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Matthias Niessner
Professor at Technical University Munich
Matthias Niessner is a German computer scientist, academic, and entrepreneur specializing in computer graphics and computer vision.1 He is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich, where he leads the Visual Computing Lab.13
Born in 1986, Niessner received his Ph.D. in computer graphics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 2013.12 His research focuses on 3D reconstruction, semantic scene understanding, and the intersection of computer graphics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.3
Career Highlights
- Professor at Technical University Munich (since 2017)23
- Co-founder of Synthesia Technologies (since 2017)2
- Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University (2013-2017)12
- Received Google Faculty Research Award (2017)1
- Awarded ERC Starting Grant "Scan2CAD" (2018)3
Notable Research
Niessner is known for his work on facial reenactment, including the development of Face2Face, the first system to manipulate facial expressions from consumer cameras in real-time.1 He has also contributed to 3D semantic scene understanding, developing ScanNet, a large-scale, densely-annotated 3D dataset.14
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2013)12
- Diploma in Computer Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2010)12
Niessner's research has significant impact in the field, with his papers on 3D reconstruction, facial manipulation, and scene understanding receiving thousands of citations.4
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