Alain Pagani

Alain Pagani is a Principal Researcher and Deputy Director of the Augmented Vision department at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He leads a team of 10 PhD students and researchers, focusing on Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning.

Research Interests include 3D Computer Vision, Image-based Scene Reconstruction, Object Detection and Tracking, and Extended Reality (AR/VR) applications. His work spans both industrial and academic projects, such as the EU initiatives dAIEDGE, CORTEX², and FLUENTLY.

Scientific Awards include a Google Research Award, Best Paper Award (INI-GraphicsNet 2007 Honorable Mentions), and Best Paper Award (INI-GraphicsNet 2008 Honorable Mentions).

Projects like dAIEDGE (AI at the Edge) and CORTEX² (Collaborative XR) highlight his leadership in distributed AI and real-time extended reality systems. He has also coordinated EU projects such as LARA (Outdoor AR using Galileo) and Eyes of Things (Low-power Computer Vision).