Matthias Zwicker
Scholar

Matthias Zwicker

Google Scholar ID: KW0FmzgAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park
Computer graphics
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
7,159
 
H-index
47
 
i10-index
102
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
26
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - He has served as a papers co-chair and conference chair of the IEEE/Eurographics Symposium on Point-Based Graphics, and as a papers co-chair for Eurographics and the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering
  • - He has been a member of program committees for various conferences including ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, and Eurographics
  • - He has served as an associate editor for journals such as the Computer Graphics Forum, IEEE TVCG, and the Visual Computer
Research Experience
  • - From 2003 to 2006, he was a post-doctoral associate with the computer graphics group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • - From 2006 to 2008, he held a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of California in San Diego
  • - From 2008-2017, he was a professor in Computer Science at the University of Bern, Switzerland, where he served as the head of the Computer Graphics Group and as director of undergraduate and graduate studies
  • - Since March 2017, he has been the Reginald Allan Hahne Endowed E-Nnovate Professor in Computer Science at UMD
Education
  • He obtained his PhD from ETH in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2003.
Background
  • Matthias Zwicker is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and currently serves as the Chair of the department. His research focus is on the intersection of artificial intelligence and computer graphics, with the goal of enabling next generation AR/VR and computer graphics applications.
Miscellany
  • - As an active member of the UMD community, he has served as a University Senator for the CS department
  • - He has served as a faculty co-lead in developing the new Immersive Media Design major
  • - He has served as a faculty mentor in the Gemstone Honors Program