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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Max-Planck-Institut f眉r Informatik</title>  <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="/favicon.ico"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/c/mpi-inf.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="/c/print.css">  <style type="text/css" media="screen"> a#n4-departments, a:link#n1-departments, a:visited#n1-departments {color: #fff;} a#n2-departments, a:link#n2-departments, a:visited#n2-departments {background: rgb(80%,85%,90%);} a#d4-homepage, a:link#d4-homepage, a:visited#d4-homepage {background: rgb(80%,85%,90%);} a#d4-people, a:link#d4-people, a:visited#d4-people {background: rgb(80%,85%,90%);} li.hps {margin-top:10px;} </style> </head> <body> <div id="head1o2"> <div id="mpiidotspacer"></div><div id="mpiidot"></div>  <ul id="nav1"> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/" title="Deutsche Startseite: Max-Planck-Institut f眉r Informatik" id="n1-deutsch">Deutsch</a></li> <li>| <a href="http://www.mpii.mpg.de/sitemap" title="All webpages of the institute at a glance" id="n1-sitemap">Site Map</a> </li> </ul>  </div> <div id="head2o2"> <div id="deco"> <img src="/g/photo/mpi-63.jpg" alt="Deco" height="100" width="180"> </div> <div id="mpiitext">max planck institut<br> informatik</div> <img id="mpiilogo" src="/g/mpii.jpg" alt="mpii" usemap="#Map" height="100" width="300"> <map name="Map" id="Map"><area shape="rect" coords="97,14,296,70" href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/" alt="mpii logo"><area shape="circle" coords="41,49,40" href="http://www.mpg.de/" alt="Minerva of the Max Planck Society"></map> </div> <div id="headerspacer"> </div> <div id="col2o2"> <div id="col2o2content">  <h1>Head of the Computer Graphics Department</h1> <table width="70%"> <tr> <td><h2>Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Seidel</h2></td> <td><img src="i/Web_Seidel_smaller.jpg" height="332" width="250"/></td> </tr> </table> <hr/> <h3>Contact</h3> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="10"> <tr cellpadding="3" valign="top"> <TD width="100">Address: <TD>Max-Planck-Institut Informatik<BR /> Saarland Informatics Campus <BR /> Campus E 1 4<br /> 66123 Saarbrücken<br /> Germany</TD> <TR> <TD>Room: <TD>201</TD> <TR> <TD>Phone: <TD>+49 681 9325-4000</TD> <TR> <TD>Fax: <TD>+49 681 9325-4099</TD> <TR> <TD>Email: <TD><A href="mailto:hpseidel@mpi-inf.mpg.de">hpseidel@mpi-inf.mpg.de</A></TD> <TR> <TD>Secretariat: <TD>Azadeh Asadi<BR /> <A href="mailto:ag4-sek@mpi-inf.mpg.de">ag4-sek@mpi-inf.mpg.de</A><BR /> Sabine Zimmer</TD> </TR> </TABLE> <hr/> <br /> <h3><strong>Education</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">24.04.1958</td> <td align="left">born in Stuttgart</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1977</td> <td align="left">Abitur, Staufer-Gymnasium Waiblingen</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1978 - 1984</td> <td align="left">Study of Mathematics und Physics, Tübingen University</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1984 - 1985</td> <td align="left">University of California, Berkeley, USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1985 - 1987</td> <td align="left">PhD in Mathematics, Tübingen University</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1986</td> <td align="left">Marriage with Stefanie Seidel, geb. Reiff, two children</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1987 - 1989</td> <td align="left">Habilitation in Computer Science, Tübingen University</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Fellowships and Professional Experience</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">1977 - 1984</td> <td align="left">German National Merit Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1984 - 1985</td> <td align="left">USA-Fellowship, German National Merit Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1985 - 1987</td> <td align="left">PhD-Fellowship, German National Merit Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1987 - 1989</td> <td align="left">Research Associate, WSI/GRIS, Tübingen University</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1989 - 1992</td> <td align="left">Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Waterloo, Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1992 - 1999</td> <td align="left">Full professor (Chair for Computer Graphics) Erlangen University</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1992 -</td> <td align="left">Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1999 -</td> <td align="left">Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science, Saarbrücken</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1999 -</td> <td align="left">Affiliated Professor, Saarland University, Saarbrücken</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Awards</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2017</td> <td align="left">Eurographics Medal</td> </tr> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2016</td> <td align="left">Solid Modeling Pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2012</td> <td align="left">Eurographics Distinguished Career Award</td> </tr> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2012</td> <td align="left">European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea</td> </tr> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2004</td> <td align="left">Founding Chair, Eurographics Awards Programme</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003</td> <td align="left">Leibniz-Prize, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003</td> <td align="left">Fellow, Eurographics Association</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2002</td> <td align="left">ACM Recognition of Service Award</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Journal Editorship</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2004 -</td> <td align="left">IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2001 -</td> <td align="left">International Journal of Shape Modeling (IJSM)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1999 -</td> <td align="left">The Visual Computer (TVC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1999 -</td> <td align="left">Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1995 -</td> <td align="left">Graphical Models (GMOD)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1993 -</td> <td align="left">Computer Graphics Forum (Chief Editor 1993 - 1999) (CGF)</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Conference Organization (2001 - 2004)</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100" align="left">2004</td> <td align="left">ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality (VRST) (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2004</td> <td align="left">Vision, Modeling and Visualization'04 (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2004</td> <td align="left">ACM Siggraph'04 (Papers Advisory Committee)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003</td> <td align="left">Dagstuhl Workshop on Hierarchical Methods in Computer Graphics (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003</td> <td align="left">Dagstuhl Workshop in Honor of Carl de Boor (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2002</td> <td align="left">ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2002</td> <td align="left">EUROGRAPHICS'02 (Program Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2002</td> <td align="left">Vision, Modeling and Visualization'02 (Program Co-Chair)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2001</td> <td align="left">ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling (Co-Chair)</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Other Academic Activities</strong></h3> <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="10"> <tr> <TD width="100"align="left">2005 -</td> <td align="left">Chair, European Association for Computer Graphics Eurographics)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2004 -</td> <td align="left">Election to DFG Fachkollegium Informatik</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2004</td> <td align="left">International Review Panel, Computer Science Departments</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="left">TU Delft, Univ. Leiden, The Netherlands</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2004 -</td> <td align="left">Executive Committee, Solid Modeling Association (Steering Committee</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="left">ACM Solid Modeling Symposium)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003 -</td> <td align="left">Co-Director, Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication</td> </tr> <tr><td align="left"> </td> <td align="left">Stanford/Saarbrücken</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2003 - 2004</td> <td align="left">Vice Chair, European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics)</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2001 - 2003</td> <td align="left">Managing Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">2000 - 2003</td> <td align="left">Perspectivenkommission CPTS, Max-Planck-Society</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1998 -</td> <td align="left">Scientific Advisory Board, Leibniz Minerva Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1998 - 1999</td> <td align="left">Stv. Sprecher, DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 603, Model Based Analysis and</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"> </td> <td align="left">Visualization of Complex Scenes and Sensor Data, Univ. Erlangen</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1997 - 1999</td> <td align="left">Coordinator, DAAD Bachelor-Master-Programm Comp. Engineering, Univ. Erlangen</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1996 - 1999</td> <td align="left">Stv. Sprecher, DFG Graduiertenkolleg 3D Image Analysis and Synthesis, Univ. Erlangen</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1996 - 1997</td> <td align="left">Managing Director, Computer Science Institute, Univ. Erlangen</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">1993 -</td> <td align="left">Eurographics Executive Committee</td> </tr> </table> <br /> <h3><strong>Grants</strong></h3> <p>Seidel has received grants from a wide range of organizations, including the German National Science Foundation (DFG), the German Government (BMBF), the European Community (EU), NATO, and the German-Israel Foundation (GIF). Some of his current project activities include: Coordinator EU project ViHAP3D, Coordinator EU Marie Curie Training Site for Complex Computer Systems at MPII, Co-Director Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication Stanford/Saarbrücken.</p> <p>In February 2003 Seidel was awarded the `Leibniz Prize', the most prestigious German research award from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Seidel is the first computer graphics researchers to receive this award.</p> <br /> <h3><A href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/computer-graphics/people/homepages/publications-from-2001/"><strong>Publications (from 2001)</strong></A></h3> <h3><A href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/computer-graphics/people/homepages/publications-from-1988/"><strong>Publications (from 1988)</strong></A></h3>  <div id="footer">Copyright 2005-2014 by <a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/" title="Home Page of the Max-Planck-Institute Informatik">Max-Planck-Institut Informatik</a> | <a href="https://imprint.mpi-klsb.mpg.de/inf/hpseidel">Impressum</a> | <a href="https://data-protection.mpi-klsb.mpg.de/inf/hpseidel">Datenschutz</a> page last modified 24 May 2018 </div> </div> </div> <div id="col1o2"> <div id="col1o2content"> <ul class="linklist"> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/" accesskey="h" title="Homepage Max-Planck-Institut Informatik, Saarbrücken" id="n2-homepage">Homepage</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/institute" accesskey="a" title="Research Programme, Structure, Managing Director, Address, Fachbeirat, Curatorship" id="n2-about">Institute</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/" title="Working groups, people, projects, software" id="n2-departments">Departments:</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/algorithms-complexity/" title="D1: Algorithms and Complexity">Algorithms & Complexity</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/computer-vision-and-multimodal-computing/" title="D2: Programming Logics">Programming Logics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/computational-biology-applied-algorithmics" title="D3: Computational Biology & Applied Algorithmics">Computational Biology & Applied Algorithmics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/departments/computer-graphics/" title="D4: Computer Graphics" id="d4-homepage">Computer Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpii.mpg.de/departments/databases-and-information-systems/" title="D5: Databases and Information Systems">Databases and Information Systems</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/news" accesskey="n" title="Press releases, spotlights, campus events, conferences, cooperations, guest information">News</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/institute/address" accesskey="l" title="Where you can find us, campus map, travel guide">Location</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/people" accesskey="p" title="People, rooms, email addresses, phone numbers">People</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/services" accesskey="s" title="Library, personnel and finance, central services">Services</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imprs-cs.de/" accesskey="r" title="The International Max Planck Research School for Computer Science" id="n2-imprs">Research School</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/mpc" accesskey="c" title="The Max Planck Center for Visual Computing and Communication" id="n2-mpc">Max Planck Center</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mpi-sb.mpg.de/sitemap" id="n2-sitemap" accesskey="m" title="All webpages of the Institute at a glance">Sitemap</a></li> </ul>  </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>