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Image Synthesis and Machine Learning

Research Group

Computer GraphicsVisual Computing and Artificial Intelligence

 

Teaser

 

Our group conducts research at the intersection of visual computing and machine learning. We develop algorithms that enable fast and high-quality image generation for interactive virtual environments. To this end, we consider a broad range of approaches to image synthesis.

Our research interests include:

  • Machine learning for visual computing
  • Neural signal representations
  • Generative models
  • Data-driven/neural rendering
  • Physically-based rendering
  • Inverse rendering
  • Efficient parallel algorithms

Team

 

Thomas Leimkuehler Ntumba Elie Nsampi Felix Mujkanovic
Thomas Leimkühler Ntumba Elie Nsampi Felix Mujkanovic
Group Leader PhD Student PhD Student
 
Linjie Lyu Adarsh Djeacoumar Adarsh Djeacoumar
Linjie Lyu Stephanie Wenxin Liu Adarsh Djeacoumar
Asssociated PhD Student Research Scientist Research Assistant
 
Fizza Rubab
Fizza Rubab
Research Intern

Publications

 

2024

Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Marc Habermann, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhöfer, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
Johanna K. Didion, Krzysztof Wolski, Dennis Wittchen, David Coyle, Thomas Leimkühler, Paul Strohmeier
UIST 2024
Chao Wang, Krzysztof Wolski, Bernhard Kerbl, Ana Serrano, Mojtaba Bemana, Hans-Peter Seidel, Karol Myszkowski, Thomas Leimkühler
Pacific Graphics 2024
Krzysztof Wolski, Adarsh Djeacoumar, Alireza Javanmardi, Hans-Peter Seidel, Christian Theobalt, Guillaume Cordonnier, Karol Myszkowski, George Drettakis, Xingang Pan, Thomas Leimkühler
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2024)
Felix Mujkanovic, Ntumba Elie Nsampi, Christian Theobalt, Hans-Peter Seidel, Thomas Leimkühler
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2024)
Nicolás Violante, Alban Gauthier, Stavros Diolatzis, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
Eurographics 2024
Wanyue Zhang, Rishabh Dabral, Thomas Leimkühler, Vladislav Golyanik, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt
3DV 2024

2023

Chao Wang, Ana Serrano, Xingang Pan, Bin Chen, Hans-Peter Seidel, Karol Myszkowski, Christian Theobalt, Krzysztof Wolski, Thomas Leimkühler
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023)
Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Marc Habermann, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhöfer, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023)
Ntumba Elie Nsampi, Adarsh Djeacoumar, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel, Thomas Leimkühler
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023)
Chao Wang, Ana Serrano, Xingang Pan, Bin Chen, Karol Myszkowski, H.-P. Seidel, Christian Theobalt, Thomas Leimkühler
ICCV 2023
Xingang Pan, Ayush Tewari, Thomas Leimkühler, Lingjie Liu, Abhimitra Meka, Christian Theobalt
SIGGRAPH 2023
Bernhard Kerbl, Georgios Kopanas, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2023)
Best Paper Award
Clément Jambon, Bernhard Kerbl, Georgios Kopanas, Stavros Diolatzis, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
ACM i3D 2023

2022

Georgios Kopanas, Thomas Leimkühler, Gilles Rainer, Clément Jambon, George Drettakis
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2022)
Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Thomas Leimkühler, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt
ECCV 2022 (Oral)

2021

Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021)
Georgios Kopanas, Julien Philip, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
Computer Graphics Forum (EGSR 2021)
Siddhant Prakash, Thomas Leimkühler, Simon Rodriguez, George Drettakis
ACM i3D 2021

2020

Simon Rodriguez, Thomas Leimkühler, Siddhant Prakash, Chris Wyman, Peter Shirley, George Drettakis
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2020)

2019

Artificial Intelligence for Efficient Image-based View Synthesis
Thomas Leimkühler
PhD Thesis, Saarland University, 2019
Thomas Leimkühler, Gurprit Singh, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2019)
Anton Kaplanyan, Anton Sochenov, Thomas Leimkühler, Mikhail Okunev, Todd Goodall, Gizem Rufo
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia 2019)

2018

Thomas Leimkühler, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2018)
Thomas Leimkühler, Petr Kellnhofer, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2018
Thomas Leimkühler, Gurprit Singh, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
arXiv 1806.06710, 2018

2015 - 2017

Thomas Leimkühler, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
Computer Graphics Forum (EGSR 2017)
Best Student Paper Award
Thomas Leimkühler, Petr Kellnhofer, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
Graphics Interface 2016
Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: Best Student Paper
Petr Kellnhofer, Thomas Leimkühler, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
ACM Symposium on Applied Perception 2015
Best Student Presentation Award

Positions

 

We are looking for motivated PhD candidates to carry out research in the interdisciplinary area of image synthesis and machine learning. Requirements are

  • a Master’s degree or equivalent in computer science, mathematics, or physics,
  • solid knowledge in computer graphics and/or machine learning,
  • a strong background in mathematics and programming,
  • good communication skills.
Occasionally, we also offer research internship positions (6+ months, Master's students preferred) and Master's thesis topics.

If you are interested in a position, please email Thomas Leimkühler with a brief description of yourself and why you are motivated to join us specifically. Please also include your CV and academic transcripts. Please be aware that incomplete or unspecific applications cannot be considered.