Leif Kobbelt
Leif Kobbelt (born December 12, 1966 in Cologne) is a German university professor for Computer Science with a specialization on Computer Graphics. Since 2001 he is the head of the Institute for Computergraphics and Multimedia at RWTH Aachen university.
Life and career
After receiving his diploma in 1992 and his PhD in 1994 in Computer Science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology he worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Max Planck Institute of Computer Science before he switched to RWTH Aachen University in 2001. His research interests include 3D reconstruction, efficient geometry processing, realtime rendering and multi-media applications. Kobbelt published a substantial number of influential papers in international top-conferences and journals.[1] He also acts as a consultant, reviewer, and editor for international companies, research organizations and journals. For his research he was awarded with the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz price in 2000,[2] the Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contribution Award 2004,[3] the Günther Enderle Award (in 1999 and 2012),[4] an ERC Advanced Grant 2013 and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2014. He was nominated as a Fellow of the Eurographics Association (2008) and as Distinguished Professor of RWTH Aachen University (2013).
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References
- ↑ Google Scholar
- ↑ DFG Press Release, Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-Preis 2000
- ↑ Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contribution Award 2004
- ↑ RWTH Press Release, ERC Advanced Grant 2013
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