Michael J. Black
Scholar

Michael J. Black

Google Scholar ID: 6NjbexEAAAAJ
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Computer VisionComputer GraphicsMachine LearningVirtual HumansDigital Humans
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
63,453
 
H-index
109
 
i10-index
334
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
176
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • 2025 Mark Everingham Prize (for the SMPL body model family)
  • 2024 ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Test-of-Time Award (for 'MoSh' paper)
  • 2023 IEEE PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award
  • Koenderink Prize for Fundamental Contributions in Computer Vision (2022 and 2010)
  • 2020 Longuet-Higgins Prize
  • 2013 Helmholtz Prize
  • Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Research Experience
  • Director of Perceiving Systems at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
  • Former positions at University of Toronto, Xerox PARC, and Brown University
  • Distinguished Amazon Scholar (2017–2021)
  • Co-founded Body Labs Inc. (acquired by Amazon in 2017)
  • Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Meshcapade GmbH