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:
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| Thomas Leimkühler | Ntumba Elie Nsampi | Felix Mujkanovic |
| Group Leader | PhD Student | PhD Student |
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| Stephanie Wenxin Liu | Linjie Lyu | Nils Schnorr |
| PhD Student | Associated PhD Student | Associated PhD Student |
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| Antonio D'Orazio | Fizza Rubab | Bao Huy Nguyen |
| Visiting PhD Student | External Collaborator | Masters Student |
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Xilong Zhou*, Bao-Huy Nguyen*, Loïc Magne, Vladislav Golyanik, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt
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Christian Stippel, Felix Mujkanovic, Thomas Leimkühler, Pedro Hermosilla
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Fizza Rubab, Ntumba Elie Nsampi, Martin Balint, Felix Mujkanovic, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel, Thomas Leimkühler
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Linjie Lyu, Valentin Deschaintre, Yannick Hold-Geoffroy, Miloš Hašan, Jae Shin Yoon, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt, Iliyan Georgiev
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Chao Wang, Zhihao Xia, Thomas Leimkühler, Karol Myszkowski, Cecilia Zhang
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Adarsh Djeacoumar, Felix Mujkanovic, Hans-Peter Seidel, Thomas Leimkühler
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Mojtaba Bemana, Thomas Leimkühler, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
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Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Marc Habermann, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhöfer, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt
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Johanna K. Didion, Krzysztof Wolski, Dennis Wittchen, David Coyle, Thomas Leimkühler, Paul Strohmeier
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Chao Wang, Krzysztof Wolski, Bernhard Kerbl, Ana Serrano, Mojtaba Bemana, Hans-Peter Seidel, Karol Myszkowski, Thomas Leimkühler
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Krzysztof Wolski, Adarsh Djeacoumar, Alireza Javanmardi, Hans-Peter Seidel, Christian Theobalt, Guillaume Cordonnier, Karol Myszkowski, George Drettakis, Xingang Pan, Thomas Leimkühler
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Felix Mujkanovic, Ntumba Elie Nsampi, Christian Theobalt, Hans-Peter Seidel, Thomas Leimkühler
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Nicolás Violante, Alban Gauthier, Stavros Diolatzis, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
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Wanyue Zhang, Rishabh Dabral, Thomas Leimkühler, Vladislav Golyanik, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt
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Chao Wang, Ana Serrano, Xingang Pan, Bin Chen, Hans-Peter Seidel, Karol Myszkowski, Christian Theobalt, Krzysztof Wolski, Thomas Leimkühler
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Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Marc Habermann, Shunsuke Saito, Michael Zollhöfer, Thomas Leimkühler, Christian Theobalt
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Ntumba Elie Nsampi, Adarsh Djeacoumar, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel, Thomas Leimkühler
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Chao Wang, Ana Serrano, Xingang Pan, Bin Chen, Karol Myszkowski, H.-P. Seidel, Christian Theobalt, Thomas Leimkühler
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Xingang Pan, Ayush Tewari, Thomas Leimkühler, Lingjie Liu, Abhimitra Meka, Christian Theobalt
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Bernhard Kerbl, Georgios Kopanas, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
Best Paper Award, Frontiers of Science Award
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Clément Jambon, Bernhard Kerbl, Georgios Kopanas, Stavros Diolatzis, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
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Georgios Kopanas, Thomas Leimkühler, Gilles Rainer, Clément Jambon, George Drettakis
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Linjie Lyu, Ayush Tewari, Thomas Leimkühler, Marc Habermann, Christian Theobalt
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Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
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Georgios Kopanas, Julien Philip, Thomas Leimkühler, George Drettakis
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Siddhant Prakash, Thomas Leimkühler, Simon Rodriguez, George Drettakis
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Simon Rodriguez, Thomas Leimkühler, Siddhant Prakash, Chris Wyman, Peter Shirley, George Drettakis
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Artificial Intelligence for Efficient Image-based View Synthesis
Thomas Leimkühler
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Thomas Leimkühler, Gurprit Singh, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
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Anton Kaplanyan, Anton Sochenov, Thomas Leimkühler, Mikhail Okunev, Todd Goodall, Gizem Rufo
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Thomas Leimkühler, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
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Thomas Leimkühler, Petr Kellnhofer, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
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Thomas Leimkühler, Gurprit Singh, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
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Thomas Leimkühler, Hans-Peter Seidel, Tobias Ritschel
Best Student Paper Award
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Thomas Leimkühler, Petr Kellnhofer, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
Michael A. J. Sweeney Award: Best Student Paper
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Petr Kellnhofer, Thomas Leimkühler, Tobias Ritschel, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel
Best Student Presentation Award
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| Summer 26 | Saarland U | Lecture | Realistic Image Synthesis (guest lecture) |
| Summer 26 | Saarland U | Lecture | Advanced Topics in Neural Rendering and Reconstruction |
| Summer 25 | Saarland U | Lecture | Realistic Image Synthesis (guest lecture) |
| Spring 24/25 | Princeton U | Lecture | Neural Rendering (guest lecture) |
| Winter 24/25 | Saarland U | Lecture | Advanced Topics in Neural Rendering and Reconstruction |
| Summer 24 | Saarland U | Lecture | Realistic Image Synthesis (guest lecture) |
| Summer 24 | Saarland U | Seminar | Classical Concepts of Computer Vision and Computer Graphics in the Neural Age |
| Winter 23/24 | Saarland U | Lecture | Advanced Topics in Neural Rendering and Reconstruction |
| Summer 22 | Saarland U | Seminar | Computer Vision and Machine Learning for Computer Graphics |
Occasionally, we 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.