Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

• Position: Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Visual Computing, University of Stuttgart
• Address: VISUS, Allmandring 19, 70569 Stuttgart
• Email: dieter.schmalstieg@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
• Web: http://www.visus.uni-stuttgart.de/

Education

• 1995-1997: PhD in computer science at the Vienna University of Technology, thesis The Remote Rendering Pipeline - Managing Geometry and Bandwidth in Distributed Virtual Environments, graduation with highest distinction
• 1994-1995: Fulbright exchange program, Stanford University, California, USA
• 1989-1993: Master of computer science at the Vienna University of Technology, master thesis StoryBoard - A Programming Language for Computer Animation, graduation with highest distinction

Professional

• 2023-current: Director, Visualization Institute of the University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2023-current: Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Visual Computing, University of Stuttgart
• 2023-current: Adjunct professor, Institute of Visual Computing, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• 2012-2023: Head, Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology
• 2004-2023: Full professor for Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, Graz University of Technology
• 2017-2018: Visiting scientist, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
• 2008-2015: Director, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Handheld Augmented Reality, Graz University of Technology
• 2001: Habilitation in applied computer science, tenure promotion to associate professor at Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• 1999: Visiting scientist, University of Tübingen, Germany
• 1998: Visiting scientist, Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer Graphics, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
• 1996-2001: Universitätsassistent (lecturer), Vienna University of Technology
• 1995-1996: Research assistant at Vienna University of Technology
• 1993-1994: Research assistant at Vienna University of Technology
• 1991-1993: Teaching assistant at Vienna University of Technology

Teaching

• 2024-current: Course Real-Time Graphics, University of Stuttgart
• 2023-current: Course Introduction to Computer Graphics, University of Stuttgart
• 2006-2023: Course Computer Graphics, Graz University of Technology
• 2005-2023: Course Introduction to Scientific Work, Graz University of Technology
• 2005-2022: Course Virtual Reality, Graz University of Technology
• 2004-2015: Seminar Selected Topics in Computer Graphics, Graz University of Technology
• 2004-2023: Course Real-Time Graphics, Graz University of Technology
• 2009-2015: Course Distributed Systems, Graz University of Technology
• 2008-2014: Seminar Scientific Methods, Graz University of Technology
• 2010-2012: Course Real Time Graphics 2, Graz University of Technology
• 2008-2009: Course Augmented Reality, Graz University of Technology
• 2006-2009: Course Scene Graph Programming, Graz University of Technology
• 2005-2006: Course Visual Information Systems, Graz University of Technology
• 2005-2006: Course Image Analysis and Computer Graphics, Graz University of Technology
• 2004: Course Multimedia Interfaces, Vienna University of Technology
• 2002-2004: Course Location Based Services, Vienna University of Technology
• 2000-2004: Seminar Foundations of Scientific Work, Vienna University of Technology
• 1999-2003: Course Immersion, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA
• 1999: Course Multimedia Programming, Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences
• 1997-2005: Course Virtual Reality, Vienna University of Technology
• 1994-2004: Introductory seminar on computer science, seminar on computer graphics, research seminar on virtual reality, Vienna University of Technology
• 1995-2000: Teaching assistant on Computer graphics 2+3, Vienna University of Technology
• 1993-1994: Teaching assistant on Computer graphics, Vienna University of Technology
• 1991-2000: Teaching assistant on Introduction to computer science 2, Algorithms and data structures 1+2, Vienna University of Technology

PhD supervision

As primary advisor

• 2025: Dr. Ana Stanescu, State Detection for Augmented Reality Instructions
• 2024: Dr. Philip Voglreiter, Handling Real-World Data in Visual Computing: Algorithms and Applications
• 2024: Dr. Philipp Fleck, Situated Analytics: Data, Prototyping and Application Concepts for Augmented Reality
• 2021: Dr. Joerg Mueller, Shading Atlas Rendering for Virtual Reality
• 2020: Dr. Okan Erat, Image-Based Modeling and Rendering for Telepresence in Remote Exploration Scenarios
• 2020: Dr. Peter Mohr-Ziak, Retargeting Instructions to Augmented Reality
• 2020: Dr. W. Alexander Isop, Extended Reality Interfaces For Teleoperation Of Aerial Robots
• 2019: Dr. Thomas Geymayer, Exploring the Information Work Space
• 2019: Dr. Mark Dokter, Applications of Massively Parallel Geometry Processing
• 2019: Dr. Christoph Klug, Assistance for Measuring Human-Made Structures with Robotic Total Stations
• 2018: Dr. Christian Partl, Visual Analysis of Paths in Multivariate Graphs with Applications in Molecular Biology
• 2018: Dr. Bernhard Kerbl, Load Balancing for Hardware and Software Rendering on the Graphics Processing Unit
• 2015: Dr. Christian Pirchheim, Exploiting Constraints in Visual Localization and Mapping for Mobile Augmented Reality
• 2015: Dr. Andreas Hartl, Mobile Interactive Document Verification
• 2015: Dr. Markus Tatzgern, Situated Visualization in Augmented Reality
• 2015: Dr. Jens Grubert, Mobile Augmented Reality for Information Surfaces
• 2015: Dr. Lukas Gruber, Photometric registration for Augmented Reality in dynamic environments
• 2014: Dr. Rostislav Khlebnikov, Optical phenomena in participating media as metaphors for scientific visualization
• 2013: Dr. Markus Steinberger, Dynamic Resource Scheduling on Graphics Processors
• 2013: Dr. Tobias Langlotz, AR 2.0 - Social Media in Mobile Augmented Reality
• 2012: Dr. Alessandro Mulloni, Enhancing Handheld Navigation Systems with Augmented Reality
• 2012: Dr. Eduardo Veas, Augmented Reality Interfaces for Mobile Environmental Monitoring
• 2012: Dr. Alexander Lex, Visualization of Multidimensional Data with Applications in Molecular Biology
• 2011: Dr. Manuela Waldner, WIMP Interfaces for Emerging Display Environments
• 2011: Dr. Bernhard Kainz, Ray-Based Image Synthesis For Advanced Medical Applications
• 2011: Dr. Marc Streit, Guided Visual Analysis of Heterogeneous Data
• 2011: Dr. Gerhard Schall, Mobile Augmented Reality for Human Scale Interaction with Geospatial Models
• 2010: Dr. Markus Sareika, Urban Sketcher - Mixing Urban Realities using Mixed Reality
• 2010: Dr. Erick Mendez, On the Usage of Context for Augmented Reality Visualization
• 2010: Dr. Judith Mhl, Techniques for Interdisciplinary Validation by Visualization in Physiological Modeling Liver Radiofrequency Ablation
• 2009: Dr. Denis Kalkofen, Illustrative X-Ray Visualization in Augmented Reality Environments
• 2008: Dr. Joseph Newman, Ubiquitous Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments
• 2007: Dr. Daniel Wagner, Handheld Augmented Reality
• 2007: Dr. Alexander Bornik, Virtual Liver Surgery Planning: Virtual Reality based Tools for Radiological Tasks
• 2007: Dr. Ernst Kruijff, Unconventional 3D User Interfaces for Virtual Environments
• 2006: Dr. Istvan Barakonyi, Ubiquitous Animated Agents for Augmented Reality
• 2005: Dr. Bernhard Reitinger, Virtual Liver Surgery Planning: Simulation of Resections using Virtual Reality Techniques
• 2004: Dr. Hannes Kaufmann, Geometry Education with Augmented Reality
• 2004: Dr. Gerhard Reitmayr, On Software Design for Augmented Reality

As secondary advisor

• 2025: Dr. Christoph Ebner: Dynamic Multilayer Mixed Reality Displays
• 2023: Dr. Christina Schwarz-Gsaxner: Towards Clinical Translation of Augmented Reality: A Framework for Surgical Navigation in Head and Neck Procedures
• 2022: Dr. Thomas Neff: Alternative Shading Spaces for Streaming and Real-Time Rendering
• 2013: Dr. Stefanie Zollmann: Visualization in Outdoor Augmented Reality
• 2012: Dr. Manfred Klopschitz: Robust Reconstruction and Efficient Localization for Mobile Augmented Reality
• 2005: Dr. Thomas Psik: Designing multimodal interaction for configurable distributed systems
• 2002: Dr. Klaus Dorfmller-Ulhaas: Optical Tracking - From User Motion To 3D Interaction
• 2001: Dr. Peter Wonka: Occlusion Culling for Real-Time Rendering of Urban Environments
• 2001: Dr. Michael Wimmer: Representing and Rendering Distant Objects for Real-Time Visualization
• 2001: Dr. Gerd Hesina: Distributed Collaborative Augmented Reality
• 2001: Dr. Chris Faisstnauer: Priority Scheduling for Networked Virtual Environments

PhD graduates appointed as academic faculty

• 2020: Dr. Manuela Waldner, professor at Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• 2019: Dr. Eduardo Veas, professor at Graz University of Technology, Austria
• 2018: Dr. Markus Tatzgern, professor at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• 2017: Dr. Denis Kalkofen, professor at TU Graz, Austria
• 2016: Dr. Jens Grubert, professor at University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany
• 2016: Dr. Ernst Kruijff, professor at University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
• 2015: Dr. Markus Steinberger, junior group leader, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrcken, Germany
• 2015: Dr. Bernhard Kainz, professor at University of Erlangen, Germany
• 2015: Dr. Alexander Lex, professor at University of Utah, USA
• 2014: Dr. Tobias Langlotz, professor at University of Otago, NZ
• 2012: Dr. Marc Streit, professor at Johannes Keppler University Linz, Austria
• 2010: Dr. Hannes Kaufmann, professor at TU Wien, Austria
• 2009: Dr. Gerhard Reitmayr, professor at TU Graz, Austria

Research grants

• 2024: End-to-End View-Dependent Compressed Rendering, program: WEAVE, funding: German Research Foundation DFG, contract 528364066
• 2023: Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in Visual Computing, funding: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
• 2022: SNAP Mixed Reality Research Lab, funding: SNAP, Inc.
• 2022: SitA - Exploring the Design Space of Situated Analytics, funding: FWF, program: WEAVE, contract: I5912
• 2020: InpaintFusion - Real-time Three-Dimensional Diminished Reality, funding: FWF, contract: P33634
• 2019: InstantAvatar - Instant Generation of Photorealistic Human Models with Mobile Devices, funding: FFG, program: ICT of the Future, contract: 874065
• 2018: CAMed - Clinical Additive Manufacturing for Medical Applications, funding: FFG, program: COMET, contract: 20855180
• 2018: EnFaced - Virtual and Augmented Reality Training and Navigation Module for 3D-Printed Facial Defect Reconstructions, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: KLI678
• 2018: Immersive Analytics - Interactive Data Analysis Using Surfaces and Spaces, with: Tim Dwyer, Bruce Thomas, Kim Marriott, Mark Billinghurst, funding: Australian Research Council
• 2017: Virtual Welding NEXT, funding: FFG, program: Production of the Future, contract: 858705
• 2017: MATAHARI - Maintenance through Assistive Telepresence And Human-centered Augmented Reality in Industry, funding: FFG, program: Research Studio Austria
• 2017: Fully Programmable GPU Pipelines, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: I3007
• 2016: Scene Generation and Processing, with: VRVis GmbH, funding: FFG, program: COMET
• 2016: Hardware accelerated intelligent medical imaging, funding: Graz University of Technology, program: Post-Doc Pool BioTechMed-Graz
• 2015: IBROC - Image-Based Rendering of Clothes, funding: FFG, program: ICT of the Future
• 2015: Augur - Augmented Reality for Measurement Instruments, with: VRVis GmbH, funding: FFG, program: COMET
• 2015: AR Historical Visualization - AR Historical Scene Visualization on Graz Main Square, funding: CCCom GmbH
• 2014: UFO - Semi-Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction and Remote Collaboration, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: I1681
• 2014: Tiled Display for Tele-teaching, funding: Initiative Lehrverbund Informatik TU Graz/JKU Linz
• 2014: ClinicImppact - Clinical Intervention Modelling, Planning and Proof for Ablation Cancer Treatment, funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: 610886
• 2013: Simplify AR - Creation of AR-Supported User Manuals, with: VRVis GmbH, funding: FFG, program: COMET
• 2013: Magellan - Multimodal Authoring and Gaming Environment for Location-based Collaborative Adventures, funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: ICT-611526
• 2013: GoSmart - A Generic Open-end Simulation Environment for Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatment, funding: European Union, program: FP7
• 2013: CultAR - Culturally Enhanced Augmented Realities, funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: ICT-601139
• 2013: Building Visualization with AR, funding: SFG, program: Innovationsscheck
• 2012: Diagnosis of Tumor Heterogeneity, funding: Province of Styria, program: Human Technology Interface, contract: A3-22.M-5/2012-21
• 2012: AR4DOC - AR for Document Inspection, funding: Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Germany
• 2011: Managed Volume Processsing on the GPU, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P23329
• 2011: Computer Illustrated Reality, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P24021
• 2010: Caleydoplex - Collaborative Information Exploration, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P22902
• 2009: SMART Vidente - Subsurface Mobile Augmented Reality Technology, funding: FFG, program: FIT-IT, contract: 820922
• 2009: NARKISSOS - Real-Time Garment Fitting and Visualization on the Customer Body, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE
• 2009: InGeneIous - Visualization of biomolecular and clinical data, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE, contract: 822719
• 2009: Deskotheque - Spatial Awareness in Collaborative Multi-Display Environments, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE
• 2008: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Clinical Forensic Imaging, with: University of Graz, Medical University Graz, funding: Ludwig Boltzmann Society
• 2008: Handheld Augmented Reality, funding: Christian Doppler Society, program: Christian Doppler Laboratory
• 2007: VIPEM - Visual Analytics for Personalized Medicine, with: Medical University Graz, funding: Austrian Science Fund, program: Translational Research
• 2007: POMAR3D - Position and Orientation Technology for Mobile Augmented Reality, with: TeleConsult GesmbH, funding: FFG
• 2007: MARCUS - Mobile Augmented Reality and Context in Urban Scenarios, funding: European Union, program: PEOPLE International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
• 2007: IMPPACT - Image-Based Multi-Scale Physiological Planning for Ablation Cancer Treatment, funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: 233877
• 2007: HydroSys - Advanced spatial analysis tools for on-site environmental monitoring and management, funding: European Union, program: FP7, contract: 2254416
• 2007: Genopticum - Visual Data Mining for Genetic Data, with: Medical University Graz, funding: FFG, program: FIT-IT, contract: 813398
• 2007: Confluence of Vision and Graphics, funding: Austrian Science Fund, program: Doctoral College, contract W1209-N15
• 2006: Vidente - Augmented Reality System for Visualisation of Subsurface Utility Networks, funding: FFG, program: BRIDGE, contract: 811000
• 2006: PRESENCCIA - Presence: Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract: 27731
• 2006: IPCity - Presence and Interaction in Urban Environments, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract: 27571
• 2005: GenView - Analysis of Genetical and Clinical Data with Information Visualization and Multimodal User Interfaces, funding: Zukunftsfonds Steiermark
• 2005: A Handheld Augmented Reality Museum Guide, funding: Austrian Science Fund, program: Translational Research, contract: L32-N04
• 2004: ARIS*ER - Augmented Reality in Surgery, funding: European Union, program: Marie Curie RTN, contract: 512400
• 2003: Educating Spatial Intelligence Using Augmented Reality, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P16803
• 2002: Mobile Augmented Reality fr Drahtlose Informations-Systeme, funding: Austrian Ministry of Science, program: Research Infrastructures, contract: TUWP16
• 2002: Lab@Future, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract: 34204
• 2002: Collaborative Augmented Reality for Teaching, funding: Vienna University of Technology, contract: 9006.10/003/2001
• 2002: Augmented Reality for Pervasive Computing, funding: Austrian Science Fund Y193
• 2001: Virtual Showcases, funding: European Union, program: FP6, contract: 28610
• 2000: VRVis - Research Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization, funding: FFG, program: K-Plus
• 2000: Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P14470
• 1999: Real-Time Visualization of Urban Environments, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P13867
• 1998: Virtual Reality for Space-Craft Operation, funding: European Space Agency
• 1997: Studierstube - An augmented reality environment for scientific visualization, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P12074
• 1997: Platform for Animation and Virtual Reality, funding: European Union, program: FMRX, contract CT-96-0036
• 1996: Lodestar - A level of detail generator for VRML, funding: MicroGrafx Inc.
• 1996: Efficient remote rendering in distributed virtual environments, funding: Austrian Science Fund, contract: P11392

Scientific activities

Memberships in academic societies and advisory boards

• 2022: Member of IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy
• 2021: Fellow of the IEEE
• 2013: Key Researcher, Know-Center GmbH, Graz
• 2013: Member of Academia Europeae
• 2007: Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Junge Kurie (young class)
• 2002: Steering committee member of IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2004: Key Researcher, VRVis GmbH, Vienna
• 2000: Scientific Advisory Committee Member, VRVis GmbH, Vienna

Journal editor

• 2012: Guest editor, computers & graphics (Elsevier), special section on Augmented Reality
• 2011-2018: Associate editor in chief, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• 2009: Guest editor of Virtual Reality (Springer), special issue on Augmented Reality
• 2008-2011: Associate editor, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
• 2003-2008: Editorial advisory board member, computers & graphics (Elsevier)

Conference chairing

• 2015-2018: Liason with Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2018, 2014, 2005: Financial Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2013, 2010: Program Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference
• 2000-2011: Chair, EUROGRAPHICS Working Group on Virtual Environments
• 2009: Program Chair, Joint Virtual Reality Conference of EGVE, ICAT and EuroVR
• 2007: Chair, EUROGRAPHICS State of the Art Reports
• 2004: International Liason Co-Chair, IEEE Virtual Reality
• 2004: Publicity Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2006, 2003: Program Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2002: General Chair, IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
• 2000: Organizing Chair, EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Virtual Environments

Awards

• 2024: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE Virtual Reality, paper: Instant Segmentation and Fitting of Excavations in Subsurface Utility Engineering, with: Marco Stranner, Philipp Fleck, Clemens Arth
• 2023: Impact paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Experiences with Handheld Augmented Reality, with: Daniel Wagner
• 2023: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Exemplar-Based Inpainting for 6DOF Virtual Reality Photos, with: Shohei Mori, Denis Kalkofen
• 2022: Best journal paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Video See-Through Mixed Reality with Focus Cues, with: Christoph Ebner, Shohei Mori, Peter Mohr, Denis Kalkofen, Yifan Peng, Gordon Wetzstein
• 2022: Election into the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy, Inaugural Class
• 2022: Honorary Award at the IEEE VR Workshop 2022 on Open Access Tools and Libraries for Virtual Reality for Rag-Rug: An Open Source Toolkit for Situated Visualization and Analytics
• 2021: Elevation to IEEE Fellow
• 2020: IEEE ISMAR Career Impact Award
• 2019: Research Award of the Land Styria
• 2019: Nomination for best exhibit, ACM SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, exhibit: Shading Atlas Streaming Demonstration
• 2018: Impact paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Pose tracking from natural features on mobile phones, with: Daniel Wagner, Gerhard Reitmayr, Alessandro Mulloni, Tom Drummond
• 2018: Best paper award, IEEE Biomedical Engineering International Conference, paper: Pattern Recognition and Mixed Reality for Computer Aided Maxillofacial Surgery and Oncological Assessment, with: Antonio Pepe, Gianpaolo Trotta, Juergen Wallner, Christina Gsaxner, Jan Egger, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua
• 2017: Nikola Tesla Medal awarded to the most successful inventor by Graz University of Technology
• 2017: Best short paper award, EuroVis 2016, paper: Dynamic Label Placement for Forensic Volume Visualization, with: Christof Sirk, Denis Kalkofen, Alexander Bornik
• 2017: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE 3DUI, paper: Adaptive User Perspective Rendering for Handheld Augmented Reality, with: Peter Mohr, Markus Tatzgern, Jens Grubert, Denis Kalkofen
• 2016: Best paper honorable mention, EuroVis 2016, paper: Pathfinder: Visual Analysis of Paths in Graphs, with: Christian Partl, Samuel Gratzl, Marc Streit, Anne-Mai Wassermann, Hanspeter Pfister, Alexander Lex
• 2015: Human Technology Interface Research Award of the Province of Styria, paper: StratomeX: Guided Visual Exploration of Genomic Stratifications in Cancer, with: Marc Streit, Alexander Lex, Samuel Gratzl, Christian Partl, Hanspeter Pfister, Peter J. Park, Nils Gehlenborg
• 2015: Best paper award, IEEE ISMAR, paper: Instant Outdoor Localization and SLAM Initialization from 2.5D Maps, with: Clemens Arth, Christian Pirchheim, Jonathan Ventura, Vincent Lepetit
• 2014: Best paper honorable mention, EUROGRAPHICS 2014, paper: Parallel Generation of Architecture on the GPU, with: Markus Steinberger, Michael Kenzel, Bernhard Kainz, Jrg Mller, Peter Wonka
• 2014: Best paper honorable mention, ACM CHI, paper: Show me the Invisible: Guidance to Hidden Content, with: Thomas Geymayer, Markus Steinberger, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit
• 2013: Elected as member of the Academia Europaea
• 2013: Best poster honorable mention, IEEE SciVis, paper: Volume Rendering with Advanced GPU Scheduling Strategies, with: Philip Voglreiter, Markus Steinberger, Rostislav Khlebnikov, Bernhard Kainz
• 2012: IEEE Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award in recognition for seminal technical achievement in Augmented Reality
• 2012: Best paper award, IEEE BioVis, paper: enRoute: Dynamic Path Extraction from Biological Pathway Maps for In-Depth Experimental Data Analysis, with: Christian Partl, Alexander Lex, Denis Kalkofen, Marc Streit, Karl Kashofer
• 2012: Best paper award (rank 3), EuroVis 2012, paper: StratomeX: Visual Analysis of Large-Scale Heterogeneous Genomics Data for Cancer Subtype Characterization (Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Hans-Jrg Schulz, Christian Partl, Peter Park, Nils Gehlenborg
• 2011: Best paper honorable mention, ACM CHI, paper: Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management, with: Manuela Waldner, Markus Steinberger, Raphael Grasset
• 2011: Best paper award, ACM Symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Renderin, paper: Using Perceptual Features to Accelerate Ray-based Image Generation, with: Bernhard Kainz, Stefan Hauswiesner, Denis Kalkofen
• 2011: Best paper award, IEEE Information Visualization, paper: Context-Preserving Visual Links, with: Markus Steinberger, Manuela Waldner, Marc Streit, Alexander Lex
• 2010: Best student paper award, Graphics Interface 2010, paper: Visual Links Across Applications, with: Manuela Waldner, Werner Puff, Mark Streit, Alexander Lex
• 2009: Dr. Wolfgang Houska Award der Bank-Austria-Privatstiftung for the project Vidente
• 2008: Best paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Pose Tracking from Natural Features on Mobile Phones, with: Daniel Wagner, Gerhard Reitmayr, Alessandro Mulloni, Tom Drummond
• 2007: Rank 7 in the citation ranking of Austrian computer science researchers (over 100 listed) according to a study on computer science and communication research in Austria, conducted on behalf of the Austrian ministry of traffic, innovation and technology.
• 2007: Elected as member of Junge Kurie department of the Austrian Academy of Science
• 2007: Best student paper award, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, paper: Interactive Focus and Context Visualization for Augmented Reality, with: Denis Kalkofen, Erick Mendez
• 2004: Best paper award (rank 3) of computers & graphics, paper: Real-time View-dependent Image Warping to Correct Non-linear Distortion for Curved Virtual Showcase Displays, with: Oliver Bimber, Bernd Frorhlich, L. Miguel Encarnacao
• 2003: Best paper award nominee of INI-GraphicsNet, paper: The Studierstube Augmented Reality Project, with: Anton Fuhrmann, Gerd Hesina, Zsolt Szalavari, L. Miguel Encarnacao, Michael Gervautz, Werner Purgathofer
• 2002: START prize awarded by the Austrian Science Fund to significant young researchers
• 2000: Best paper honorable mention, IEEE Virtual Reality, paper: Priority Round Robin Scheduling for Very Large Virtual Environments
• 2000: Best paper award (rank 2) of Fraunhofer Haus der Graphischen Datenverarbeitung, paper: Using Transparent Props for Interaction with the Virtual Table, with: Zsolt Szalavari, L. Miguel Encarnacao
• 1997: Grant from the Austrian Science Fund to publish PhD thesis in the book series on computer graphics and computer vision of the Austrian Computer Society
• 1996: Best paper award, European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, paper: Implementing Gibsonian Virtual Environments, with: Michael Gervautz