Dieter Schmalstieg

Dieter Schmalstieg is a full professor and head of the Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision at Graz University of Technology, Austria. His research focuses on augmented reality, virtual reality, computer graphics, visualization, and human-computer interaction. He earned Dipl.-Ing. (1993), Dr. techn. (1997), and Habilitation (2001) degrees from Vienna University of Technology.

• Over 400 peer-reviewed publications with 20,000+ citations
• Twenty+ best paper awards and nominations

His research areas include:

• Augmented and Virtual Reality
• Computer Graphics
• Interactive Visualization

Organizational roles:

• Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
• Member, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality steering committee
• Chair, EUROGRAPHICS Working Group on Virtual Environments (1999–2010)

Key affiliations:

• K-Plus Competence Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization (Vienna)
• Know-Center (Graz)
• Founder, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Handheld Augmented Reality (2008)

Scientific honors:

• START Career Award (2002)
• IEEE Technical Achievement Award (2012)
• IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award (2020)
• Fellow of IEEE
• Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Member, Academia Europaea