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Bastian Leibe

Postdoc in Computer Science

Research interests

Object Recognition and Categorization in Computer Vision, Machine Learning.

Advisor: Bernt Schiele

Education

Dr. Sc. tech.
ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 2004. 

Dipl.-Informatiker (M.Sc. in Computer Science)
Univ. Stuttgart, Germany, 2001. 

M.Sc. in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, 1999.

 

Honors and Awards

2004 ETH Medal for my dissertation

2004 DAGM Main Prize (DAGM'04 Best Paper Award)

2001 infos Price for Outstanding Diploma

2000 VR'2000 Best Paper Award

1994-2000 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)

 

Experience

Multimodal Interactive Systems Group, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Postdoc (Oct'04 - Dec'05)
Focus: Object Detection and Categorization

Perceptual Computing and Computer Vision Group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
PhD student (March'01 - Sep'04)
Thesis topic: Interleaved Object Categorization and Segmentation

University of Stuttgart, Germany
Teaching assistant (October'99 - July'00)
Courses: Theoretical Computer Science I and II

Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Graduate student (September'98 - August'99)
Advisor: Thad Starner
Projects: The Perceptive Workbench, Design and Integration of Wireless Gesture Tracking, Object Tracking, and 3D Object Reconstruction for Interaction in VR Environments.

Short Bio

Bastian Leibe completed his PhD on "Interleaved Object Categorization and Segmentation" in the Perceptual Computing and Computer Vision Group (PCCV), Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

His current research interests are in computer vision, particularly object detection, categorization, and top-down segmentation. He has been working on the CogVis project.

Before starting his PhD, Bastian obtained a M.Sc. (Dipl.Inf.) in Computer Science from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 2001, and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, in 1999. His master's thesis in Stuttgart, titled Object Recognition Without Segmentation from Range Images, investigates the use of histogram-based statistical techniques for visual object recognition in the special case of range data. Bastian's research at Georgia Tech focused on using computer vision techniques to create a wireless interface for interaction in VR environments. The resulting system, named the Perceptive Workbench, combines real-time deictic gesture tracking, object tracking, and 3D reconstruction capabilities in a common framework.

Bastian is a fellow of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung). In 2000 he received the VR'2000 best paper award together with Thad Starner, William Ribarsky, and Larry Hodges from Georgia Tech honoring their paper "The Perceptive Workbench: Toward Spontaneous Interaction in Semi-Immersive Environments".

Publications