Thomas Ertl (computer scientist)
Thomas Ertl (born July 24, 1957 in Bamberg , Germany ) is a German computer scientist and has been a professor of practical computer science at the University of Stuttgart since 1999 , where he heads the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems (VIS) and the University's Visualization Institute (VISUS) .
Life
Ertl studied physics and computer science at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , earned a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder and a PhD in theoretical astrophysics at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . His research interests lie in the areas of visualization, computer graphics and human-computer interaction, in particular volume, flow and particle visualization, hierarchical data structures and adaptive processes, parallel and hardware-accelerated algorithms, graphics on the web and for mobile devices, visual analysis of texts and social media, as well as user interfaces and assistance systems for the blind.
Thomas Ertl is married and has two children.
Scientific activities
Thomas Ertl is co-author of over 400 refereed publications and an active member of program committees of many international graphics and visualization conferences. He served as editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics from 2007 to 2010 and as president of the Eurographics Association in 2011 and 2012 . He is the deputy coordinator of the Simulation Technology Cluster of Excellence and a member of the DFG-Review Board for Computer Science. From 2013 to 2015 he was Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Stuttgart, from 2015 to 2018 Vice-Rector for Research and Young Scientists and since 2019 Director of the Cluster of Excellence Data-Integrated Simulation Science . In October 2019 he was accepted into the newly founded IEEE VGTC VIS Academy . In addition to many other consulting functions, he is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the VRVis Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization in Vienna.
Awards and honors
- 2006 Outstanding Technical Contribution Award from the Eurographics Association
- 2006 Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Computer Society Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee
- 2007 election as a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- 2010 Outstanding Service Award from the IEEE Computer Society
- 2011 honorary doctorate from the Vienna University of Technology
- 2014 Honorary doctorate from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
- 2016 Distinguished Career Award from the Eurographics Association
- 2019 Visualization Career Award from the IEEE Technical Committee on Visualization and Graphics (VGTC)
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Ertl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the University of Stuttgart
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ertl, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German computer scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg , Germany |