• VRVis-GF-2
  2014 – 2016 / VRViS Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH
• Illustrative Visualization of Processes
  2013 – 2017 / European Commission
• Visual Computing in Fundamental, Academic and Applied Science and Research
  2009 / FWF, Der Wissenschaftsfonds
• Visual Computing-Basic Research
  2008 – 2013 / VRVis
• Analysis, processing and representation of multi-dimensional spatially distributed data
  2008 – 2009 / FWF, Der Wissenschaftsfonds
• SCANOPY - Scan Data Organisation, Processing and Display
  2006 – 2011 / Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
• EU U-CREATE, Creative Authoring tools for Edutainment Applications
  2005 – 2007 / European Commission
• Mobile Augmented Reality-Museumsführer
  2005 – 2007 / Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
• EU RealReflect
  2002 – 2007 / European Commission
• EU Virtual Showcases
  2001 – 2005 / European Commission

Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once APIs for the new database have been released, everything will be up to date again.

2020

• VR and Visualization in Industry / W. Purgathofer / Keynote Lecture: World VR Industry Conference Cloud Summit, Nanchang (invited); 2020-10-19 - 2020-10-20

2018

• Best Practice in Technology Transfer / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics Industrial Presentations, Delft (invited); 2018-04-19
• Wolfgang Straßer Memorial Lecture: His Engagement for Vienna and Austria / W. Purgathofer / Talk: HiGraphics, Kleinwalsertal (invited); 2018-03-15
• Pictures in Your Mind: Using Interactive Gesture-Controlled Reliefs to Explore Art / A. Reichinger, L. Luidolt, A. Fuhrmann, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer et al. / ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (invited), 11 (2018), 1

2017

• From Visualization to Decision Support / W. Purgathofer / Keynote Lecture: Virtual Reality and Visual Computing International Forum, Nanjing, China (invited); 2017-09-28
• Visual Computing als Interface zur Entscheidungsunterstützung / W. Purgathofer / Talk: RailTec 4.0 Workshop, Wien (invited); 2017-07-04

2016

• Visual Computing - a best practice from Vienna / W. Purgathofer / Talk: National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moskau (invited); 2016-12-08
• Gesture-Based Interactive Audio Guide on Tactile Reliefs / A. Reichinger, S. Maierhofer, A. Fuhrmann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility, Reno, Nevada; 2016-10-24 - 2016-10-26; in: "Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility", (2016), ISBN: 978-1-4503-4124-0; 91 - 100
• A Concept for Re-Useable Interactive Tactile Reliefs / A. Reichinger, A. Fuhrmann, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: ICCHP, Linz; 2016-07-13 - 2016-07-15; in: "ICCHP 2016, Part II", Springer, Cham, 9759 2016 (2016), ISBN: 978-3-319-41266-5; 108 - 115

2015

• Überblick Visual Computing: Teilbereiche und Anwendungsfelder / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Business Treff "Visual Computing", Wien (invited); 2015-11-19
• Industrial Use of Mixed Reality in VRVis Projects / W. Purgathofer / Keynote Lecture: VISIC'2015 Int'l Symposium on Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Visual Computing Application Technology, Peking, China (invited); 2015-09-07 - 2015-09-08
• Computer Graphics in Real-World Applications / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Visual Computing Workshop at the OCG-Jahrestagung, Wien (invited); 2015-06-10
• Visual Computing in Österreich / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Medienseminar Informatik der Plattform informatik_austria, Wien (invited); 2015-03-27
• Was ist denn Farbe eigentlich? / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Kunst-Volkshochschule Wien, Wien (invited); 2015-03-26

2014

• Visual Analytics for Complex Engineering Systems: Hybrid Visual Steering of Simulation Ensembles / K. Matkovic, W. Purgathofer et al. / Talk: Ieee Vis 2014, Paris, France (invited); 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14
• Attractive Flicker: Guiding Attention in Dynamic Narrative Visualizations / M. Waldner, M. Le Muzic, M. Bernhard, W. Purgathofer, I. Viola / Talk: Ieee Vis 2014, Paris, France (invited); 2014-11-09 - 2014-11-14
• Computer Graphics in Vienna and at the VRVis Research Center / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Computer Graphics Lab at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (invited); 2014-10-29
• Accurate Fast Simulation of Light / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurasia Graphics, Ankara, Turkey (invited); 2014-10-14
• Aspects of Scientific Research in Cooperation with Companies / W. Purgathofer / Talk: 20 Year Anniversary of CGL, Zürich (invited); 2014-07-04
• Requirements on the Staff of an Application Oriented Research Organization / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Current Issues of Science and Research in the Global World 2014, Vienna (invited); 2014-05-27
• Application Oriented Research at the VRVis Center / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Visualization and Data Analysis Group, Faculty of Informatik, University of Vienna, Wien (invited); 2014-01-22
• Requirements on the Staff of an Application Oriented Research Organization / W. Purgathofer / in: "Current Issues of Science and Research in the Global World, December 2014", CRC Press, 2014, (invited), ISBN: 9781138027398, 1 - 3
• Visual Analytics for Complex Engineering Systems: Hybrid Visual Steering of Simulation Ensembles / K. Matkovic, W. Purgathofer et al. / IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (invited), 20 (2014), 12; 1803 - 1812

2013

• Visual Computing Research inspired by Applications / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Science Meets Business, FhG, Graz (invited); 2013-11-19
• Accurate Fast Simulation of Light / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Computer Vision Winter Workshop, Hernstein (invited); 2013-02-04 - 2013-02-06
• Reconstructing shape boundaries with multimodal constraints / I. Reisner-Kollmann, W. Purgathofer, S. Maierhofer / Computers & Graphics, 37 (2013), 3; 137 - 147
• A Survey of Urban Reconstruction / P. Musialski, P. Wonka, M. Wimmer, W. Purgathofer et al. / Computer Graphics Forum, 32 (2013), 6; 146 - 177

2012

• GPU-based Multi-Resolution Image Analysis for Synthesis of Tileable Textures / G. Eibner, A. Fuhrmann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: International Symposium on Visual Computing, Creta, Greece; 2012-07-16 - 2012-07-18; in: "Symposium on Visual Computing - ISVC 2012", Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (2012), ISBN: 978-3-642-33190-9; 479 - 488
• A Survey of Urban Reconstruction / P. Musialski, P. Wonka, D. Aliaga, M. Wimmer, L. Gool, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy; 2012-05-13 - 2012-05-18; in: "Eurographics 2012", Eurographics Association, (2012), ISSN: 0167-7055; 1 - 28
• Computer-Aided Design of Tactile Models - Taxonomy and Case Studies / A. Reichinger, M. Neumüller, F. Rist, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: ICCHP 2012 - Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Linz, Österreich; 2012-05-11 - 2012-05-13; in: "Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012", Springer, Wien/New York (2012), ISBN: 978-3642315336; 497 - 504
• INTERACTIVE VISUAL ANALYSIS OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT DATA: Relationship Between Serum Sodium Concentration, its Rate of Change, and Survival Outcome / K. Matkovic, W. Purgathofer et al. / Talk: International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applicaitons, Rome, Italy; 2012-02-24 - 2012-02-26; in: "IVAPP 2012", Proceedings of IVAPP 2012, (2012), 648 - 659
• Computer-Aided Design of Tactile Models - Taxonomy and Case-Studies / A. Reichinger, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer et al. / in: "Computers Helping People with Special Needs", issued by: 13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part II; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-642-31533-6, 497 - 504

2011

• Adaptive Camera-Based Color Mapping For Mixed-Reality Applications / M. Knecht, C. Traxler, W. Purgathofer, M. Wimmer / Poster: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Basel, Switzerland; 2011-10-26 - 2011-10-29
• GEARViewer: A State of the Art Real-Time Geospatial Visualization Framework / St. Mantler, G. Hesina, M. Greiner, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Real CORP, Essen, Germany; 2011-05-18 - 2011-05-20; in: "Proceedings REAL CORP 2011 Tagungsband", Proceedings of CORP 2011, (2011), ISBN: 978-3-9503110-1-3; 345 - 354
• High-Quality Tactile Paintings / A. Reichinger, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics, Llandudno, Wales, UK; 2011-04-11 - 2011-04-15; in: "Eurographics 2011", (2011), 1 - 8
• Interactive Visual Analysis of a large ICU database - a novel approach to data analysis / H. Gan, K. Matkovic, A. Ammer, W. Purgathofer, W. Bennett, M. Terblanche / Poster: International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Brussels, Belgium; 2011-03-22 - 2011-03-25; in: "31st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine", Critical Care, 15 (2011), ISSN: 1364-8535; 135
• A Survey of Real-Time Hard Shadow Mapping Methods / D Scherzer, M. Wimmer, W. Purgathofer / Computer Graphics Forum, 30 (2011), 1; 169 - 186

2010

• Some Trends in Computer Graphics / W. Purgathofer / Talk: International Conference on System Theory and Control, Sinaia, Romania (invited); 2010-10-17 - 2010-10-19
• Visual Computing / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Innovationsgespraech 2010 des ZIT, Wien (invited); 2010-09-21
• Simulation and Visualization of the Behavior of Handicapped People in Virtually Reconstructed Public Buildings / G. Hesina, W. Purgathofer et al. / Talk: CORP 2010, Reed Messe Wien, Wien; 2010-05-18 - 2010-05-20; in: "CORP 2010", (2010), 1 - 10
• Procedural Skeletons: Kinematic Extensions to CGA-Shape Grammars / M. Ilcik, S. Fiedler, W. Purgathofer, M. Wimmer / Talk: Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Bratislava; 2010-05-13 - 2010-05-15; in: "Proceedings of the Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2010", (2010), 177 - 184
• Current Trends in Computer Graphics / W. Purgathofer, R.F. Tobler / Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi, 2 (2010), 9 - 24

2009

• Symmetry-Based Facade Repair / P. Musialski, P. Wonka, M. Recheis, S. Maierhofer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Vision Modeling and Visualization, Braunschweig, Deutschland; 2009-11-16 - 2009-11-18; in: "Vision, Modeling, and Visualization Workshop 2009", M Magnor, B. Rosenhahn, H. Theisel (ed.); (2009), ISBN: 978-3980487481; 3 - 10
• Interactive Visual Editing of Grammars for Procedural Architecture / W. Purgathofer, M. Lipp / Talk: Visual Computing in Fundamental, Academic and Applied Science and Research, Moskau, Russia; 2009-10-20
• Generating Predictable and Convincing Folds for Leather Seat Design / G. Eibner, A. Fuhrmann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Budmerice, Slowakei; 2009-04-23 - 2009-04-25; in: "Proceedings of the 25th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG)", (2009)
• Post-Rendering Enhancements of Volumes / M. Gavrilescu, V. Manta, W. Purgathofer / Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi, 3 (2009), 43 - 54

2008

• Speedup Concepts for Realtime Computer Graphics / W. Purgathofer / Talk: JSC, Wien, Österreich (invited); 2008-11-17
• Illustrative Visualization of Volume Data / W. Purgathofer / Keynote Lecture: Computer Graphics International, Istanbul, Türkei (invited); 2008-06-09 - 2008-06-11
• Augmented Reality - Basics and Technology / W. Purgathofer / Talk: AR-Conference, Kaoshung, Taiwan (invited); 2008-05-31
• Was tut eigentlich ein Universitätsprofessor? / W. Purgathofer / Talk: VRVis Forum, Wien, Österreich (invited); 2008-02-21

2007

• A Critical Review of the Preetham Skylight Model / G. Zotti, A Wilkie, W. Purgathofer / Talk: WSCG: International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Plzen; 2007-01-29 - 2007-02-01; in: "Journal of WSCG 2007", V. Skala (ed.); 15 (2007), ISBN: 978-80-86943-00-8; Paper ID E59, 8 pages
• Accurate Display Gamma Functions based on Human Observation / A. Neumann, A. Artusi, L. Neumann, G. Zotti, W. Purgathofer / Color Research and Application, 32 (2007), 4; 310 - 319

2006

• A Reflectance Model for Diffuse Fluorescent Surfaces / A Wilkie, A. Weidlich, C. Larboulette, W. Purgathofer / Talk: International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (Graphite), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2006-11-29 - 2006-12-02; in: "Proceedings of Graphite 2006", (2006), 321 - 328
• Using Virtual Reconstructions in a Planetarium for Demonstrations in Archaeo-Astronomy / G. Zotti, A Wilkie, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Central European Multimedia and Virtual Reality Conference (CEMVRC), Eger, Hungary; 2006-11-06 - 2006-11-08; in: "Proceeding CEMVRC2006", C. Sik Lanyi (ed.); (2006), 43 - 52
• Some Rendering Research Results / W. Purgathofer / Talk: VRVis Forum, Wien (invited); 2006-03-23
• Grafische Datenverarbeitung / W. Purgathofer, M. Wimmer, A Wilkie / in: "Informatik Handbuch", P. Rechenberg, G. Pomberger (ed.); Carl Hanser Verlag, 2006, ISBN: 3-446-40185-7, 857 - 904
• Speed-up Technique for a Local Automatic Color Equalization Model / A. Artusi, C. Gatta, D. Marini, W. Purgathofer, A. Rizzi / Computer Graphics Forum, 25 (2006), 1; 5 - 14
• Verification of Physically Based Rendering Algorithms / C. Ulbricht, A Wilkie, W. Purgathofer / Computer Graphics Forum, 25 (2006), 02; 237 - 255

2005

• Some Speedup Techniques for Rendering / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Kolloquium, Tübingen, Deutschland (invited); 2005-10-21
• Image-based Representations for Accelerated Rendering of Complex Scenes / St Jeschke, M. Wimmer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics, Dublin, Irland; 2005-08-29 - 2005-09-02; in: "Eurographics 05 State of the Art Reports [STAR]", The Eurographics Association and The Image Synthesis Group, (2005), 1 - 20
• Verification of Physically Based Rendering Algorithms / C. Ulbricht, A Wilkie, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics, Dublin, Irland; 2005-08-29 - 2005-09-02; in: "Eurographics 05 State of the Art Reports [STAR]", The Eurographics Association, and The Image Synthesis Group, (2005), 95 - 112
• Spectral Colour Order Systems and Appearance Metrics for Fluorescent Solid Colours / A Wilkie, C. Larboulette, W. Purgathofer / Talk: EG Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging, Girona, Spanien; 2005-05-18 - 2005-05-20; in: "Computational Aesthetics 2005", L. Neumann, M. Sbert, B. Gooch, W. Purgathofer (ed.); (2005), ISBN: 3905673274; 241 - 246
• Global Contrast Factor-a New Approach to Image Contrast / K. Matkovic, L. Neumann, A. Neumann, T. Psik, W. Purgathofer / Talk: EG Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging, Girona, Spanien; 2005-05-18 - 2005-05-20; in: "Computational Aesthetics 2005", L. Neumann, M. Sbert, B. Gooch, W. Purgathofer (ed.); (2005), ISBN: 3905673274; 159 - 168
• On Cross-Validation and Resampling of BRDF Data Measurements / V. Havran, A. Neumann, G. Zotti, W. Purgathofer, H.-P. Seidel / Talk: Spring Conference on Computer Graphics, Budmerice, Slovakia; 2005-05-12 - 2005-05-14; in: "Proceedings of Spring Conference on Computer Graphics", ACM SIGGRAPH, (2005)
• Automatic Impostor Placement for Guaranteed Frame Rates and Low Memory Requirements / St Jeschke, M. Wimmer, H. Schumann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, Washington DC; 2005-04-03 - 2005-04-06; in: "Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games", ACM Press, (2005), ISBN: 1-59593-013-2; 103 - 110
• Realtime Rendering Algorithmen / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Kolloquium, Rostock, Deutschland (invited); 2005-03-31
• Approximating Real-World Luminaires with OpenGL Lights / G. Zotti, A. Neumann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Plzen, Czech Republic; 2005-02-01 - 2005-02-03; in: "WSCG 2005 Short Paper Proceedings", V. Skala (ed.); UNION press, 13th (2005), ISBN: 80-903100-9-5; 49 - 52
• Computational Aesthetics 2005 / L. Neumann, M. Sbert, B. Gooch, W. Purgathofer / in series "Computational Aesthetics", series editor: D. Fellner, W. Hansmann, W. Purgathofer, F. Sillion; Eurographics Association, 2005, ISBN: 3905673274, 249 pages

2004

• Some Commercial VR/AR Projects / W. Purgathofer / Talk: CONVR 2004, Lisbon, Portugal (invited); 2004-09-14
• Computer Graphics at the Vienna University of Technology / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics'2004, Grenoble, France; 2004-09-01
• Coherent Hierarchical Culling: Hardware Occlusion Queries Made Useful / J. Bittner, M. Wimmer, H Piringer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics'2004, Grenoble, France; 2004-08-30 - 2004-09-03
• An Analytical Model for Skylight Polarisation / A. Wilkie, R.F. Tobler, C. Ulbricht, G. Zotti, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2004, Norrköping, Sweden; 2004-06-21 - 2004-06-23; in: "Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering", A. Keller, H Jensen (ed.); ACM, (2004), ISBN: 3-905673-12-6; 387 - 399
• Light Space Perspective Shadow Maps / M. Wimmer, D Scherzer, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering 2004, Norrköping, Sweden; 2004-06-21 - 2004-06-23; in: "Proceedings of the Eurographics Symposium on Rendering", A. Keller, H Jensen (ed.); ACM, (2004), ISBN: 3-905673-12-6; 143 - 151
• Real-time Rendering Algorithms / W. Purgathofer / Talk: CGI'2004, Crete, Greece (invited); 2004-06-17
• High Quality Rendering of Reflectance Data / J. Meseth, G. Müller, M. Sattler, R. Sarlette, A. Artusi, A Wilkie, G. Zotti, R. Klein, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Computer Graphics International, Kreta, Griechenland; 2004-06-16 - 2004-06-19
• Tangible Image Query / K. Matkovic, T. Psik, I. Wagner, W. Purgathofer / Talk: Proceedings of Smart Graphics 2004, Banff, Canada; 2004-05-23 - 2004-05-25; in: "Proceedings of Smart Graphics 2004", (2004)
• Neue Methoden für Computergraphik in Echtzeit / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Erste Österreichische Forschungstage, Vienna, Austria (invited); 2004-05-15
• Aspekte der Echtzeit-Computergraphik / W. Purgathofer / Talk: Klassensitzung der mathematisch- naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria (invited); 2004-03-15
• Interactive perception-based model for characterization of display device / A. Neumann, A. Artusi, G. Zotti, L. Neumann, W. Purgathofer / Talk: SPIE Electronic Imaging Conference, San Jose, USA; 2004-01-18 - 2004-01-22; in: "Color Imaging IX: Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications IX", Society of Photo Optical, (2004), ISBN: 0819451967; #
• Coherent Hierarchical Culling: Hardware Occlusion Queries Made Useful / J. Bittner, M. Wimmer, H. Piringer, W. Purgathofer / Computer Graphics Forum, 23 (2004), 3; 615 - 624

2003

• On comparing ray shooting algorithms / V. Havran, W. Purgathofer / Computers & Graphics, 27 (2003), 4; 593 - 604

2002

• Advanced radiance Estimation for Photon Map Global Illumination / H. Hey, W. Purgathofer / Computer Graphics Forum, 21 (2002), 3
• Visual Image Query / K. Matkovic, L. Neumann, J. Siegler, W. Purgathofer / in: "Smart Graphics 2002", ACM, 2002
• Importance sampling with hemispherical particle footprints / H. Hey, W. Purgathofer / in: "Spring Conference on Computer Graphics 2002", ACM, 2002
• STAR Report on Tone Reproduction and Physically Based Spectral Rendering / K. Devlin, A. Chalmers, A. Wilkie, W. Purgathofer / in: "Eurographics 2002", Eurographics Association, 2002

Note: Due to the rollout of TU Wien’s new publication database, the list below may be slightly outdated. Once APIs for the new database have been released, everything will be up to date again.

2020

• Tactile Multi-Media Guide - Interaction design on tactile reliefs / Master Thesis by D. Stoll / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institute of Visual Computing & Human-Centered Technology, 2020; final examination: 2020-08-18

2018

• A Composable and Reusable Photogrammetric Reconstruction Library / Master Thesis by A. Szabo / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, S. Maierhofer; E193-02, 2018; final examination: 2018-03-22

2017

• Lens Flare Prediction based on Measurements with Real-Time Visualization / Master Thesis by A. Walch / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2017; final examination: 2017-03-13

2016

• Parallelization of BVH and BSP on the GPU / Master Thesis by M. Imre / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2016; final examination: 2016-06-15

2013

• Reconstruction of 3D Models from Images and Point Clouds with Shape Primitives / Doctoral Thesis by I. Reisner-Kollmann / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, M. Vincze; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2013; oral examination: 2013-03-12

2012

• A caching system for a dependency-aware scene graph / Master Thesis by M. Woerister / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, R.F. Tobler; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2012

2011

• Weighted Mesh Simplification of 3D Triangular Surfaces / Master Thesis by N. Ketterl / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, R.F. Tobler; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2011
• Spectral Mipmapping / Master Thesis by C. Niederreiter / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, A. Weidlich; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2011
• Spectral data representation techniques for realistic image synthesis / Master Thesis by T. Kment / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, A. Weidlich; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2011

2010

• Processing of Façade Imagery / Doctoral Thesis by P. Musialski / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, P. Wonka; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2010; oral examination: 2010-11-16
• Extracting Vanishing Points across Multiple Views / Master Thesis by M. Hornáček / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, R.F. Tobler; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2010; final examination: 2010-09-28
• Real time simulation of fire extinguishing scenarios / Master Thesis by M. Maschek / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2010

2009

• Automatic Recognition of Repeating Patterns in Rectified Facade Images / Master Thesis by M. Recheis / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, P. Musialski; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2009; final examination: 2009-12-16

2008

• Der Re-Compose Prototyp / Master Thesis by W. Deix / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2008; final examination: 2008-11-26
• GPU based Clipmaps / Master Thesis by A. Frühstück / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, R.F. Tobler; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2008; final examination: 2008-04-23

2007

• Computer Graphics in Historical and Modern Sky Observations / Doctoral Thesis by G. Zotti / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, A Wilkie; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; oral examination: 2007-11-27
• A Real-Time Cloud Animation and Illumination Method / Master Thesis by R. Fizimayer / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, M. Wimmer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; final examination: 2007-10
• Real-Time Tone Mapping Using Selective Rendering / Master Thesis by B. Roch / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; final examination: 2007-10
• Concepts for Scientific Computing / Doctoral Thesis by R. Heinzl / Supervisor, Reviewer: S. Selberherr, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Mikroelektronik, 2007; oral examination: 2007-09-18
• Practical Computer Graphics Research, Game Development and the European Game Tools Project / Doctoral Thesis by M. Giegl / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, M. Wimmer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; oral examination: 2007-06-12
• Interactive Vegetation Rendering / Doctoral Thesis by St. Mantler / Supervisor, Reviewer: H. Hauser, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; oral examination: 2007-03
• Usability of Digital Cameras for Verifying Physically Based Rendering Systems / Doctoral Thesis by C. Ulbricht / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, A Wilkie; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, 2007; oral examination: 2007-01-16
• Mesh Refinement Techniques for TCAD Tools / Doctoral Thesis by W. Wessner / Supervisor, Reviewer: S. Selberherr, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Mikroelektronik, 2007; oral examination: 2007-01-09

2006

• A New Efficient Real-Time Global Tone Mapping Method / Master Thesis by G. Spielmann / Supervisor: W. Purgathofer, L. Neumann; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2006

2004

• Real time tone Mapping / Doctoral Thesis by A. Artusi / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, A. Wilkie; Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, 2004

2002

• Bounding the Worst-Case Execution Time of General Loops and Recursion / Doctoral Thesis by R. Lieger / Supervisor, Reviewer: J. Blieberger, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Rechnergestützte Automation, 2002
• Erzeugung von qualitativ hochwertigen 3D Photomodellen für internetbasierte Anwendungen mit besonderem Augenmerk auf Objekte der Nahbereichsphotogrammetrie / Doctoral Thesis by L. Dorffner / Supervisor, Reviewer: J. Jansa, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung, 2002

1996

• Ein graphischer Editor für Entwurf von Halbleiterbauteilen / Doctoral Thesis by G. Rieger / Supervisor, Reviewer: S. Selberherr, W. Purgathofer; Institut für Mikroelektronik, 1996; oral examination: 1996-05-23

1994

• Collision detection for complex objects in computer animation / Doctoral Thesis by M Zeiller / Supervisor, Reviewer: W. Purgathofer, F. Rattay; 186, 1994

• Guest Professor
  2017 / Hebei University of Technology / China
• Eurographics Gold Medal
  2017 / Eurographics Association / Switzerland
• Dr. honoris causa
  2010 / Technische Universität Iasi / Romania
• Distinguished Career Award
  2006 / Eurographics Association / Switzerland
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  2003 / Mitgliedschaft
• Fellow der Europäischen Computergraphik-Vereinigung Eurographics
  1997 / Eurographics Association / Switzerland

Soon, this page will include additional information such as reference projects, activities as journal reviewer and editor, memberships in councils and committees, and other research activities.

Until then, please visit Werner Purgathofer’s research profile in TISS .