Franziska Mueller

Franziska Mueller is a Research Scientist at Google Zurich, specializing in Augmented Perception. Prior to joining Google, she earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Saarland University under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Christian Theobalt, focusing on real-time hand reconstruction from RGB and depth images.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science (2016-2020) at Saarland University
• Master’s and Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Saarland University
• Research visits at Stanford University (2018) and Reality Labs Research (2019)

Her research emphasizes the integration of model-based techniques and machine learning components for real-time 3D hand pose estimation, occlusion handling, and hand-object interaction tracking. Key contributions include methods for single-camera reconstruction and datasets like HandSeg.

Scientific Awards:

• Dr. Eduard Martin Award (2021)
• Google PhD Fellowship (2017)
• Günter-Hotz-Medal (2016)
• Bachelor Award (2015)
• Völklinger Abiturpreis (2012)