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 number1.445
Secretaries:   Frau Ulrike Ritzmann     +49-(0)711-7816-332  
Frau Marianne Jungjohann (VISUS)     +49-(0)711-7816-430  
Phone / Fax:   +49-(0)711-7816-331 / +49-(0)711-7816-340
E-mail:   Thomas.Ertl@vis.uni-stuttgart.de
Office hours:   Thursday, 1100 - 1200 and when ever the door is open 


  Curriculum Vitae and Images    
      CV (English 270 words)  
    
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      CV (Deutsch 200 Worte)         
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 Lebenslauf (Deutsch) 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

- CAE applications
- Non-photorealistic rendering
- Augmented and virtual reality

  Teaching    
      Classes for this semester  
Overview VIS teaching
      Diplom- und Studienarbeiten in Stuttgart (Web)    
 
Diplom- und Studienarbeiten in Erlangen (PDF)
 
my 19 PhD Students (Erstgutachter)
  
PhD theses reports (Zweitgutachter)
 
Former PhD students and other Alumni

  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
    
 Current normalized CITESEER citation rank: 2951  
     
 My h-number: 29  
  Awards and Academies    
      Outstanding Technical Contribution Award 2006 of the Eurographics Association
 
Technical Achievement Award 2006 of the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee
 
Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (since 2007)
  Boards    
      Member of the Executive Committee and Vice President of the Eurographics Association
 
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
      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    
      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 20 PhD theses and 5 Habilitation theses.

I wrote letters of reference for about 20 faculty positions in Germany (Berufungsgutachten)
and for about 10 tenure track or full professor positions in the US.
  Recent Talks    
      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
     
 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)






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