Thomas Auzinger

Thomas Auzinger is a Research Fellow and head of the AutoMold spin-off project at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). He previously held a postdoctoral position in Computational Fabrication under Prof. Bernd Bickel at ISTA. His educational background includes B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mathematical Physics from the University of Vienna and a PhD in Computer Graphics from TU Wien. He also completed entrepreneurial training through the I.E.C.T. Summer School and the Ludwig Boltzmann Society's Innovator’s Road Program.

His research focuses on computational design for fabrication, particularly in mechanical and optical applications, as well as visual computing topics like anti-aliasing and medical visualization. He leads business development for AutoMold, aiming to commercialize automated mold design in industrial tooling. He has published in top-tier journals and contributed to conferences as a Program Committee Member (Pacific Graphics 2016, Eurographics 2020 Short Paper track) and co-organizer (Symposium on Computational Fabrication 2016).

Auzinger has taught courses on rendering, visualization, and GPU programming at TU Wien and ISTA, and delivered invited courses on computational fabrication internationally. His work bridges academic research and industry application, emphasizing innovation in fabrication and visual computing.