December 2021
SFB-TRR 161 Researchers among Most Cited Scholars in Their Fields
The most recent edition of the Stanford/Elsevier citation database ranks scholars according to the frequency with which their publications were cited. For 2020, five SFB-TRR 161 members ranked among the top 2% in their fields.
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University of Konstanz Researchers Receive Landeslehrpreis
SFB-TRR 161 project leaders Harald Reiterer and Falk Schreiber are part of a team of researchers who won the teaching award of the state of Baden-Württemberg for their teaching concept Media Exhibition Design. In different modules, students design and implement innovative exhibition concepts on current topics across university departments and disciplines.
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November
Exhibition - InComputable Imagery: Reimagining the brushstroke
A collaboration of the artist Liat Grayver (Berlin) and Oliver Deussen's e-David Painting Robot (Uni Konstanz) can be visited in an exhibition worth seeing at the Kulturzentrum am Münster in Konstanz.
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CommAward for "Stayin' Alive - Mit Seuchen leben"
Exhibition resulting from the teaching module "Media Exhibition Design" wins Gold at the CommAwards in the category "Raum".
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Artificial Intelligence Researchers at the University of Stuttgart Join European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS)
SFB-TRR 161 project leader Andreas Bulling is one of two founding directors of the Stuttgart ELLIS unit, which was successful with its application in a highly selective and competitive selection process.
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IEEE VIS 2021 Best Paper Honorable Mention Award for "SpEuler: Semantics-preserving Euler Diagrams"
Paper tackles the question of how highly overlapping set-typed data can be visualized comprehensibly.
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October
It’s All About the Money (?) – Self-Marketing and Negotiation Strategies for Women in Computer Science
Talk and coaching by negotiation expert and systemic coach Claudia Kimich.
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Daniel Weiskopf Receives 2021 VGTC Visualization Technical Achievement Award
With the award, the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee honors Daniel Weiskopf for his outstanding research on quantifiable approaches.
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German Informatics Society Appoints Oliver Deussen as Fellow
Award honors scientists for their outstanding achievements in computer science
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Michael Sedlmair Joins Editorial Board of TVCG as Associate Editor
Published by the IEEE Computer Society, TVCG is the top-tier journal in the field of visualization.
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September
New Pooling Workshops at the University of Stuttgart
Several workshops for female researchers and principal investigators will take place in October and November.
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May
Albrecht Schmidt Elected Member of the Leopoldina
Project leader Albrecht Schmidt has recently been elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina where he participates in the Informatics section.
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March
Miriam Butt Elected First Chairwoman of the German Linguistics Society
Miriam Butt from SFB-TRR 161's project D02 was elected first chairwoman of the German linguistics society Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) at their annual membership meeting in February.
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Project Leader Michael Sedlmair Appointed as W3 Professor
Michael Sedlmair was appointed to a permanent W3 professorship after only 2.5 years on a tenure-track professorship.
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February
fintechcube interview with Michael Sedlmair
Michael Sedlmair gave an interview for the fintechcube on Immersive Analytics: What are the strengths and weaknesses of the technology and where do we stand?
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