, 1 floor, SE-corner, room number 1.445 | |
| Secretaries: | Frau Ulrike Ritzmann +49 (0)711 685-88332 Frau Christine Schütz +49 (0)711 685-88456 Frau Marianne Jungjohann (VISUS) +49(0)711 685-88430 | |
| Phone / Fax: | +49 (0)711 685-88331 / +49 (0)711 685-88340 | |
| E-mail: | ||
| Office hours: | Thursday, 1100 - 1200 and when ever the door is open |
vis.uni-stuttgart.deCurriculum Vitae and Images
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| CV (Deutsch 200 Worte) | above image large | Lebenslauf (Deutsch) (english/PDF) |
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Research Areas
| Visualization | Computer Graphics | Human Computer Interfaces |
| - Volume visualization | - GPU based techniques | - User interfaces for the disabled |
| - Flow visualization | - Web based graphics | - Navigation systems for the blind |
| - Hierarchical methods | - Graphics for mobile devices | - XML-based and 3D GUIs |
| - Medical applications | - Graphics clusters | - Web-based learning platforms |
| - Visual Analytics | - Non-photorealistic rendering | - Augmented and virtual reality |
Teaching
Publications and Projects
| Publications web page of the institute (by year) | All VIS Projects are listed separately |
| My Publications web page (since 1995 alphabetically) | All my Publications PDF (chronological) |
| My DBLP Entry | My Google Scholar Citations h-index: 40 |
| I am on the Palsberg list of CS researchers | My MS academic search record |
Awards and Academies
Boards
| President of the Eurographics Association and member of the Executive Committee |
| Member of the IEEE Visualization Conference Steering Committee (see IEEE vgtc) |
| Member of the Steering Group of the Eurographics Working Group on Data Visualization |
| Member of the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication |
| Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Zentrum für Virtual Reality und VIsualisierung VRVis |
Chairing and Editorship
| Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2007-2010) |
| Papers Co-Chair Eurographics 2012 |
| Symposium Co-Chair IEEE PacificVis 2011 |
| Papers Co-Chair IEEE PacificVis 2009 |
| Papers Co-Chair IEEE VAST 2008 |
| Papers Co-Chair EuroVIS 2006 |
| Workshop Co-Chair Volume Graphics 2005 and Volume Graphics 2006 |
| Program Co-Chair IEEE/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization and Graphics 2004 |
| Program Chair SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Graphics Hardware 2002 |
| Co-Chair Dagstuhl Seminar “Scientific Visualization” 2003 and 2005 |
| Papers Co-Chair IEEE Visualization 2001 |
| Papers Co-Chair IEEE Visualization 2000 |
| Topic-Chair Volumetric Methods Eurographics 2003 and 2004 |
| General Chair Vision, Modeling and Visualization 2001 |
Recent Program Committees
| SIGGRAPH 2011 | PacificGraphics 2011 | LDAV 2011 | SIBGRAPI 2011 |
| EUROGRAPHICS 2007 | EUROVIS 2007 | EG PGV 2007 | SIBGRAPI 2007 |
| SIGGRAPH 2006 | I3D 2006 | WSCG 2006 | Graphics Hardware 2006 |
| WSCG 2006 | SimVis 2006 | EG PGV 2006 | CGI 2006 |
| SIGGRAPH 2005 | I3D 2005 | WSCG 2005 | Graphics Hardware 2005 |
| EuroVIS 2005 | VMV 2005 | SimVis 2005 | EG VE 2005 |
| IEEE VIS 2004 | EG VisSym 2004 | WSCG 2004 | Graphics Hardware 2004 |
| GI 2004 | VMV 2004 | SimVis 2004 | GI-FG Spiele |
| Eurographics 2004 | EG PGV 2004 | GI-FG AR/VR |
Reviewing
| Besides the reviewing duties related to program committee obligations I am reviewer for various journals (e.g. ACM TOG, EG CGF, IEEE CG&A, C&G, TVC) and conferences. |
| I review proposals for the DFG, the Austrian FWF, the Canadian NSERC, and the Britisch Royal Society. |
| I acted as a co-advisor for more than 36 PhD theses and 8 Habilitation theses. |
| I wrote letters of reference for about numerous faculty positions in Germany (Berufungsgutachten) and for many tenure track or full professor positions in the US. |
Recent Talks
| Keynote - Journee Visu - CEA Paris Bruyeres 12.10.2011 |
| HKUST Hong Kong 28.02.2011 |
| Keynote - Visualization Workshop SIBGRAPI, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 28.09.2010 |
| HIN Kolloquium Audi Forum Neckarsulm 14.07.2010 |
| Keynote - Visual Computing Forum EG2010 Norrköping 03.05.2010 |
| NTU Computer Science Colloquium, Taipei, Taiwan, 02.03.2010 |
| Keynote - Congresso Espanol de Informatica Grafica 09.09.2009 |
| G-CSC Kolloquium Frankfurt 16.07.2009 |
| Wissenschaftliches Rechnen BaWü Symposium 14.07.2009 |
| Elektrotechnisches Kolloquium Uni Stuttgart 07.07.2009 |
| Informatik-Kolloquium Erlangen 25.05.2009 |
| Keynote - Visual Computing FMX, Stuttgart 06.05.2009 |
| Seminar Series Peking University Peking 20.04.2009 |
| Keynote - Visual Computing Trends Wien, 28.01.2009 |
| Informatik Kolloquium, Universität Koblenz 02.07.2008 |
| Keynote PacificVis 2008, Kyoto, Japan 05.03.2008 |
| SFB 656 Kolloquium, Universität Münster, 23.01.2008 |
| Informatik Kolloquium, Universität Siegen, 05.12.2007 |
| Keynote SIBGRAPI 2007, Belo Horizonte, Brasilien 08.10.2007 |
| Keynote 51. Photogrammetrische Woche, Stuttgart 03.09.2007 |
| 5. Stuttgarter Medientage 09.11.2006 |
| Symposium Informationsdesign, HdM Stuttgart 08.11.2006 |
| Landespressekonferenz Baden-Württemberg 15.05.2006 |
| Evans and Sutherland Distinguished Lecture, SCI Salt Lake City, Utah 27.03.2006 |
| Informatik Kolloquium, Konstanz 08.02.2006 |
| Keynote SimVis 2005, Magdeburg, 03.03.2005 |
| Informatik Kolloquium TU Braunschweig, 17.01.2005 |
| Invited Talk VMV 2004, Stanford, 18.11.2004 |
| Purdue University, 15.11.2004 |
| Kolloquium ETH Zürich, 01.07.2004 |
| Kolloquium VRVis, Wien, 24.06.2004 |
| UPC Barcelona, 15.04.2004 |
Industry Connections
| Member of the Board (Aufsichtsrat), science+computing ag, Tübingen (until 2008) |
| BMBF EXIST/SEED support for Color Physics gmbh, archinux gmbh, 3DConception |
| Member of the Kuratorium of INFOS |
University Service (in German)
Stellv. Direktor Stuttgart Research Center (Exzellenzcluster) SImTech (2007-)
Prodekan der Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (2006-)
Vorsitzender Prüfungsausschuss Informatik und Softwaretechnik (2002-2006)
Mitglied der Studienkommission Informatik und Softwaretechnik (seit 2000-2006)
Geschäftsführender Direktor Institut für Informatik (2000-2002)
Sprecher des Institutsverbunds Informatik (2002-2003)
Mitglied des Vorstands des SFB 382 (2003-2006)
Stellvertretender Sprecher des SFB 716 (2006-)
Mitglied (stellv.) des Senatsausschusses Lehre (2005-2006)
Mitglied des Senatsausschusses Forschung und Technologie (2006-)
Benutzerausschuss HLRS (ab 2002), RUS (ab 2005)
Berufungskommission Assistenzprofessur ETH Zürich "Interactive Media" (2004)
Berufungskommission "Neue Deutsche Literatur" (Senatsberichter) (2003/04 und 2006)
Berufungskommission "Embedded Systems Engineering" (2003/04)
Berufungskommission "Informationsdienste" (2003/04 und 2006)
Berufungskommission "Aerodynamik von Luft- und Raumfahrzeugen" (2003)
Berufungskommission "Digitale Photogrammetrische Systeme" (2002)
Berufungskommission "Technologiemanagement und Arbeitswissenschaft" (2002)
Berufungskommission "Sichere und zuverlässige Softwaresysteme" (2002)
Berufungskommission "Angewandte Mathematik/Numerik" (2000/01)
Berufungskommission "Simulation großer Systeme" (2000 und 2005)
Berufungskommission "Intelligente Systeme" (2005)
Berufungskommission "Hardware-Architektur für hochparalleler Systeme" (2006)
Berufungskommission "Computerphysik" (2006/2007)
Berufungskommission "Visualisierung" (2006)
Berufungskommission "Visual Computing" (2007)
Berufungskommission "Zuverlässige Softwaresysteme" (2007)
Berufungskommission "Computergraphik, Universität Karlsruhe" (2007)