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Computer Science
Germany
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
71
Citations
19478
World Ranking
1780
National Ranking
69

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Ertl is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany and focuses primarily on the field of Computer Science. Their research engages deeply with several subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics, Signal Processing, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Data Visualization and Analytics
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • Video Analysis and Summarization
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Image and Video Quality Assessment
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition

Ertl has contributed extensively to various publication venues, with a notable concentration in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Journal of Visualization
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Eurographics
  • ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on visualization, augmented reality, and interactive display technologies. Selected works include:

  • "PlotThread: Creating Expressive Storyline Visualizations using Reinforcement Learning," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "Foveated Encoding for Large High-Resolution Displays," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • "Eye vs. Head: Comparing Gaze Methods for Interaction in Augmented Reality," 2020, ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
  • "Situated Visual Analysis and Live Monitoring for Manufacturing," 2022, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
  • "PyramidTags: Context-, Time- and Word Order-Aware Tag Maps to Explore Large Document Collections," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

In addition to journal and conference articles, Ertl has published at least one book with Böhlau Verlag titled Wien 1448 in 2020.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of Ertl's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Steffen Frey
  • Guido Reina
  • Steffen Koch
  • Alexander Straub
  • Johannes Knittel

Their scholarly output is marked by an integration of multiple detailed technical fields supporting visualization and interactive technologies, spanning practical applications such as augmented reality and manufacturing monitoring.

Best Publications

  • High-quality pre-integrated volume rendering using hardware-accelerated pixel shading

    Klaus Engel;Martin Kraus;Thomas Ertl

  • Efficiently using graphics hardware in volume rendering applications

    Rüdiger Westermann;Thomas Ertl

  • Word Cloud Explorer: Text Analytics Based on Word Clouds

    Florian Heimerl;Steffen Lohmann;Simon Lange;Thomas Ertl

  • Interactive volume on standard PC graphics hardware using multi-textures and multi-stage rasterization

    C. Rezk-Salama;K. Engel;M. Bauer;G. Greiner

  • Smart hardware-accelerated volume rendering

    Stefan Roettger;Stefan Guthe;Daniel Weiskopf;Thomas Ertl

  • A simple and flexible volume rendering framework for graphics-hardware-based raycasting

    Simon Stegmaier;Magnus Strengert;Thomas Klein;Thomas Ertl

  • Spatiotemporal social media analytics for abnormal event detection and examination using seasonal-trend decomposition

    Junghoon Chae;Dennis Thom;Harald Bosch;Yun Jang

  • State-of-the-Art of Visualization for Eye Tracking Data

    Tanja Blascheck;Kuno Kurzhals;Michael Raschke;Michael Burch

  • Visualization of Eye Tracking Data: A Taxonomy and Survey

    Tanja Blascheck;Kuno Kurzhals;Michael Raschke;Michael Burch

  • Design and development of an indoor navigation and object identification system for the blind

    Andreas Hub;Joachim Diepstraten;Thomas Ertl

  • Visualizing ontologies with VOWL

    Steffen Lohmann;Stefan Negru;Florian Haag;Thomas Ertl

  • Hardware-based ray casting for tetrahedral meshes

    M. Weiler;M. Kraus;M. Merz;T. Ertl

  • Interactive clipping techniques for texture-based volume visualization and volume shading

    D. Weiskopf;K. Engel;T. Ertl

  • Hardware-accelerated volume and isosurface rendering based on cell-projection

    Stefan Röttger;Martin Kraus;Thomas Ertl

  • Real-time exploration of regular volume data by adaptive reconstruction of isosurfaces

    Rüdiger Westermann;Leif Kobbelt;Thomas Ertl

  • Level-of-detail volume rendering via 3D textures

    Kurt Zimmermann;Rudiger Westermann;Thomas Ertl;Chuck Hansen

  • Spatiotemporal anomaly detection through visual analysis of geolocated Twitter messages

    Dennis Thom;Harald Bosch;Steffen Koch;Michael Worner

  • Special Section on Visual Analytics: Public behavior response analysis in disaster events utilizing visual analytics of microblog data

    Junghoon Chae;Dennis Thom;Yun Jang;Sungye Kim

  • Visual Classifier Training for Text Document Retrieval

    F. Heimerl;S. Koch;H. Bosch;T. Ertl

  • ScatterBlogs2: Real-Time Monitoring of Microblog Messages through User-Guided Filtering

    Harald Bosch;Dennis Thom;Florian Heimerl;Edwin Puttmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Weiskopf
Daniel Weiskopf University of Stuttgart
Rüdiger Westermann
Rüdiger Westermann Technical University of Munich
Günther Greiner
Günther Greiner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Hans-Peter Seidel
Hans-Peter Seidel Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Heinrich Niemann
Heinrich Niemann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Bernd Girod
Bernd Girod Stanford University
David S. Ebert
David S. Ebert University of Oklahoma
Michael Burch
Michael Burch Eindhoven University of Technology
Claus-Dieter Munz
Claus-Dieter Munz University of Stuttgart
Ioannis Kompatsiaris
Ioannis Kompatsiaris Information Technologies Institute, Greece

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