Visual Computing BLOG

Understanding Technical Quality and Aesthetics of Photographs

Digital images have become omnipresent in modern life. The popularity and affordability of handheld imaging devices, especially smartphones, along with the rapid development of social media and social networking services such as Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram have made images a popular and integral part of everyday communication. With the development of visual media transmission systems, it is becoming increasingly important to improve visual applications in order to meet the quality expectations of end users. For this aim, it is important to evaluate the image quality directly from the user’s perspective, which is known as quality of experience.

From Ontario to Konstanz – My Three Months Research Stay

I’m a PhD student at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Canada, where I belong to the visualization for information analytics laboratory (vialab). In this past summer, I had the amazing opportunity to spend 3 months in the University of Konstanz working closely with the Data Analytics and the Computational Linguistic groups.

Unser BOGY–Praktikum am Stuttgarter Visualisierungsinstitut

Kurz vor den Herbstferien waren wir am Visualisierungsinstitut der Universität Stuttgart für ein einwöchiges Praktikum zu Besuch. Dabei haben wir viele abwechslungsreiche und vielfältige Aufgaben bearbeitet. Durch praktisches und eigenständiges Arbeiten konnten wir viele neue Erfahrungen im Bereich Informatik sammeln. Außerdem haben wir viel über die Abläufe an einer Universität erfahren.

Meine BOGY-Woche mit neuronalen Netzen

Mein BOGY-Praktikum begann in gewissem Maße zwei Wochen vor dem offiziellen BOGY-Anfang. Meine Betreuerin Anna Alperovich von der Universität Konstanz (Arbeitsgruppe Computer Vision and Image Analysis unter der Leitung von Prof. Goldlücke) an der wollte mich in der Tat mit dem Funktionieren und der Verwendung künstlicher neuronaler Netze vertraut machen.

Computer Science Conference Week in Stuttgart

Last week (October 8-12, 2018) was a conference week for computer scientists in Stuttgart, as three main events took place co-located in space and time: the 1st International Conference on Quantification in Visual Computing (SFB-TRR 161), the 40th German Conference on Pattern Recognition (GCPR), and the 23rd International Symposium on Vision, Modelling, and Visualization (VMV).

Symposium on Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics in Konstanz

The 4th International BDVA (Big Data Visual and Immersive Analytics) 2018 Symposium is a well-established scientific meeting that covers the area of Visual Analytics and Immersive Analytics of Big Data. The international symposium will be the first time held out of Australia at the University of Konstanz on October 17 – 19, 2018. BDVA 2018 offers researchers with the opportunity to be part of an exciting programme with internationally renowned keynote speakers, special sessions, and Workshops.

Mal fliegen wie ein Vogel!

Mit Hilfe von VR-Ferngläsern ist das zur Zeit auf der Konstanzer Insel Mainau in der Ausstellung „Vom Bodensee nach Afrika – mit ICARUS auf Langstrecke“ möglich! An verschiedenen Stationen kann man hier die Entwicklungen in der Tierbeobachtung nachvollziehen und sich interaktiv über aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse informieren.

Visual Analysis of Urban Traffic Data – EuroVis 2018 Workshop

This years conference on visualization EuroVis 2018 took place from 4th June till 8th June. Besides the excellent works presented at the conference, there were lots of possibilities to discuss topics with people from diverse areas and to meet new people from various domains worth exchanging experiences.

Doctoral Students Explore Future Collaborations

As in the previous years, the third instance of the SFB-TRR 161 doctoral retreat took place in the middle of the black forest, at the Waldhotel Zollernblick in Freudenstadt, from April 4 to 6, 2018. Besides the goal of getting in touch with each other, the focus in this retreat was on the exploration of possible collaborations for the second funding period.

About Data Provenance and Annotation in Computational Linguistics

At the end of January, Miriam Butt, Melanie Herschel, and Christin Schätzle (members of projects D02 and D03 of the SFB/Transregio 161) organized a workshop on Data Provenance and Annotation in Computational Linguistics in Prague, co-located with the Treebanks and Lingustic Theory (TLT16) conference.

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