Professor Dr. Rüdiger Westermann

Biography

Rüdiger Westermann is a prominent figure in the field of computer graphics and visualization. His research primarily focuses on practical computer science applications, particularly in developing efficient algorithms for real-time photorealistic rendering of large data models and interactive visual data exploration. He has made significant contributions to volume visualization, topology optimization, and image-based reconstruction of 3D models. Westermann holds a doctorate obtained in 1996 from the University of Dortmund under the supervision of Professor H. Müller. He has previously worked as a research assistant at GMD St. Augustin in Bonn and joined the group of Professor T. Ertl at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg as a postdoctoral researcher in 1998. He has held research positions at prestigious institutions such as Caltech and the University of Utah. In 2001, he accepted a C3 professorship at RWTH Aachen University and has been the head of the Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since 2003.

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