Gerd Bruder
Scholar

Gerd Bruder

Google Scholar ID: up3aPSwAAAAJ
Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Virtual RealityAugmented Reality3D User InterfacesPerception
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
6,016
 
H-index
43
 
i10-index
115
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
100
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand; “2021 Innovation Award” at TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2021, Washington (DC), USA; “Best Demo Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2021, Virtual Conference; “Best Demo Audience Choice Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2020, Virtual Conference; “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2019, New Orleans (LA), USA; “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2018, Tokyo, Japan; “Best Paper Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2018, Limassol, Cyprus; “Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2018, Limassol, Cyprus; “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2018, Berlin, Germany; “Best Student Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden; “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2016, Tokyo, Japan; “Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2016, Tokyo, Japan; “Best Poster Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2015, Kyoto, Japan; “Best Poster Audience Choice Award” at the ICAT-EGVE 2015, Kyoto, Japan; “Best Demo Award” at the GI VR/AR HMD App Contest, 2015, Bonn, Germany; “Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award” at the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2015.
Research Experience
  • Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida; Postdoctoral research at the University of Würzburg in Germany; Visiting research experiences at INRIA Rennes in France, among other places.
Education
  • Habilitation in Computer Science from the University of Hamburg, Germany, 2017; Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Münster, Germany, 2011; M.Sc. in Computer Science with minor in Mathematics from the University of Münster, Germany, 2009.
Background
  • Research interests include Extended Reality (XR) systems and technologies, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Metaverse, Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, Perception and Cognition, Display Optics and Vision Sciences, 3D User Interfaces, Modeling, Simulation, and Training, (Human) Digital Twins. About: Gerd Bruder is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, where he plays a leading role in advancing the frontiers of Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Miscellany
  • Application domains include healthcare, military operations & training, space, smart environments, architecture.