Awards - Visual Computing

2024

H. Theisel: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best course in Summer Semester 2024 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Grundlagen der Computergraphik”. (Certificate)
C. Rössl: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best lecturer in Summer Semester 2024 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Einführung in die Informatik”. (Certificate)
T. Wilde: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best exercise course in Summer Semester 2024 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Einführung in die Informatik”. (Certificate)
C. Braune: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best scientific staff member in Summer Semester 2024 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University. (Certificate)

H. Theisel: AMiner AI 2000 Honorable Mention Most Influential Scholar Award for contributions to the field of Visualization between 2011 and 2020. https://www.aminer.cn/ai2000/visualization (Certificate) (Website)

T. Wilde: Teaching Award for second–best exercise course in Summer Semester 2018 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen”. (Certificate)
T. Günther: VPG Dissertation Award of the IEEE Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee (VGTC). (Certificate)
Tobias Günther, Alexander Kuhn, Hans-Christian Hege, Markus Gross and Holger Theisel: CGF Cover Contest 2018 Third Place Winner (Website)
C. Rössl: Teaching Award for third–best course in Winter Semester 2017/2018 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Ausgewählte Algorithmen in der Computergraphik”. (Certificate)
T. Wilde: Teaching Award for third–best exercise course in Winter Semester 2017/2018 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Computer Aided Geometric Design”. (Certificate)

T. Günther: Eurographics PhD Award of the European Association for Computer Graphics (Certificate)
T. Günther, A. Kuhn, H.-C. Hege, M. Gross and H. Theisel: CGF Cover Contest 2017 Second Place Winner with the contribution: Progressive Monte Carlo Rendering of Atmospheric Flow Features Across Scales. (Website)
H. Theisel: Best Associate Editor Award, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Certificate)

D. Lehmann: Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis; shared with S. Saalfeld). (Website)
APS/DFD Milton van Dyke Award Winner (Poster) with the contribution: T. Günther, A. Kuhn, H.–C. Hege, M. Gross and H. Theisel: Progressive Monte Carlo Rendering of Atmospheric Flow Features Across Scales. (Certificate)
T. Günther: Dissertation Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Dissertationspreis). (Certificate)
T. Günther: Dissertation Award of the University of Magdeburg (Dissertationspreis der OvGU). (Certificate)

T. Günther: Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis; shared with G. Krempl and D. Kottke). (Website)
A. Friederici: Student Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis für Studierende; shared with S. Räbiger). (Certificate)
Honorable Mention Award at IEEE SciVis 2015 for the paper: T. Günther, M. Schulze and H. Theisel: Rotation Invariant Vortices for Flow Visualization. (Certificate)

H. Theisel: Teaching Award for second–best course in Summer Semester 2014 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Flow Visualization”. (Certificate)
H. Theisel: Research Award “Otto–von–Guericke–Forschungspreis 2014” of the University of Magdeburg. (Website)
Winner of IEEE Visualization Contest 2014 with the contribution: T. Günther, M. Schulze, A. Friederici and H. Theisel: Visualizing the Aftermath of Volcanic Eruptions. (Certificate)
M. Schulze: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best exercise course in Winter Semester 2013/2014 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Einführung in die Informatik”. (Certificate)

T. Günther: Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis). (Website)
T. Günther: Student Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis für Studierende). (Certificate)
C. Rössl: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best course in Summer Semester 2013 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen”. (Certificate)
T. Günther: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best exercise course in Summer Semester 2013 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Algorithmische Geometrie”.
J. Martinez Esturo: Nomination for the GI Dissertation Award by the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University.
H. Theisel: Eurographics Recognition of Service Award. (Certificate)

SGP 2012 Third–Best Paper Award for the paper: M. Schulze, T. Germer, C. Rössl and H. Theisel: Stream Surface Parametrization by Flow–Orthogonal Front Lines, SGP 2012.
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C. Rössl: Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis). (Certificate)
C. Rössl: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best exercise course in Winter Semester 2011/12 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Ausgewählte Algorithmen in der Computergraphik”. (Certificate)
M. Schulze: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best exercise course in Summer Semester 2012 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Flow Visualization”. (Certificate)
M. Schulze: Teaching Award for third–best exercise in Winter Semester 2011/2012 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Computer Aided Geometric Design”. (Certificate)

D. Lehmann: Research Award of the Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University (FIN Forschungspreis; together with N. Siegmund). (Certificate)
Winner of IEEE Visualization Contest 2011 with the contribution: M. Otto, A. Kuhn, W. Engelke and H. Theisel: Visualizing Unsteady Vortical Behavior of a Centrifugal Pump. (Certificate)
H. Theisel: Teaching Award for second–best course in Winter Semester 2010/2011 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Einführung in die Informatik”. (Certificate)

Best Paper Award at IEEE Visualization 2010 conference for the paper: T.Weinkauf and H. Theisel: Streak Lines as Tangent Curves of a Derived Vector Field. (Certificate)
H. Theisel: Teaching Award “Held der Lehre” for best course in Summer Semester 2010 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Flow Visualization”. (Certificate)

H. Theisel: Teaching Award for second–best course in Winter Semester 2008/2009 at Faculty of Computer Science, Magdeburg University, for the course “Computer Aided Geometric Design”. (Certificate)
Collaboration Award of the DFG Priority program “Scalable Visual Analytics” for the paper: A. Tatu, G. Albuquerque, M. Eisemann, J. Schneidewind, H. Theisel, M. Magnor and D. Keim: Combining automated analysis and visualization techniques for effective exploration of high–dimensional data. IEEE VAST 2009.

T. Weinkauf: Karin–Witte–Award of the Otto–von–Guericke University Magdeburg for his PhD thesis. (Website)