David Christian Schedl

David Christian Schedl is a Professor of Visual Computing at the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences, Campus Hagenberg. Previously, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Computer Graphics at Johannes Kepler University Linz (until 2021), and earned his Ph.D. there in 2018. He joined the Rendering group at Vienna University of Technology in 2012 and holds a Master's degree in Interactive Media from the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg (2011).

His research focuses on computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning, particularly optimal sampling strategies and novel algorithms for multi-view data like light fields. He leads the BAMBI project (2022–2025), which explores biodiversity monitoring using intelligent UAV sampling.

Key contributions include airborne radiance fields and wildlife accident risk modeling using Gaussian mixture models. His work intersects drone technology, synthetic aperture imaging, and ecological applications. He has supervised 3 academic works and actively participates in conferences such as EU Safety 2023 and camera trap AI workshops.

His affiliations include the Research Center Hagenberg and the Digital Media Lab. With over 43 publications and an h-index of 43, his research bridges academia and applied technologies in visual computing.