Person profile

Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr.techn. Dipl.-Ing.

Werner Purgathofer

Phone +43 1 58801 18655

E-Mailwerner.purgathofer@tuwien.ac.at

Assigned

E193-02

Business Card

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2516-7467

Research area

Name	Management/Member
Research Unit of Computer Graphics	Member

Profile

Research profile (German):

Rendering,Virtuelle Realität,Farbe,Visualisierung,Visual Analytics,Graphics Utilities

Research profile (English):

Rendering, Virtual Reality, Color, Visualization, Visual Analytics,Graphics Utilities

Additional information:

Forschungseinrichtung VRVis: http://www.vrvis.at/

Link to CV:

http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/

Publications:

Publications

Keywords

Keyword (German)	Keyword (English)
Farben in der Computergraphik	Colors for Computer Graphics
Computergraphik	Computer Graphics
Rendering	Rendering
Visualisierung	Visualization
Computerspiele	Computer Games

Research Focal Areas

Research focus	Research field	Keywords	Percentage
Information and Communication Technology	Media Informatics and Visual Computing	Computergraphik, Computer Vision, Visualisierung/Interaktive Visuelle Analyse, Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality, Content Based Retrieval, Human-Computer-Interaction, Socially Embedded Technologies, Cultural Heritage und Edutainment, Multimedia Networks	100

Faculty focus

Faculty focus	Percentage
Visual Computing andHuman-Centered Technology	100

Area of expertise according to Statistik Austria

Code	Area of expertise (German)	Area of expertise (English)
1124	Digitale Bildverarbeitung und Graphik	Digital image processing and graphics
1108	Informatik	Informatics
1144	Virtual Reality	Virtual reality

Reference Projects

Title	Funding program	Function	Website	From	Until
National, FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
VRVis	structural program	Lead	http://www.vrvis.at/	01.01.2010	31.12.2016
VRVis	structural program	Lead	http://www.vrvis.at	01.01.2017	31.12.2024

International award

Awarding Organization	Country	Program	Name	From
Eurographics Association	Switzerland	Eurographics Awards	Distinguished Career Award	01.09.2006
Technische Universität Iasi	Romania	Dr. honoris causa	Dr. honoris causa	01.06.2010
Eurographics Association	Switzerland	Eurographics Gold Medal	Eurographics Gold Medal	24.04.2017
Eurographics Association	Switzerland	Fellows	Fellow of the European Association for Computer Graphics "Eurographics"	30.04.1997
Hebei University of Technology	China	Guest Professor	Guest Professor	27.09.2017
Eurographics Association	Switzerland	Fellows	Honorary Fellow	30.11.2021
Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaft und Künste		Mitgliedschaft	Member of the European Academy of Sciences	01.01.2003

Membership in committee

Committee	Description	Location	Function	From-To	Comment
scientific circle	Computational Aesthetics Steering Committee	*	Member	06/2006 - 10/2012
scientific circle	Eurographics	Switzerland	Chairman	01/2010 - 12/2014	Vizepräsident bis 2012, Präsident ab 1.1.2013
	Eurographics Chairman	Switzerland		- 12/2014
scientific circle	Eurographics Conference Steering Committee	Switzerland	Chairman	03/2009 - 05/2013
scientific circle	Exekutivkomitee der Eurographics	Switzerland	Member	01/2010 - 12/2015
scientific circle	Exekutivkomitee der Eurographics	Switzerland	Member	01/1989 - 12/2006	gewähltes MitgliedMitgliedschaft im Exekutivkomitee der EurographicsMember of the Executive Committee of Eurographics
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	ICREA Senior Evaluation Committee	Spain	Member	01/2010 - 06/2011
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	Kommission für Wissenschaftliche Visualisierung an der Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften	Austria	Member	03/2001 - 12/2011	ÖAW Viskom stv. VorsitzStellv. Vorsitzender der Kommission für Wissenschaftliche Visualisierung an der Österr. Akademie der WissenschaftenVice-chair of the Commission for Scientific Visualisation of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	Microsoft Visual Computing Award der ÖAGM	Austria	Member	10/2010 - 05/2011
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	PRIP-Preis-Jury	Austria	Member	01/2002 - 12/2003	Jurymitglied
scientific circle	Publication-Board der Eurographics	Switzerland	Chairman	09/1993 - 12/2000	Publications-Board-ChairChair des Publication-Boards der EurographicsChair of the Publication-Board of Eurographics
scientific circle	Publication-Board der Eurographics	Switzerland	Member	09/1993 -	Editor der Proceedings-Reihe
	Publication-Board der Eurographics	Switzerland		- 12/2015
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	VRVis Scientific Advisory Committee	Austria	Chairman	01/2000 - 12/2007	VorsitzenderVorsitzender des Scientific Advisory Committees des Kplus-Kompetenzzentrums VRVis (www.vrvis.at)Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committees of the Kplus Competence Center VRVis (www.vrvis.at)
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH	Austria	Chairman	01/2000 - 12/2016	Präsident des Eigentümervereines
scientific committee/curatorship/institute	VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH	Austria	Chairman	01/2008 - 12/2016	Wissenschaftlicher Direktor

Journal participation

Title	Classification	Referenced	Function	From-To	Comment
Computer Graphics Forum	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	01/1994 - 12/2010
Computers & Graphics	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	01/2009 - 01/2016
Computing	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	10/1994 - 10/1997
Eurographics Proceedings	unclassified	Yes	Editor	01/1995 -	Series Editor of the Eurographics Proceedings Reihe (zusammen mit Werner Hansmann, Francois Sillion)
International Journal of High Performance Computer Graphics, Multimedia and Visualization	unclassified	Yes	Editorial board	01/1998 - 12/2001
The Visual Computer	SCI (Science Citation Index)	Yes	Editorial board	10/2004 -

R&D Accomplishments

Description	From	Until
Other categories
Organisation der Jahrestagung der Europäischen Computergraphik-Vereinigung "Eurographics'2006" in Wien	09/2006	09/2006
Organisation der Jahrestagung der Europäischen Computergraphik-Vereinigung "Eurographics'91" in Wien	09/1991	09/1991
Organisation des Eurographics Symposiums "Computational Geometry" in Wien	07/2005	07/2005
Organisation des Symposiums "Visual Computing Trends" (2009, 2011, 2013) zusammen mit dem VRVis Forschungszentrum	01/2009	01/2013
Ruf an die Universität Klagenfurt (abgelehnt)	04/1994	05/1994
Vorsitzender der Fachgruppe Informatik an der TU Wien	10/1991	12/1998

Events / Conferences

Category	Collaboration	Event name	From	Until	Function/Comments
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics (CESCG))	01/1997	12/2015	Allgemeine Leitung
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Austrographics 1986			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Eurographics Workshop on Rendering 1998			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Austrographics 1988			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Eurographics Annual Conference 2006			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Eurographics Annual Conference 1991			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium on Visual Computing Trends 2011			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium on Visual Computing Trends 2009			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium on Visual Computing Trends 2015			Conference Chair
Scientific Conference / Symposium	Organisator_in	Symposium on Visual Computing Trends 2013			Conference Chair