Dieter Fellner

Dieter Fellner is a Professor of Computer Science at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, and Director of the Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics (IGD). He also serves as Founding Director of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Knowledge Visualization at Graz University of Technology, Austria. His career spans multiple prestigious institutions including University of Bonn, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and University of Technology Braunschweig.

Dr. Fellner's research focuses on algorithms integrating modeling and rendering, digital libraries, virtual/augmented reality, collision detection, and radio wave propagation simulation. His work in digital libraries led to a DFG-funded strategic initiative (1997-2005) involving 50 researchers annually across 21 groups.

The 15 most recent articles highlight his expertise in 3D document modeling, stereoscopic projection, subdivision surfaces, and color quantization. His publications include influential textbooks like the German standard on computer graphics (1988) and Digitale Bibliotheken (2000).

• 2000 Fellow of the Eurographics Association
• Best Technical Paper Award (Günther Enderle Award) at Eurographics’98
• 2007 IST Advisory Group (ISTAG) Member for the European Commission
• 2019 Honorary Doctorate from University of Rostock

Dr. Fellner actively participates in editorial boards of journals like Computer Graphics Forum, IEEE CG&A, and JOCCH, and serves on program committees for conferences such as Eurographics, VSMM, and ACM Web3D. His leadership roles include Chairmanship of the Eurographics Association (1999-2000) and Directorship of Fraunhofer IGD (since 2006).