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Stefan Bruckner is a Professor of Visualization, currently heading the Chair of Visual Analytics at the University of Rostock, Germany, after previously serving as a full Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway. He holds a master's (2004) and PhD (2008) in Computer Science from TU Wien, Austria, and an habilitation (2012). His research focuses on interactive visualization techniques, particularly in biomedical and data-driven contexts, with contributions spanning illustrative visualization, volume rendering, and narrative medical storytelling. He has led industry collaborations with GE Healthcare and Agfa HealthCare, resulting in 7 patents.
His academic roles include program co-chair for EuroVis, PacificVis, and the Eurographics Medical Prize, and editorial board membership in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics and Computers & Graphics. Awards include the Eurographics Young Researcher Award and Karl-Heinz-Höhne Award for Medical Visualization, alongside 11 best paper awards.
Research emphasizes narrative visualization for disease communication, user-centric medical data exploration, and innovative visual metaphors like Honeycomb Plots and ScrollyVis. His work bridges academic research with practical applications, fostering interdisciplinary collaborations in healthcare and computational biology.
