Alexander Marbach

Prof. Dr. Alexander Marbach is a Professor in the Creative Content Design department at the Faculty of Media, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. He teaches courses in game development, virtual production, and interactive media design, and has led "beta," Germany's largest game development project in higher education, since 2013.

His research focuses on the intersection of creative technologies and artificial intelligence. Key areas include:

• Realtime Graphics & Interaction: motion capture, virtual production, and game development.
• Applied AI in Computer Graphics: procedural content generation, image/video synthesis, and automated 3D environment creation.
• Assessment and Media Didactics: automated assessment methods and intelligent tutoring systems for digital education.
• VFX Production: leveraging AI techniques (e.g., Video2Video, NeRFs, Gaussian Splatting) for visual effects.

Prof. Marbach is a founding member of "Games&XR Mitteldeutschland eV" and the "RAL Gütegemeinschaft Serious Games". He serves on expert committees for the German Computer Game Award and the R42 Mentoring Program, and provides academic advisory services to external universities.