Andreas Bulling

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bulling is Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Stuttgart, leading the Collaborative Artificial Intelligence research group at the Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems. He is also a founding director of the Stuttgart ELLIS Unit and serves on multiple prestigious boards including IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

• Education: MSc in Computer Science (KIT), PhD in Information Technology (ETH Zurich)
• Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Eye Tracking, Wearable Computing, Computer Vision, and Privacy-Preserving AI
• Scientific Leadership: UbiComp Steering Committee member, ACM ETRA General Chair (2020), and extensive editorial/guest editor roles
• Key Awards: ERC Starting Grant (2018), Henriette Herz Scout (2024), and multiple best paper awards at CHI, ETRA, and UIST
• Technical Contributions: Developed datasets (LPW, VisRecall++), created novel methods for gaze estimation, mental face reconstruction, and saliency prediction in visualizations

His work bridges AI and Human-Computer Interaction with applications in immersive systems and healthcare technologies.