Martin Weier
RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
Wiesbaden, Germany
Martin Weier is a full professor for visual computing at the Hochschule RheinMain in Wiesbaden, Germany. He received his MSc in Computer Science from the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University Sankt Augustin and his Ph.D. from Saarland University, Germany. His research interests include perception and gaze-contingent rendering where he published a series of papers that deal with perception-driven techniques and gaze-contingent ray tracing systems in head-mounted displays. Martin’s other research interests include visual analytics, high-quality rendering approaches, compiler technologies, and virtual and augmented reality display systems.
Oliver Staadt
University of Rostock, Germany
Oliver Staadt is a full professor of Computer Science, Director of the Institute of Visual and Analytic Computing, and was, from 2016 to 2018, Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Rostock. He received a Master of Science in Computer Science and a PhD in Computer Science from TU Darmstadt and ETH Zurich, respectively. Prior to joining the University of Rostock, he was an Assistant Professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis, where he was also the director of the Virtual Reality Laboratory. His research interests include computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality, computer vision, telepresence, and visualization. He is a Fellow of Eurographics and a member of IEEE Computer Society and ACM SIGGRAPH.
Colin Groth
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Saarbrücken, Germany
Colin Groth received his MSc and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany in 2020 and 2024 respectively. Currently, he is working as a Postdoc in the Computer Graphics group of Hans-Peter Seidel at Max Planck Institute. His research interests include perceptual-driven techniques in VR, particularly for mitigating cybersickness. With his methods and research, he also likes to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and develop applications for real-time rendering, image processing, and augmented reality.
Bipul Mohanto
University of Rostock, Germany
Bipul Mohanto is a PhD student in the Visual Computing and Visual Analytics research group at the University of Rostock, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer science from the University of Eastern Finland, Finland, and the University Jean Monnet, France (Erasmus Mundus). His research focuses on perception-driven real-time physically-based rendering and the applied human perception in VR.
Alexander Marquardt
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
Sankt Augustin, Germany
Alexander Marquardt is a postdoctoral researcher at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (BRSU) in Germany. He received his MSc from BRSU and his PhD in computer science from the University of Bremen. His research focuses on developing multisensory user interfaces that enhance interaction and perception in XR environments, aiming to improve user experience and system effectiveness.
Corentin Salaün
Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Saarbrücken, Germany
Corentin Salaün is a PhD student in Hans-Peter Seidel’s computer graphics group at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Rennes 1. His research focuses on perception-guided physically-based rendering for offline and real-time applications.
Praneeth Chakravarthula
UNC Chapel Hill, USA
Praneeth Chakravarthula is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UNC Chapel Hill. His research interests lie at the intersection of optics, perception, graphics, optimization, and machine learning. Praneeth is a Senior Member of Optica, recipient of IEEE VR Best Dissertation Award, Timothy L. Quigg Inventor of the Year at UNC, and several Best Paper and Demo Awards. He completed his postdoctoral research at Princeton University, obtained PhD in computer science from UNC Chapel Hill, and B.Tech and M.Tech degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras.