Dieter W. Fellner

Dieter W. Fellner is Professor of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt, Germany, and Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, also in Darmstadt.

His research activities in recent years have included efficient rendering and visualization algorithms, generative and reconstructive modeling, virtual and augmented reality, graphical aspects of Internet-based multimedia information systems, cultural heritage and digital libraries as well as visual healthcare technologies.

Currently, he is coordinating a strategic initiative for the development of a digital twin solution for medicine/healthcare.

In addition to his responsibilities in Darmstadt, he is CEO of Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH and holds a professorship at Graz University of Technology (Austria). Since January 2016, he has been chairman of Fraunhofer Information and Communication Technology Group (IUK-Verbund) and a member of the Fraunhofer Presidential Council.  Since 2017, Prof. Fellner has been a member of the board of Fraunhofer Singapore.

Furthermore, he sits on the editorial boards of a number of leading journals for computer graphics, cultural heritage and digital libraries, and is a member of the program committees of many international conferences and workshops.

He is a member of Academia Europaea and a fellow of the Eurographics Association, and received the Eurographics Gold Medal in 2018.

In 2019, Prof. Fellner was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Rostock.