Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D in Computer Vision, Technical University of Berlin, 2008
• Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, 2002

Work experience

• Since 2024: Professor for Visual Computing
  • HTW Berlin, Germany
  • Duties includes: Research & teaching, supervision of PhD students
• 2020 - 2024: Professor for Image processing and Media Technology
  • EAH Jena, Germany
  • Duties included: Research & teaching, supervision of PhD students
• 2018 - 2020: Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer
  • Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Duties included: Research, project management and teaching
• 2017 - 2018: Senior Research Fellow
  • Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Duties included: Research and supervision of PhD students
• 2014 - 2017: CEO and Stereographer/Producer
  • Beijing imcube Technologies Co., Ltd., China
  • Duties included: Management of the company and supervision of 3D conversion projects
• 2012 - 2016: CEO/CTO
  • imcube labs GmbH, Germany
  • Duties included: Management of the company and leading the research activities
• 2008 - 2010: Project Manager (EXIST Forschungstransfer)
  • Spin-off “imcube Media” at Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Duties included: Setup of imcube labs GmbH and leading the research activities
• 2007 - 2008: Sartup Fellow (EXIST Gründerstipendium)
  • Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Duties included: R&D and preparation of a business plan
• 2002 - 2007: Research and Teaching Assistant
  • Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Duties included: PhD thesis and teaching

Memberships and voluntary work

• since 2007: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• since 2008: German Society of Television- and Cinema Technology (FKTG e.V.)
• since 2011: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• April 2014: General Chair and Technical Program Chair of the „3Tec - 3D Quality & Technology Summit and 2nd BFA Film Science & Technology Forum“
• 2018 - 2021: Special Session Chair for „Recent Advances in Immersive Imaging Technologies“ at EUSIPCO 2018, ICIP 2019 and MMSP 2021
• 2020 - 2021: Special Session Chair for „Models and Representations for Immersive Multimedia“ at MMSP 2020 and ICIP 2021
• 2019 - 2023: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
• 2023 - 2026: Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
• since 2026: Senior Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
• continuing: Reviewer for conferences and journals for Elsevier, ACM und IEEE