Prof. Peter Eisert | AI in agriculture | Best Researcher Award

Fraunhofer HHI, Germany

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Eisert is a renowned expert in computer vision and visual computing. He serves as the Head of the Vision & Imaging Technologies Department at Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin, leading a team of around 30 researchers. Since 2009, he has also held a Professorship in Visual Computing at the Computer Science Department of Humboldt University of Berlin.

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🎓 Education & Academic Background:

• 🧠 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (2000) – With highest honors

• 📘 Diploma in Electrical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (1995) – With highest honors

• 🎓 Former Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (2001)

🧑‍🔬 Current Positions:

• 🏛️ Professor of Visual Computing, Humboldt University of Berlin (since 2009)

• 🔬 Head of Vision & Imaging Technologies, Fraunhofer HHI, Berlin (since 2015)

• 💡 Leader of Computer Vision & Graphics Group, Fraunhofer HHI (since 2002)

🔍 Research Focus:

• 📷 Visual Computing

• 🧠 Deep Learning

• 🧍‍♂️ 3D Graphics & Computer Vision

• 🤖 Facial Expression Analysis

• 💻 Lightfield Coding

🏆 Honors & Awards:

• 🥇 Multiple Best Paper Awards (CVMP, Eurographics, IC3D, CVPR Workshop)

• 🧪 Young Investigator Award, SPIE VCIP (2002)

• 💡 Nominated for Innovation Award Berlin/Brandenburg

• 🇩🇪 Winner of “365 Orte im Land der Ideen” for Virtual Mirror

📚 Scientific Output:

• ✍️ Over 70 journal publications in top-tier venues (IEEE, IET, Eurographics)

• 🧾 More than 200 reviewed conference papers (CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICIP, etc.)

• 💶 Secured €35+ million in third-party funding (EU, BMBF, BMWi, industry)

🎤 Professional Service:

• 📅 Chair and organizer of leading conferences (CVMP, VMV, Mirage, DAGM)

• 📝 Editorial roles: Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication, Intl. Journal of Image & Video Processing

• 🧪 Reviewer for DFG, FWF, VR, IEEE, ACM, Springer

👨‍🏫 Teaching Experience:

• 🎓 Lecturer at Humboldt University since 2009 (Visual Computing, Computer Graphics)

• 🏫 Former lecturer at TU Berlin, HTW Berlin, and Stanford University

📊 Citation Metrics:

• Citations: 7,437 (since 2020: 3,010)

• h-index: 41 (since 2020: 24)

• i10-index: 138 (since 2020: 66)

Publication Top Notes:

• Visual computing as a key enabling technology for Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet
  J. Posada, C. Toro, I. Barandiaran, D. Oyarzun, D. Stricker, R. De Amicis, … P. Eisert
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 35(2), 26–40 (2015) — 903 citations

• 3D video and free viewpoint video—technologies, applications and MPEG standards
  A. Smolic, K. Mueller, P. Merkle, C. Fehn, P. Kauff, P. Eisert, T. Wiegand
  2006 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, 2161–2164 (2006) — 464 citations

• Data-driven artificial intelligence applications for sustainable precision agriculture
  M.T. Linaza, J. Posada, J. Bund, P. Eisert, M. Quartulli, J. Döllner, A. Pagani, …
  Agronomy, 11(6), 1227 (2021) — 239 citations

• Analyzing facial expressions for virtual conferencing
  P. Eisert, B. Girod
  IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 18(5), 70–78 (1998) — 213 citations

• Stereo correspondence and reconstruction of endoscopic data challenge
  M. Allan, J. Mcleod, C. Wang, J.C. Rosenthal, Z. Hu, N. Gard, P. Eisert, K.X. Fu, …
  arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01133 (2021) — 175 citations

• Detection of face morphing attacks by deep learning
  C. Seibold, W. Samek, A. Hilsmann, P. Eisert
  Digital Forensics and Watermarking: 16th International Workshop, IWDW 2017 — 151 citations

• Multi-hypothesis, volumetric reconstruction of 3-D objects from multiple calibrated camera views
  P. Eisert, E. Steinbach, B. Girod
  1999 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing — 140 citations

• Platform for distributed 3D gaming
  A. Jurgelionis, P. Fechteler, P. Eisert, F. Bellotti, H. David, J.P. Laulajainen, …
  International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2009(1), 231863 (2009) — 134 citations

• Automatic reconstruction of stationary 3-D objects from multiple uncalibrated camera views
  P. Eisert, E. Steinbach, B. Girod
  IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 10(2), 261–277 (2000) — 123 citations

• Digital watermarking of MPEG-4 facial animation parameters
  F. Hartung, P. Eisert, B. Girod
  Computers & Graphics, 22(4), 425–435 (1998) — 123 citations

• Adaptive colour classification for structured light systems
  P. Fechteler, P. Eisert
  IET Computer Vision, 3(2), 49–59 (2009) — 120 citations

• Capturing panoramic or semi-panoramic 3D scenes
  P. Kauff, P. Eisert, J. Schuessler, C. Weissig, F. Arne
  US Patent 9,462,184 (2016) — 99 citations

• Games@ large graphics streaming architecture
  I. Nave, H. David, A. Shani, Y. Tzruya, A. Laikari, P. Eisert, P. Fechteler
  2008 IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, 1–4 (2008) — 98 citations

• Model-aided coding: A new approach to incorporate facial animation into motion-compensated video coding
  P. Eisert, T. Wiegand, B. Girod
  IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 10(3), 344–358 (2000) — 93 citations

• Predictive compression of dynamic 3D meshes
  K. Muller, A. Smolic, M. Kautzner, P. Eisert, T. Wiegand
  IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 1, I-621 (2005) — 91 citations

• Fast and high resolution 3D face scanning
  P. Fechteler, P. Eisert, J. Rurainsky
  2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 3, III-81–III-84 (2007) — 89 citations

• Tracking and retexturing cloth for real-time virtual clothing applications
  A. Hilsmann, P. Eisert
  Computer Vision/Computer Graphics Collaboration Techniques: 4th International Workshop (2009) — 86 citations

• FreeCam: A Hybrid Camera System for Interactive Free-Viewpoint Video
  C. Kuster, T. Popa, C. Zach, C. Gotsman, M.H. Gross, P. Eisert, J. Hornegger, …
  VMV, 17–24 (2011) — 85 citations

• Immersive 3D video conferencing: challenges, concepts, and implementations
  P. Eisert
  Visual Communications and Image Processing, 5150, 69–79 (2003) — 80 citations

• Capture and 3D video processing of volumetric video
  O. Schreer, I. Feldmann, S. Renault, M. Zepp, M. Worchel, P. Eisert, P. Kauff
  2019 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 4310–4314 (2019) — 79 citations