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General Information
Full Name | Stefan Bruckner |
Date of Birth | June 2, 1980 |
Languages | German, English |
Experience
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since 2023 Professor of Visual Analytics
Institute for Visual and Analytic Computing, University of Rostock, Germany -
2013 - 2023 Professor of Visualization
Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway -
2009 - 2010 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Graphics, Usability, and Visualization Lab, Simon Fraser University, Canada -
2008 - 2013 Assistant Professor
Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, TU Wien, Austria -
2004 - 2008 Research Assistant
Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, TU Wien, Austria
Education
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2012 Habilitation in Practical Computer Science
TU Wien, Austria - Degree: Privatdozent (Priv.-Doz.)
- Habilitation thesis: Visual Exploration and Analysis of Volumetric Data
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2008 PhD in Computer Science
TU Wien, Austria - Degree: Doctor technicae (Dr.techn.)
- Dissertation: Interactive Illustrative Volume Visualization
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2004 Master in Computer Science
TU Wien, Austria - Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.)
- Master's Thesis: Efficient Volume Visualization of Large Medical Datasets
Honors and Awards
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2023 - Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences 2023 (1st place)
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2022 - VMV Best Paper Award
- VINCI Best Short Paper Award
- Bio+MedVis Best Redesign Challenge Award
- VCBM Best Paper Honorable Mention
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2021 - VCBM Best Paper Honorable Mention
- IEEE TVCG Best Reviewer Honorable Mention
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2020 - CGI Best Interdisciplinary Presentation Award
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2019 - EuroVis Best Poster Award
- Dirk Bartz Prize for Visual Computing in Medicine 2019 (2nd place)
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2018 - Computers & Graphics Associate Editor of the Year
- ACM Distinguished Speaker
- IEEE SciVis Best Paper Honorable Mention
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2017 - SCCG Best Paper Award
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2015 - SCCG Best Paper Award
- IEEE TVCG Best Reviewer Award
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2014 - VCBM Best Paper Award
- VCBM Best Paper Honorable Mention
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2013 - SCCG Best Paper Award 2013
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2012 - Eurographics Recognition of Service Award
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2011 - Eurographics Young Researcher Award
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2010 - EuroVis Best Paper Award
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2007 - Eurographics 3rd Best Paper Award
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2006 - Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization
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2004 - CESCG Best Paper Award
- CESCG Best Presentation Award
Editorial Boards
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since 2022 - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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since 2014 - Computers & Graphics
Chairing and Organization
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2025 - ACM SIGSIM PADS Special Track Chair on Visualization
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2024 - IEEE VIS Workshop Chair
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2023 - EuroVis STAR Chair
- IEEE VIS Workshop Chair
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2022 - EuroVis STAR Chair
- IEEE VIS Tutorial Chair
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2021 - IEEE VIS Tutorial Chair
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2019 - Eurographics Medical Prize Chair
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2018 - IEEE PacificVis Paper Chair
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2017 - Eurographics Medical Prize Chair
- VCBM Paper Chair
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2016 - VCBM Paper Chair
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2012 - EuroVis Paper Chair
Juries and Award Committees
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2025 - IEEE PacificVis Best Journal Paper Committee
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2024 - VCBM Best Short Paper Committee
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2023 - IEEE VIS Paper Committee
- Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization Jury Member
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2022 - Eurographics Best PhD Award Committee
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2021 - Eurographics Best PhD Award Committee
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2020 - EuroVis Best PhD Award Committee
- VCBM Best Paper Committee
- Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization Jury Member
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2018 - Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization Jury Member
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2016 - Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization Jury Member
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2014 - Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for Medical Visualization Jury Member
Authoritative Bodies
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since 2025 - Member of the Study Commission for Computer Science, University of Rostock
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since 2024 - Speaker of the GI (German Informatics Society) Working Group for Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine
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since 2023 - Member of the Steering Committee of the GI (German Informatics Society) Division for Computer Graphics
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since 2019 - Member of the Eurographics Executive Committee
- Member of the Eurographcs Workshop Board
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2018 - 2023 - Member of the Mohn Medical Imaging and Visualization Centre Leadership Team, University of Bergen
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2017 - 2023 - Member of the Department Council for Informatics, University of Bergen
Program Committees
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2025 - IEEE PacificVis Journal Track
- IEEE VIS
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2024 - IEEE VIS
- Eurographics
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- EuroVis Short Papers
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2023 - IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE VIS
- IEEE VIS Short Papers
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2022 - IEEE PacificVis
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2021 - CAD/Graphics
- Computer Graphics International
- EuroVis
- IEEE VIS
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2020 - Computer Graphics International
- EuroVis
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE VIS
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2019 - ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
- Computer Graphics International
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- EuroVis
- IEEE VIS
- International Conference on Computational Visual Media
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2018 - ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
- Computational Visual Media
- Computer Graphics International
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- Pacific Graphics
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2017 - ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Visualization
- CAD/Graphics
- Computer Graphics International
- EuroVis
- Expressive
- IEEE PacificVis
- Pacific Graphics
- Spring Conference on Computer Graphics
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2016 - ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Symposium on Visualization
- ACM SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Briefs & Posters
- Computer Graphics International
- Eurographics
- EuroVis
- Expressive
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization
- Pacific Graphics
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2015 - CAD/Graphics
- Computer Graphics International
- Digital Heritage
- Eurographics
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- EuroVis
- Expressive
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization
- International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
- International Symposium on Visual Computing
- Pacific Graphics
- Spring Conference on Computer Graphics
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2014 - Computer Graphics International
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- Expressive
- IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization
- International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
- International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
- International Symposium on Visual Computing
- Pacific Graphics
- SIGRAD
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2013 - Computer Graphics International
- Digital Heritage
- Eurographics
- Expressive
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE VIS
- International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
- International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
- International Symposium on Visual Computing
- SIGRAD
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2012 - Computational Aesthetics
- Eurographics
- Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization
- IEEE VIS
- International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
- International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications
- International Symposium on Visual Computing
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2011 - Computational Aesthetics
- EuroVis
- IEEE PacificVis
- IEEE VIS
- International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
- International Symposium on Visual Computing
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2010 - Computational Aesthetics
- EuroVis
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2009 - EuroVis
- IEEE VIS
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2008 - Knowledge-Assisted Visualization
Supervised PhD Theses
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2025 Christoph Schmidt
University of Rostock, Germany - Title: Characterizing Annotations for Visual Analytics on Clinical Data
- Co-supervised with Heidrun Schumann
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2023 Yngve Sekse Kristiansen
University of Bergen, Norway -
2023 Eric Mörth
University of Bergen, Norway - Title: Scaling Up Medical Visualization: Multi-Modal, Multi-Patient, and Multi-Audience Approaches for Medical Data Exploration, Analysis and Communication
- Co-supervised with Noeska Smit
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2022 Laura Garrison
University of Bergen, Norway -
2022 Thomas Trautner
University of Bergen, Norway -
2020 Fabian Bolte
University of Bergen, Norway -
2018 Sergej Stoppel
University of Bergen, Norway - Title: User-Centric Parameter Specification for Interactive Virtual and Physical Visual Representations
- EuroVis Best PhD Award 2019
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2016 Johanna Schmidt
TU Wien, Austria - Title: Scalable Comparative Visualization: Visual Analysis of Local Features in Different Dataset Ensembles
- Co-supervised with Eduard Gröller
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2016 Alexey Karimov
TU Wien, Austria - Title: Guided Interactive Volume Editing in Medicine
- Co-supervised with Eduard Gröller
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2015 Peter Mindek
TU Wien, Austria