We're excited to announce this year's Workshop on Women* in Computing 🤩 Under the motto "Finding Balance – Juggling Obligations, Working Domains, Work & Life", the event will provide a platform to connect over topics that greatly impact women's careers in computing: www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

Are you interested in the intersection of #eyetracking and #visualization? Then #ETVIS might just be the thing for you! Supported by #sfbtrr161, the 10th ETVIS workshop takes place in conjunction with #ETRA2026. Submit your papers until March 2, 2026: www.etvis-workshop.org/etvis-2026.h...

Time for the last event in this semester's #sfbtrr161 lecture series! Next Monday, we're looking forward to hearing Michael Doggett from @lund-university.bsky.social talk about "Efficient Utilisation of Silicon for Real-Time Rendering" ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr... #ResearchTalk #Hardware

Joanna Bergström is visiting our lab in Munich! interesting discussions on embodied interaction in VR. Great talk „the virtual body as interface: motorleaning for interaction in virtual reality“ in the context of the www.sfbtrr161.de lecture series. @sfbtrr161.bsky.social

In our next #sfbtrr161 lecture, Joanna Bergström will discuss the role of the virtual body for research on #VR interaction techniques: "The Virtual Body as Interface: Motor Learning Foundations for Interaction in Virtual Reality" 📆 Mon, Jan 26, 4 to 6 p.m.📍LMU Munich www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

New Year, new lectures 🤩 In this year's first #sfbtrr161 lecture, Jakub Lokoč will discuss the next steps in research on video search models: "Interactive Video Search Challenges in the Age of LLMs", Monday, January 19, 4 to 6 pm at University of Konstanz ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

🎄 Wishing all our members and friends a joyful holiday season 🎄 We'll be back in the new year with more news, events, and trends from the world of Visual Computing Research ✨ #sfbtrr161 #visualcomputing #merrychristmas🎄 #happyholidays #STEMForTheHolidays

Sabrina Jaeger-Honz und David Nabben erhalten für ihre herausragenden Dissertationen den Airbus Forschungspreis „Claude Dornier“: https://t1p.de/2irsb

In our next #sfbtrr161 lecture, Hugo do Nascimento investigates possibilities for building bridges between the #metaverse and the physical world: "Interactions Between Physical and Virtual Spaces", Mon, Dec 5, 2025, 4 to 6 pm, University of Konstanz, Room ZT 702. ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

Congratulations to Sabrina Jaeger-Honz from our Project D04! 💐👏 For her outstanding #dissertation on "Combining Bio- and Cheminformatics for Small Data Sets: Microcystins as a Use Case" she received the Airbus Research Award "Claude Dornier" ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/news/Airbus-...

For the next event in our #lecture series, we're looking forward to welcoming Michael Wybrow from Monash University. In his presentation on "Human Interfaces Across Domains: Optimisation, Reasoning, Health & Energy", he will discuss various dimensions of his extensive research on visual #interfaces.

Next week's #sfbtrr161 lecture will focus on real-world scenarios where #remote experts guide local users in performing physical tasks. Tony Huang from the University of Sydney presents different types of #visual communication cues used in such collaborations. ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

In our next lecture, we'll dive into the intersection of #GameAI and #ImmersiveAnalytics. How could each support the other? We look forward to hearing about it in Mike Preuss' (@skapedin.bsky.social) lecture "Game AI And Immersive Analytics: Save the World Together?" www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

Huge thanks to everyone at our #IEEEVIS reviewing panel in Vienna. Grateful to panelists Han-Wei Shen, Michael Sedlmair, Melanie Tory, Helwig Hauser, Bei Wang, Tamara Munzner; and to an engaged audience. Co-organized with @drpi.bsky.social, @nelmqvist.bsky.social & Gunther Weber.

Congrats to Daniel Klötzl, Ozan Tastekin, David Hägele, Marina Evers, and Daniel Weiskopf! At the IEEE Workshop on #Uncertainty Visualization, they won an Honorable Mention Long Paper Award for their paper "Uncertainty-Aware PCA for Arbitrarily Distributed Data Modeled by Gaussian Mixture Models" 🎉👏

Today, Sarah Goodwin from Monash University will present some of her #energydata #visualization projects in her guest lecture "Human-Centred Information Visualisation for the Energy Sector (and beyond)" 🗓️ Mon, Nov 10, 4 – 6 pm 📍 VISUS, University of Stuttgart ➡️ www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtrr161/

📣 VIS reviewers, authors, and ACs, don’t miss our panel “IEEE VIS Reviewing: On a Path to Self-Destruction?” on Thursday morning at IEEE VIS 2025. We’ve got a stellar lineup of panelists and we want your voice in the discussion! #IEEEVIS

It's #ieeevis week 🤩 This year, the premier conference on #visualization and visual analytics is held in Vienna, Austria. Check out the contributions to the #conference program by #sfbtrr161 members: www.sfbtrr161.de/news/SFB-TRR...

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S-CCS Lab PhD Position 3+2 year 100% TVL-13 position in '26 - open topic on the intersection of combined EEG-EyeTracking, Statistical Methods, Cognitive Modelling, VR/Mobile EEG, Vision ... Apply via Max-Planck IMPRS-IS program until 2025-11-16 imprs.is.mpg.de Read: www.s-ccs.de/philosophy

In the second event of our #sfbtrr161 lecture series, Jacob Miller will focus on the relationship between faithfulness metrics and how humans interpret data in #networkvisualization: "Evaluating Visualization Quality from Mathematical Soundness to Human Perception". www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr...

Looking forward to a new edition of our #sfbtrr161 lecture series! Next Monday, @tnagel.bsky.social will kick off the series with a lecture on "Embedded #Visualization of Urban Data: Concepts, Contexts and Perspectives" at @unistuttgart.bsky.social. More info: www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtrr161/

Recommended listening ✨🎧🎙️ In the latest episode of the "Zia - Audible Women in Science" #podcast, Marina Evers, former member of our Project A01, talks about her research and her #career in #science. Listen to the episode here: zia-audible-women-in-science.podigee.io/24-folge-24-... #womeninSTEM

Kicking off our #sfbtrr161 Status Seminar with a keynote on #AI for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction by Thomas Wortmann from @unistuttgart.bsky.social. Thank you for an inspiring presentation! 👏

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to members of our projects D04 and A09 on winning a Best Innovation Paper Award at IEEE CH 2025! In their paper, they explore how #ImmersiveAnalytics can help improve how #culturalheritage is experienced and studied. Read more: www.sfbtrr161.de/news/IEEE-CH... #VR #VirtualReality

🎧🎙️During his visit with our projects in #Konstanz, Bruce Thomas, expert on interactive and virtual environments, took the time to record an interview with us about #AR and #VR technologies, their risks and potentials, and many other topics. Listen to the full interview here: youtu.be/DtUu77zXh7g?...

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For our final talk at the Women* in Computing Workshop we are joined by Susanne Boll from the University of Oldenburg. Thank you to all our speakers for an afternoon filled with unique perspectives and helpful insights! Now we're off to do some #networking 😀 #WomenInComputing #WIC2025

How to navigate between academia and industry when choosing a career in #computing is addressed by Roswitha Gostner from ZEISS Digital Innovation in the second talk at the Women* in Computing Workshop. Thank you for some helpful tips and tools! #WomeninComputing #WIC2025 #sfbtrr161

In the 2nd talk at the Women* in Computing Workshop, Anicia Peters from NCRST Namibia demonstrated how women researchers can transcend traditional boundaries to build impactful international networks and foster values-driven innovation. Thank you for your inspiring insights! #WIC2025 #sfbtrr161

First talk of the day at the Women* in Computing Workshop: Sofia Seinfeld shares her journey as a researcher working internationally at the intersection of social sciences and computer science and using #virtualreality to create therapeutic solutions and address social challenges 👏 #WIC2025

🔥 Registration for the Women* in Computing Workshop closes tomorrow. Sign up now for a half-day #workshop that focuses on impact and challenges of moving between countries and the role of #networking during a #career in computing. www.sfbtrr161.de/events_sfbtr... #womenincomputing