Philipp Slusallek

Philipp Slusallek is a Professor for Computer Graphics at Saarland University since 1999 and Scientific Director at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), leading the "Agents and Simulated Reality" research area since 2008. He has held leadership roles such as Director for Research at the Intel Visual Computing Institute (2009-2017) and Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics (2002-2004). His affiliations include being a Principal Investigator in the German Excellence Cluster "Multimodal Computing and Interaction" (2007-2019) and a Visiting Professor at NVIDIA Research (2007-2008).

• PhD in Computer Science from Erlangen University
• Diploma in Physics from Frankfurt and Tübingen University

His research spans computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing, with contributions to real-time ray tracing, digital reality, motion synthesis, and domain-specific languages (DSLs). Recent work includes visual programming tools for image processing (2022), DSL frameworks for high-performance libraries (2018), and compiler optimizations for vectorized code (2018). Key themes include simulation technologies, programming models, and computational sciences.

Scientific honors include Fellow of Eurographics, Associate Editor of Computer Graphics Forum, membership in acatech (German National Academy of Science and Engineering), and advisory roles in AI policy. He has led research groups at institutions like Stanford University (Visiting Assistant Professor, 1998-1999) and the University of Tübingen (Researcher, 1990-1992).