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Thomas Ertl

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. techn. h. c. Dr.-Ing. E. h.

Professor of Practical Computer Science (retired), former director of the research group Graphic Interactive Systems at the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS)

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+49 711 685 88340

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VIS: Universitätsstr. 38 (Raum: 1.452)
VISUS: Allmandring 19 (Raum: 01.006)

70569 Stuttgart
Deutschland

Office Hours

Whenever the door is open, otherwise by appointment.

Secretaries:

  • Frau Margot Roubicek (VIS): +49 (0)711 685-88456
  • Frau Andrea Zander (VIS): +49 (0)711 685-88404
  • Frau Maria Schulz (VISUS): +49 (0)711 685-88600
 

  1. 2025

    1. Becker, Franziska ; Müller, Christoph ; Karpuk, David ; Blascheck, Tanja ; Ertl, Thomas: AlertSets: Supporting Exploratory Analysis of Cybersecurity Alerts Through Set Interactions. In: Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications : SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2025, S. 776–787
    2. Heinemann, Moritz ; Potyka, Johanna ; Schulte, Kathrin ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Visualization of Finite-Time Separation in Multiphase Flow. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 31, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2025), S. 1918–1931
  2. 2024

    1. Müller, Christoph ; Ertl, Thomas: Quantifying Performance Gains of DirectStorage for the Visualisation of Time-Dependent Particle Data Sets. In: Journal of Visualization (2024)
    2. Becker, Franziska ; Müller, Christoph ; Karpuk, David ; Ertl, Thomas: AlertSets: Supporting Exploratory Analysis of Cybersecurity Alerts through Sets. In: 1st Japan Visualization Symposium (JapanVis 2024), 2024
    3. Gralka, Patrick ; Müller, Christoph ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Power Overwhelming: The One With the Oscilloscopes. In: Journal of Visualization (2024)
    4. Straub, Alexander ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Feature-Based Deformation for Flow Visualization. In: Journal of Visualization (2024)
    5. Huth, Franziska ; Beck, Fabian ; Knittel, Johannes ; Latif, Shahid ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: ViSCitR: Visual Summarization and Comparison of Hotel Reviews. In: 17th Pacific Visualization Conference (PacificVis) : IEEE, 2024, S. 112–121
    6. Becher, Michael ; Müller, Christoph ; Sellenthin, Dominik ; Ertl, Thomas ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel: Your Visualisations are Going Places: SciVis on Gaming Consoles. In: Proc. JapanVis, 2024
    7. Chen, Changjian ; Chen, Jiashu ; Yang, Weikai ; Wang, Haoze ; Knittel, Johannes ; Zhao, Xibin ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas ; u. a.: Enhancing Single-Frame Supervision for Better Temporal Action Localization. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 30, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2024), S. 2903–2915
  3. 2023

    1. Huth, Franziska ; Blascheck, Tanja ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Studies and design considerations for animated transitions between small-scale visualizations. In: Journal of Visualization Bd. 26 (2023), S. 1421–1443
    2. Bauer, Ruben ; Ngo, Quynh Quang ; Reina, Guido ; Frey, Steffen ; Flemisch, Bernd ; Hauser, Helwig ; Ertl, Thomas ; Sedlmair, Michael: Visual Ensemble Analysis of Fluid Flow in Porous Media across Simulation Codes and Experiment. In: Transport in Porous Media (2023)
    3. Gralka, Patrick ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas: Efficient Sphere Rendering Revisited. In: Bujack, R. ; Pugmire, D. ; Reina, G. (Hrsg.) ; Bujack, R. ; Pugmire, D. ; Reina, G. (Hrsg.): Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization : The Eurographics Association, 2023, S. 27–37
    4. Knittel, Johannes ; Huth, Franziska ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Toward Visually Analyzing Dynamic Social Messages and News Articles Containing Geo-Referenced Information. In: Volunteered Geographic Information: Interpretation, Visualization and Social Context, Volunteered Geographic Information: Interpretation, Visualization and Social Context. Switzerland : Springer, 2023
    5. Becher, Michael ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Marmann, Thomas ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Accelerated 2D visualization using adaptive resolution scaling and temporal reconstruction. In: Journal of Visualization Bd. 26 (2023), S. 1155–1172
    6. Straub, Alexander ; Karadimitriou, Nikolaos ; Reina, Guido ; Frey, Steffen ; Steeb, Holger ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Analysis of Displacement Processes in Porous Media using Spatio-Temporal Flow Graphs. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 30 (2023), S. 759–769
    7. Straub, Alexander ; Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Steigerwald, Jonas ; Sadlo, Filip ; Weigand, Bernhard ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Analysis of Interface Deformation in Multiphase Flow. In: Journal of Visualization Bd. 26 (2023), S. 1321–1338
    8. Becker, Franziska ; Ertl, Thomas: Putting Annotations to the Test. In: Gillmann, C. ; Krone, M. ; Lenti, S. (Hrsg.) ; Gillmann, C. ; Krone, M. ; Lenti, S. (Hrsg.): EuroVis 2023 - Posters : The Eurographics Association, 2023
  4. 2022

    1. Tkachev, Gleb ; Cutura, René ; Sedlmair, Michael ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Metaphorical Visualization: Mapping Data to Familiar Concepts. In: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts : ACM, 2022, S. 1–10
    2. Bruder, Valentin ; Larsen, Matthew ; Ertl, Thomas ; Childs, Hank ; Frey, Steffen: A Hybrid In Situ Approach for Cost Efficient Image Database Generation. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2022), S. 1
    3. Tarner, H. ; Bruder, Valentin ; Ertl, Thomas ; Frey, Steffen ; Beck, Fabian: Visually Comparing Rendering Performance from Multiple Perspectives. In: Bender, J. ; Botsch, M. ; Keim, D. A. (Hrsg.) ; Bender, J. ; Botsch, M. ; Keim, D. A. (Hrsg.): Vision, Modeling, and Visualization : The Eurographics Association, 2022
    4. Straub, Alexander ; Boblest, Sebastian ; Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Droplet-Local Line Integration for Multiphase Flow. In: 2022 IEEE Visualization and Visual Analytics (VIS), 2022, S. 135–139
    5. Frey, Steffen ; Bruder, Valentin ; Frieß, Florian ; Gralka, Patrick ; Rau, Tobias ; Ertl, Thomas ; Reina, Guido: Parameter Adaptation In Situ: Design Impacts and Trade-Offs. In: Childs, H. ; Bennett, J. C. ; Garth, C. (Hrsg.) ; Childs, H. ; Bennett, J. C. ; Garth, C. (Hrsg.): In Situ Visualization for Computational Science. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2022, S. 159–182
    6. Müller, Christoph ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Power Overwhelming: Quantifying the Energy Cost of Visualisation. In: Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Workshop on Evaluation and Beyond - Methodological Approaches for Visualization (BELIV), 2022, S. 38–46
    7. Huth, Franziska ; Blascheck, Tanja ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Animated Transitions for Small-Scale Visualizations. In: International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction : ACM, 2022, S. 1–8
    8. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Tang, Tan ; Chen, Wei ; Wu, Yingcai ; Liu, Shixia ; Ertl, Thomas: Real-Time Visual Analysis of High-Volume Social Media Posts. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics Bd. 28. Los Alamitos, CA, USA, IEEE Computer Society (2022), S. 879–889
    9. Becher, Michael ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Marmann, Thomas ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Accelerating GPU Rendering of 2D Visualizations Using Resolution Scaling and Temporal Reconstruction. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2022, S. 1–8
    10. Becher, Michael ; Herr, Dominik ; Müller, Christoph ; Kurzhals, Kuno ; Reina, Guido ; Wagner, Lena ; Ertl, Thomas ; Weiskopf, Daniel: Situated Visual Analysis and Live Monitoring for Manufacturing. In: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (2022), S. 1
    11. Baumann, Martin ; Satkunarajan, Jena ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Hierarchical Multifocus Navigation in Text Annotation Data. In: Misue, K. (Hrsg.) ; Misue, K. (Hrsg.): Proc. IEEE Pac. Vis. Symp., 2022, S. 166–170
    12. Heinemann, Moritz ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Visualization of Droplet Dynamic Processes. In: Schulte, K. ; Tropea, C. ; Weigand, B. (Hrsg.) ; Schulte, K. ; Tropea, C. ; Weigand, B. (Hrsg.): Droplet Dynamics Under Extreme Ambient Conditions. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2022, S. 29–46
  5. 2021

    1. Straub, Alexander ; Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Implicit Visualization of 2D Vector Field Topology for Periodic Orbit Detection. In: Hotz, I. ; Bin Masood, T. ; Sadlo, F. ; Tierny, J. (Hrsg.) ; Hotz, I. ; Bin Masood, T. ; Sadlo, F. ; Tierny, J. (Hrsg.): Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization VI, Mathematics and Visualization : Springer International Publishing, 2021, S. 159–180
    2. Tkachev, Gleb ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: S4: Self-Supervised learning of Spatiotemporal Similarity. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2021)
    3. Knabben, Moritz ; Baumann, Martin ; Blascheck, Tanja ; Ertl, Thomas ; Koch, Steffen: Visualizing Temporal-Thematic Patterns in Text Collections. In: Vision, Modeling, and Visualization : The Eurographics Association, 2021, S. 9–16
    4. Rapp, Robert-Carl ; Müller, Christoph ; Becker, Franziska ; Palumbo, Paolo ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Process Tree Analysis: Exploring the Behaviour of Processes with Visual Analytics for Security Operators. In: IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) : IEEE, 2021
    5. Huth, Franziska ; Blascheck, Tanja ; Koch, Steffen ; Utz, Sonja ; Ertl, Thomas: Word-sized Visualizations for Exploring Discussion Diversity in Social Media. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications : SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, 2021, S. 256–265
    6. Schatz, Karsten ; Franco Moreno, Juan José ; Schäfer, Marco ; Rose, Alexander S. ; Ferrario, Valerio ; Pleiss, Jürgen ; Vázquez, Pere-Pau ; Ertl, Thomas ; u. a.: Visual Analysis of Large-Scale Protein-Ligand Interaction Data. In: Computer Graphics Forum Bd. 40 (2021), S. 394–408
    7. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Efficient Sparse Spherical K-Means for Document Clustering. In: Proceedings of the 21st ACM Symposium on Document Engineering, DocEng ’21. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2021
    8. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: ELSKE: Efficient Large-Scale Keyphrase Extraction. In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.05700 (2021)
    9. Frieß, Florian ; Becher, Michael ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas: Amortised Encoding for Large High-Resolution Displays. In: 2021 IEEE 11th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2021, S. 53–62
    10. Frey, Steffen ; Scheller, Stefan ; Karadimitriou, Nikolaos ; Lee, Dongwon ; Reina, Guido ; Steeb, Holger ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Analysis of Two-Phase Flow Displacement Processes in Porous Media. In: Computer Graphics Forum (2021)
    11. Schatz, Karsten ; Müller, Christoph ; Gralka, Patrick ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Straub, Alexander ; Schulz, Christoph ; Braun, Matthias ; Rau, Tobias ; u. a.: 2019 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest Winner: Visual Analysis of Structure Formation in Cosmic Evolution. In: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Bd. 41 (2021), S. 101–110
    12. Heinemann, Moritz ; Frey, Steffen ; Tkachev, Gleb ; Straub, Alexander ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual analysis of droplet dynamics in large-scale multiphase spray simulations. In: Journal of Visualization Bd. 24 (2021), S. 943–961
    13. Knittel, Johannes ; Lalama, Andrés ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Neural Decomposition to Explain Multivariate Data Sets. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 27 (2021), S. 1374–1384
    14. Schatz, Karsten ; Frieß, Florian ; Schäfer, Marco ; Buchholz, Patrick C. F. ; Pleiss, Jürgen ; Ertl, Thomas ; Krone, Michael: Analyzing the similarity of protein domains by clustering Molecular Surface Maps. In: Computers & Graphics Bd. 99 (2021), S. 114–127
  6. 2020

    1. Tang, Tan ; Li, Renzhong ; Wu, Xinke ; Liu, Shuhan ; Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Yu, Lingyun ; Ren, Peiran ; u. a.: PlotThread: Creating Expressive Storyline Visualizations using Reinforcement Learning. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 27, IEEE (2020), S. 294–303
    2. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: PyramidTags: Context-, Time- and Word Order-Aware Tag Maps to Explore Large Document Collections. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2020)
    3. Gralka, Patrick ; Wald, I. ; Geringer, S. ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas: Spatial Partitioning Strategies for Memory-Efficient Ray Tracing of Particles. In: 2020 IEEE 10th Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization (LDAV), 2020, S. 42–52
    4. Schatz, Karsten ; Frieß, Florian ; Schäfer, Marco ; Ertl, Thomas ; Krone, Michael: Analyzing Protein Similarity by Clustering Molecular Surface Maps. In: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 2020, S. 103–114
    5. Bruder, Valentin ; Müller, Christoph ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: On Evaluating Runtime Performance of Interactive Visualizations. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 26 (2020), S. 2848–2862
    6. Öney, Seyda ; Rodrigues, Nils ; Becher, Michael ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas ; Sedlmair, Michael ; Weiskopf, Daniel: Evaluation of Gaze Depth Estimation from Eye Tracking in Augmented Reality. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications-Short Paper (ETRA-SP) : ACM, 2020, S. 49:1–49:5
    7. Baumann, Martin ; Koch, Steffen ; John, Markus ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Visualization for Reflected Text Analytics. In: Reiter, N. ; Pichler, A. ; Kuhn, J. (Hrsg.) ; Reiter, N. ; Pichler, A. ; Kuhn, J. (Hrsg.): Reflektierte Algorithmische Textanalyse. Berlin : de Gruyter, 2020, S. 269–296
    8. Frieß, Florian ; Müller, Christoph ; Ertl, Thomas: Real-Time High-Resolution Visualisation. In: Krüger, J. ; Niessner, M. ; Stückler, J. (Hrsg.) ; Krüger, J. ; Niessner, M. ; Stückler, J. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Vision, Modeling, and Visualization (VMV) : The Eurographics Association, 2020, S. 127–135
    9. Frieß, Florian ; Braun, Matthias ; Bruder, Valentin ; Frey, Steffen ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas: Foveated Encoding for Large High-Resolution Displays. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 27 (2020), S. 1–10
    10. Becker, Franziska ; Drichel, Arthur ; Müller, Christoph ; Ertl, Thomas: Interpretable Visualizations of Deep Neural Networks for Domain Generation Algorithm Detection. In: 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security (VizSec) : IEEE, 2020, S. 25–29
    11. Baumann, Martin ; Minasyan, Harutyun ; Koch, Steffen ; Kurzhals, Kuno ; Ertl, Thomas: AnnoXplorer: A Scalable, Integrated Approach for the Visual Analysis of Text Annotations. In: Proc. 15th Int. Jt. Conf. Comput. Vis., Imaging and Comput. Graph. Theory and App. - IVAPP, 2020, S. 62–75
    12. Pathmanathan, Nelusa ; Becher, Michael ; Rodrigues, Nils ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Sedlmair, Michael: Eye vs. Head: Comparing Gaze Methods for Interaction in Augmented Reality. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA) : ACM, 2020, S. 50:1–50:5
    13. Pflüger, Hermann ; Thom, Dennis ; Schutz, Anna ; Bohde, Daniela ; Ertl, Thomas: VeCHArt: Visually Enhanced Comparison of Historic Art Using an Automated Line-Based Synchronization Technique. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 26, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2020), S. 3063–3076
    14. Straub, Alexander ; Ertl, Thomas: Visualization Techniques for Droplet Interfaces and Multiphase Flow. In: Lamanna, G. ; Tonini, S. ; Cossali, G. E. ; Weigand, B. (Hrsg.) ; Lamanna, G. ; Tonini, S. ; Cossali, G. E. ; Weigand, B. (Hrsg.): Droplet Interactions and Spray Processes, Fluid Mechanics and its Applications. Bd. 121 : Springer International Publishing, 2020, S. 203–214
  7. 2019

    1. Schatz, Karsten ; Krone, Michael ; Pleiss, Jürgen ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive visualization of biomolecules‘ dynamic and complex properties. In: Holm, C. ; Ertl, T. ; Schmauder, S. ; Kästner, J. ; Groß, J. (Hrsg.) The European Physical Journal (Special Topics) (2019), S. 1725–1739
    2. Zhang, Hui ; Frey, Steffen ; Steeb, Holger ; Uribe, David ; Ertl, Thomas ; Wang, Wenping: Visualization of Bubble Formation in Porous Media. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 25 (2019), S. 1060–1069
    3. Pflueger, Hermann ; Thom, Dennis ; Schuetz, Anna Christina ; Bohde, Daniela ; Ertl, Thomas: VeCHArt: Visually Enhanced Comparison of Historic Art Using an Automated Line-based Synchronization Technique. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2019)
    4. Rau, Tobias ; Zahn, Sebastian ; Krone, Michael ; Reina, Guido ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive CPU-based Ray Tracing of Solvent Excluded Surfaces. In: VCBM 19: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, VCBM ’19 : The Eurographics Association, 2019
    5. Gralka, Patrick ; Becher, Michael ; Braun, Matthias ; Frieß, Florian ; Müller, Christoph ; Rau, Tobias ; Schatz, Karsten ; Schulz, Christoph ; u. a.: MegaMol – a comprehensive prototyping framework for visualizations. In: The European Physical Journal (Special Topics) (2019), S. 1817–1829
    6. Straub, Alexander ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Ertl, Thomas: Visualization and Visual Analysis for Multiphase Flow. In: Cossali, G. E. ; Tonini, S. (Hrsg.) ; Cossali, G. E. ; Tonini, S. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the DIPSI Workshop 2019. Droplet Impact Phenomena & Spray Investigations. Bergamo, Italy : Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2019, S. 25–27
    7. Schatz, Karsten ; Krone, Michael ; Bauer, Tabea L. ; Ferrario, Valerio ; Pleiss, Jürgen ; Ertl, Thomas: Molecular Sombreros: Abstract Visualization of Binding Sites within Proteins. In: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine : The Eurographics Association, 2019, S. 225–237
    8. Tabiai, Ilyass ; Tkachev, Gleb ; Diehl, Patrick ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas ; Therriault, Daniel ; Lévesque, Martin: Hybrid image processing approach for autonomous crack area detection and tracking using local digital image correlation results applied to single-fiber interfacial debonding. In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics Bd. 216 (2019), S. 106485
    9. Bruder, Valentin ; Lahmar, Houssem Ben ; Hlawatsch, Marcel ; Frey, Steffen ; Burch, Michael ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Herschel, Melanie ; Ertl, Thomas: Volume-Based Large Dynamic Graph Analysis Supported by Evolution Provenance. In: Multimedia Tools and Applications Bd. 78 (2019), S. 32939–32965
    10. Bruder, Valentin ; Schulz, Christoph ; Bauer, Ruben ; Frey, Steffen ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Voronoi-Based Foveated Volume Rendering. In: Johansson, J. ; Sadlo, F. ; Marai, G. E. (Hrsg.) ; Johansson, J. ; Sadlo, F. ; Marai, G. E. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Eurographics Conference on Visualization - Short Papers (EuroVis) : Eurographics Association, 2019, S. 67–71
    11. Schatz, Karsten ; Müller, Christoph ; Gralka, Patrick ; Heinemann, Moritz ; Straub, Alexander ; Schulz, Christoph ; Braun, Matthias ; Rau, Tobias ; u. a.: Visual Analysis of Structure Formation in Cosmic Evolution. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Scientific Visualization Conference (SciVis), 2019, S. 33–41
    12. Tkachev, Gleb ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Local Prediction Models for Spatiotemporal Volume Visualization. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (2019)
    13. Blascheck, Tanja ; MacDonald Vermeulen, Lindsay ; Vermeulen, Jo ; Perin, Charles ; Willett, Wesley ; Ertl, Thomas ; Carpendale, Sheelagh: Exploration Strategies for Discovery of Interactivity in Visualizations. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics Bd. 25, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2019), S. 1407–1420
    14. Bruder, Valentin ; Kurzhals, Kuno ; Frey, Steffen ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Space-Time Volume Visualization of Gaze and Stimulus. In: Krejtz, K. ; Sharif, B. (Hrsg.) ; Krejtz, K. ; Sharif, B. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA) : ACM, 2019, S. 12:1–12:9
    15. Reina, Guido ; Gralka, Patrick ; Ertl, Thomas: A decade of particle-based scientific visualization. In: Holm, C. ; Ertl, T. ; Schmauder, S. ; Kästner, J. ; Groß, J. (Hrsg.) The European Physical Journal (Special Topics) (2019), S. 1705–1723
    16. Rau, Tobias ; Gralka, Patrick ; Fernandes, Oliver ; Reina, Guido ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: The Impact of Work Distribution on in Situ Visualization: A Case Study. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on In Situ Infrastructures for Enabling Extreme-Scale Analysis and Visualization, ISAV ’19. New York, NY, USA : ACM, 2019, S. 17–22
    17. Baumann, Martin ; John, Markus ; Pflüger, Hermann ; Herberichs, Cornelia ; Viehhauser, Gabriel ; Knopki, Wolfgang ; Ertl, Thomas: An Interactive Visualization for the Analysis of Annotated Text Variance in the Legendary Der Heiligen Leben, Redaktion. In: Leipzig Symp. Vis. App. (LEVIA ’19), 2019
    18. Müller, Christoph ; Braun, Matthias ; Ertl, Thomas: Optimised Molecular Graphics on the HoloLens. In: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, Osaka, Japan, March 23-27, 2019 : IEEE, 2019, S. 97–102
    19. John, Markus ; Baumann, Martin ; Schuetz, David ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: A Visual Approach for the Comparative Analysis of Character Networks in Narrative Texts. In: Proc. IEEE Pac. Vis. Symp. (PacificVis), 2019, S. 247–256
    20. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Hierarchical Quote Extraction for Content Insights. In: Madeiras Pereira, J. ; Raidou, R. G. (Hrsg.) ; Madeiras Pereira, J. ; Raidou, R. G. (Hrsg.): EuroVis 2019 - Posters : The Eurographics Association, 2019
    21. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Pattern-Based Semantic and Temporal Exploration of Social Media Messages. In: 2019 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2019, S. 134–135
  8. 2018

    1. Baumann, Martin ; Koch, Steffen ; Minasyan, Harutyun ; Ertl, Thomas: Zooming on Tokens: Seamless Display Modes for Annotation Analysis. In: IEEE VIS - Posters, 2018. — Rezensiertes Poster
    2. Knittel, Johannes ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Highlighting Text Regions of Interest with Character-Based LSTM Recurrent Networks. In: Postersession at the IEEE Conference on Visualization, 2018. — Rezensiertes Poster
    3. Gralka, Patrick ; Grottel, Sebastian ; Staib, Joachim ; Schatz, Karsten ; Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Hirschler, Manuel ; Krone, Michael ; Reina, Guido ; u. a.: 2016 IEEE Scientific Visualization Contest Winner: Visual and Structural Analysis of Point-based Simulation Ensembles. In: IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications Bd. 38 (2018), S. 106–117
    4. Straub, Alexander ; Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Boblest, Sebastian ; Kaufmann, Jonas ; Sadlo, Filip ; Weigand, Bernhard ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Analysis of Interface Deformation in Multiphase Flow. In: Cossali, G. E. ; Tonini, S. (Hrsg.) ; Cossali, G. E. ; Tonini, S. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the DIPSI Workshop 2018. Droplet Impact Phenomena & Spray Investigations. Bergamo, Italy : Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2018, S. 45–47
    5. Herr, Dominik ; Beck, Fabian ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Analytics for Decomposing Temporal Event Series of Production Lines. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Information Visualization (IV′18), 2018. — (to appear)
    6. Bruder, Valentin ; Hlawatsch, Marcel ; Frey, Steffen ; Burch, Michael ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Volume-Based Large Dynamic Graph Analytics. In: Banissi, E. ; Francese, R. ; Bannatyne, M. W. McK. ; Wyeld, T. G. ; Sarfraz, M. ; Pires, J. M. ; Ursyn, A. ; Bouali, F. ; u. a. (Hrsg.) ; Banissi, E. ; Francese, R. ; Bannatyne, M. W. McK. ; Wyeld, T. G. ; Sarfraz, M. ; Pires, J. M. ; Ursyn, A. ; Bouali, F. ; u. a. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the International Conference Information Visualisation (IV) : IEEE, 2018, S. 210–219
    7. Bradley, Chris P. ; Emamy, Nehzat ; Ertl, Thomas ; Göddeke, Dominik ; Hessenthaler, Andreas ; Klotz, Thomas ; Krämer, Aaron ; Krone, Michael ; u. a.: Enabling Detailed, Biophysics-Based Skeletal Muscle Models on HPC Systems. In: Frontiers in Physiology Bd. 9, Frontiers Media SA (2018)
    8. Frieß, Florian ; Landwehr, Mathias ; Bruder, Valentin ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Adaptive Encoder Settings for Interactive Remote Visualisation on High-Resolution Displays. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Large Data Analysis and Visualization - Short Papers (LDAV) : IEEE, 2018, S. 87–91
    9. Herr, Dominik ; Reinhardt, Jan ; Reina, Guido ; Krüger, Robert ; Ferrari, Rafael V ; Ertl, Thomas: Immersive Modular Factory Layout Planning using Augmented Reality. In: Procedia CIRP Bd. 72, Elsevier (2018), S. 1112–1117
    10. Müller, Christoph ; Krone, Michael ; Huber, Markus ; Biener, Verena ; Herr, Dominik ; Koch, Steffen ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; u. a.: Interactive Molecular Graphics for Augmented Reality Using HoloLens. In: Schreiber, F. ; Hofestädt, R. (Hrsg.) Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics Bd. 15 (2018)
    11. Schulz, Christoph ; Schatz, Karsten ; Krone, Michael ; Braun, Matthias ; Ertl, Thomas ; Weiskopf, Daniel: Uncertainty Visualization for Secondary Structures of Proteins. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis) : IEEE, 2018, S. 96–105
  9. 2017

    1. Gralka, Patrick ; Schulz, Christoph ; Reina, Guido ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Exploration of Memory Traces and Call Stacks. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Working Conference on Software Visualization (VISSOFT) : IEEE, 2017, S. 54–63
    2. Karch, Grzegorz Karol ; Straub, Alexander ; Sadlo, Filip ; Ertl, Thomas: Implicit Visualization of Vector Field Topology. In: Proceedings of TopoInVis, 2017. — Reviewed abstract
    3. Tkachev, Gleb ; Frey, Steffen ; Müller, Christoph ; Bruder, Valentin ; Ertl, Thomas: Prediction of Distributed Volume Visualization Performance to Support Render Hardware Acquisition. In: Association, E. (Hrsg.) ; Association, E. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualization (EGPGV) : Eurographics Association, 2017, S. 11–20
    4. John, Markus ; Richter, Christian ; Kuczera, Andreas ; Koch, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Interactive Visual Exploration of the Regesta Imperii. In: Proceedings of the Digital Humanities 2017 : Proceedings of the Digital Humanities 2017, 2017
    5. Heinemann, Moritz ; Bruder, Valentin ; Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Power Efficiency of Volume Raycasting on Mobile Devices. In: Association, E. (Hrsg.) ; Association, E. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the Eurographics Conference on Visualization (EuroVis) - Poster Track, 2017
    6. Frey, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Flow-Based Temporal Selection for Interactive Volume Visualization. In: Computer Graphics Forum Bd. 36 (2017), S. 153–165
    7. Blascheck, Tanja ; Schweizer, Markus ; Beck, Fabian ; Ertl, Thomas: Visual Comparison of Eye Movement Patterns. In: Computer Graphics Forum Bd. 36 (2017), S. 87–97
    8. Herr, Dominik ; Han, Qi ; Lohmann, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas: Hierarchy-based projection of high-dimensional Labeled Data to Reduce Visual Clutter. In: Computers & Graphics Bd. 62 (2017)
    9. Han, Qi ; Heimerl, Florian ; Codina-Filba, Joan ; Lohmann, Steffen ; Ertl, Thomas ; Wanner, Leo: Visual patent trend analysis for informed decision making in technology management. In: World Patent Information. Bd. 49, 2017
    10. John, Markus ; Bender, Michael ; Alscher, Stefan ; Müller, Andreas ; Koch, Steffen ; Kuhn, Jonas ; Richter, Sandra ; Rapp, Andrea ; u. a.: Korpuserschließung und Visualisierung deutschsprachiger Poetiken. In: Timme, F. &. (Hrsg.) Digitale Geisteswissenschaften, Frank & Timme (2017)
    11. Blascheck, Tanja ; Kurzhals, Kuno ; Raschke, Michael ; Burch, Michael ; Weiskopf, Daniel ; Ertl, Thomas: Visualization of Eye Tracking Data: A Taxonomy and Survey. In: Computer Graphics Forum Bd. 36 (2017), S. 260–284

Visualization

  • Volume visualization
  • Flow visualization
  • Particle visualization
  • Life science applications
  • Visual Analytics

Computer Graphics

  • GPU based techniques
  • Web based graphics
  • Graphics for mobile devices
  • Graphics clusters
  • Non-photorealistic rendering

Human Computer Interfaces

  • User interfaces for the disabled
  • Navigation systems for the blind
  • Semantic web and visual queries
  • Web-based learning platforms
  • Augmented and virtual reality
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SciVis 2020

EuroVis 2020 PacificVis 2020 Sibgrapi 2020

SciVis 2019

EuroVis 2019 PacificVis 2019 ChinaVis 2019
IEEE VAST 2016 Supercomputing 2015 SIGRAD 2015 SIBGRAPI 2016
EuroVis 2014 PacificVis 2014 SciVis 2013 VAST 2013
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  
  • Besides the reviewing duties related to program committee obligations I am reviewer for various journals (e.g. IEEE, TVCG, EG CGF, IEEE CG&A, ACM TOG, C&G, TVC) and conferences.
  • I review proposals for the DFG, the Austrian FWF, the Canadian NSERC, the Britisch Royal Society, and the Swedish Research Council
  • I wrote letters of reference for about numerous faculty positions in Germany (Berufungsgutachten) and for many tenure track or full professor positions worldwide.
  • Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 17.07.2020
  • Keynote – VMV 2019, Rostock, 2.10.2019
  • Keynote – VizAfrica 2019, Gaborone Botswana 19.11.2019
  • Keynote – ChinaVis 2019, Chengdu, China 23.07.2019
  • Dagstuhl-Seminar Visual Computing in Materials Sciences, Dagstuhl 11.04.2019              
  • Keynote – IEEE LDAV 2018, Berlin 21.10.2018
  • Summer Colloquium MPI-IS, Stuttgart 13.07.2018
  • Keynote VISUHU 2017, Zürich, 18.07.2017
  • Distinguished Lecture SCI, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA 05.02.2016
  • 56. International Supercomputing 2015, Frankfurt 15.07.2015

  • PacificVAST 2015, Hangzhou, China 14.04.2015

  • Shandong University,  CS School, Jinan, China, 07.04.2015

  • Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China, 03.04.2015

  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 02.04.2015

  • Estonian CS Summer School, Roosta, Estonia 18.-20-08.2014

  • Faraday Discussion 169, Nottingham, UK 08.05.2014

  • PacificVAST 2013, Sydney, Australia 26.02.2013

  • Keynote -  ISVC 2013 - Crete, Greece, 30.07.2013

  • SEUS Day TU Dresden - TU Dresden, 12.10.2012

  • Alcatel-Lucent Lecture - Universität Stuttgart, 23.10.2012

  • Kexnote  ISPDC 2012 - TU München, 29.06.2012

  • GMSV Summit 2012 - KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 26.04.2012

  • Informatiktag 2012 - Uni Erlangen, 20.04.2012

  • Keynote - Journee Visu - CEA Paris Bruyeres, France, 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, Sweden, 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

  • 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

  • Photogrammetrische Woche, Stuttgart13.09.2015  
  • Direktor Stuttgarter Zentrum für Simulationswissenschaften (SC SimTech) (2019-)
  • Sprecher Exzellenzcluster EXC 2075 „Data-Integrated Simulation Science“ (2019-)
  • Prorektor für Forschung und wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs der Universität Stuttgart (2015-2018)
  • Dekan der Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (2013-2015)
  • Prodekan der Fakultät für Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (2006-2010)
  • Mitglied des Forschungsrats (2013-2019)
  • Stellv. Direktor Stuttgart Research Center (Exzellenzcluster) SimTech (2007-2018)
  • Stellvertretender Sprecher des SFB 716 (2007-2018)
  • Mitglied des Senatsausschusses Forschung und Technologie (2006-2011)
  • Mitglied (stellv.) des Senatsausschusses Lehre (2005-2006)
  • Benutzerausschuss HLRS (2002-), RUS (2005-2007)
  • Sprecher des Institutsverbunds Informatik (2002-2003)
  • Geschäftsführender Direktor Institut für Informatik (2000-2002)
  • Vorsitzender Prüfungsausschuss Informatik und Softwaretechnik (2002-2006)
  • Vorsitzender und Mitglied unzähliger Berufungskommissionen
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