Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Timo Ropinski
Timo Ropinski is heading the Visual Computing Group at Ulm University. Before moving to Ulm, he was full professor at Linköping University in Sweden where he was heading the Scientific Visualization Group. He obtained a Ph.D. in computer science in 2004 from the University of Münster, where he has also completed his habilitation in 2009.
Scientific Activities
Chairing:
- Associate Editor IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) (since 2021)
- Steering Committee Chair EG Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine (since 2019)
- Chair of the GI Working Group on Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine (since 2018)
- Full Paper Co-Chair EG/IEEE Conference on Data Visualization (EuroVis) 2018
- Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair IEEE VIS 2018
- Full Paper Co-Chair EG/IEEE Conference on Data Visualization (EuroVis) 2017
- Co-Chair EG Medical Prize 2017
- STAR Co-Chair EuroVis 2016
- Co-Chair EG Medical Prize 2015
- Program Co-Chair EG VCBM 2014
- Program Co-Chair SIGRAD 2013
- Program Co-Chair EG VCBM 2012
International Program Committees (Selection):
- IEEE VIS
- Eurographics Symposium on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM)
- IEEE Scientific Visualization (SciVis)
- IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis)
- IEEE Pacific Visualization (PaVis)
- Eurographics/VGTC Conference on Visualization (EuroVis)
- Eurographics Conference (EG)
Teaching
- Lecture Course: 3D Deep Learning (English)
- Lecture Course: Data Visualization (English)
- Lecture Course: Interactive Computer Graphics (English, Mandatory Bachelor Media Informatics)
- Lecture Course: Digitale Medien (German, Mandatory Bachelor Media Informatics)
- Seminar: Research Trends in Visual Computing (English)
- Seminar: Visual Computing (German)
- Proseminar: Visual Computing (German)
- Project/Applied Subject: 3D Deep Learning (Deutsch/English)
- Project/Applied Subject: Data Visualization (Deutsch/English)
- Project/Applied Subject: Computer Graphics (Deutsch/English)
We also continuously offer interesting topics for bachelor and master theses. Information about the procedure and examples for current topics can be found at our thesis topics site.
University Administration (German)
- Studiendekan Informatik, Medieninformatik und Softwareengineering, Universität Ulm (2020-2023)
- Prodekan Informatik, Universität Ulm (2020-2023)
- Vorsitzender des Fachprüfungsausschuss Informatik, Medieninformatik und Software Engineering, Universität Ulm (2017-2020)
- Vorsitzender des Fachprüfungsausschuss Cognitive Systems, Universität Ulm (2017-2020)
- Vorsitzender des Fachprüfungsausschuss Computational Science and Engineering, Universität Ulm (2015-2017)