raunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Dieter Fellner Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD Fraunhoferstraße 5 64283 Darmstadt Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 6151 155 100 Fax.: +49 (0) 6151 155 105 Email: dieter.fellner@igd.fraunhofer.de http://www.igd.fraunhofer.de
raunhofer-gesellschaft (as of 2007) Facts & Numbers 56 Institutes in Germany 13.000 Employees 1,3 billion Research Budget Information & Communication Technology 13 Institutes and 2 Guest Institutes 1.250 Employees More than 180 million Research Budget 7 Alliances Microelectronics Production Information and Communication Technology Materials and Components Life Sciences Surface Technology and Photonics Defense and Security 2
raunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) Mission The Fraunhofer Institute for Technologies and Applications of Visualization, Interaction and Communication in the field of Information and Communication Technology Computer Graphics as enabling technology for information and telecommunication applications Facts and Numbers Director: Prof. Dr. techn. Dieter W. Fellner 4 Locations: Darmstadt, Rostock (Germany), Singapore and Graz (Austria) 180 Researchers (FTE) 14,7 Mio. Turnover 3
raunhofer IGD Darmstadt Departments Interactive Multimedia Appliances Industrial Applications Realtime Solutions for Simulation and Visual Analytics Virtual and Augmented Reality Graphic Information Systems 3D Knowldege Worlds & Semantics Visualization Cognitive Computing & Medical Imaging Security Technology in Graphics and Communication Systems 4
raunhofer IGD Rostock Department Interactive Document Engineering 5
AMTech Departments / Themes Virtual and Augmented Reality Real-time Rendering Modeling and Animation 6
oftware for Virtual Product Development and Simulated Reality Interaction and Modeling Visualization, Simulation and Optimization Cooperation and Mobility Information and Knowledge Management 7
R, AR, Interaction in (semi)immersive Environments and ultural Heritage Mixed Reality Systems Photorealistic Rendering Tracking Interaction 8
emantics and Location Based Information Systems 2-D, 3-D and Mobile) Semantic Annotation of Geo-Data Preservation of Semantics in the Modeling Process Visualization Technologies Quality of 3D City Models 9
usiness Intelligence and Visual Analytics Interactive Data Visualization and Analysis Combination of Statistical Methods with Human Perception Semantics based Search 10
nowledge Visualization and Visual Semantics Management Integrated Presentation of Raw Data, Meta Data and Semantic Models Knowledge Management Knowledge Visualization 11
nteractive Document Engineering Explicit and implicit Generation of Documents in Working Processes Generation of Meta Information (Semantic Enrichment) Context sensitive Retrieval and Adaption of Documents 12
sability und Utility Engineering User monitoring (e.g. with Eye-Gaze-Tracker or Emotion Glove) Evaluation of usability and user friendliness The software thinks too self-adaptive and intuitive user interfaces 13
T Security Biometrics 3D face recognition Security of content, document and product Secure mobile systems 14
mbient Intelligence and Ambient Assisted Living Communication technology, Sensors und Actors Middleware technologies for ad-hoc networks Self organization of equipment ensembles Acquisition of context information Knowledge based systems 15
edical Applications Radiation treatment planning Intra-operative support Dentistry: dental reconstruction and visualization 16