Collaborative Research Center

SFB-TRR 161

Quantitative Methods for Visual Computing

We are living in a data society in which data is generated at amazing speed; individuals, companies, organizations, and governments are on the brink of being drawn into a massive deluge of data. The great challenge is to extract the relevant information from vast amounts of data and communicate it effectively.

Typical scenarios include decision and policy making for urban and environmental planning or understanding relationships and dependencies in complex networks, e.g., social networks or networks from the field of bioinformatics. These scenarios are not only of interest to specialized experts; in fact, there is a trend toward including the broad public, which requires the information to be presented in a reliable, faithful, and easy-to-understand fashion.

Visual computing can play a key role in extracting and presenting the relevant information.

In visual computing research the aspect of quantification is often neglected. The SFB-TRR 161 seeks to close this gap.

The long-term goal is to strengthen the research field by establishing the paradigm of quantitative science in visual computing.

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SFB-TRR 161 Events

Nov 25th, 2024, 4 pm - 6 pm

LMU Munich

Lecture | Gaze scan-path similarity in mobile eye tracking

Held by:

Bahador Bahrami, LMU

Abstract:

Eye-tracking research, which often captures and analyses the trajectory of an observer’s gaze (commonly known as the scanpath) is crucial for understanding the dynamics of visual attention. While scanpath analysis typically relies on high-resolution data collected in controlled lab settings, it faces challenges in real-world applications with more contemporary wearable devices, where data are often noisy and resolution and precision are traded off for felxibility. I will present one of our recent projects focusing on the application of spatio-temporal scanpath similarity metrics as a measure of gaze pattern similarity, with a primary focus on dynamic time warping (DTW) algorithm.

Bio:

Bahador is from Tehran, Iran. He got his MD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2003 and then moved to London to do a PhD in cognitive neuroscience of consciousness in the human brain which he finished in 2008. Since then he has worked in Aarhus, Denmark (2008-10) and London (2010-2017) where he founded the Crowd Cognition research lab. In 2018 he moved his lab to  Ludwig Maximilian Universität in Munich, Germany. Over the past decade, his lab has been supported by two European Council Research grants (starting grant 2013-2018 and consolidator grant 2019-ongoing). Bahador's reasearch focuses on the cognitive and neurobiological basis of interactive decision making between human-human and more recently, human-AI agents.

Location:

LMU Munich, Department for Informatics, Frauenlobstraße 7A, 80337 München, third floor, room 357.

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012. and to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702.

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Dec 2nd, 2024, 4 pm - 6 pm (has to be moved to a different Monday!)

University of Konstanz

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Nina Tahmasebi, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Location:

University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012.

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Dec 9th, 2024, 4 pm - 6 pm

University of Stuttgart

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Margret Keuper, Universität Mannheim

Location:

University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Jan 13th, 2025, 4 pm - 6 pm

University of Stuttgart

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Kenan Bektas, Universität St. Gallen

Location:

University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Jan 20th, 2025, 4 pm - 6 pm

LMU Munich

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Thomas Kosch, HU Berlin

Location:

LMU Munich, Room: tbd

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012. and to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702.

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Jan 27th, 2025, 4 pm - 6 pm

LMU Munich

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Felix Putze, Universität Bremen

Location:

LMU Munich, Room: tbd

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012. and to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702.

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

Feb 3rd, 2025, 4 pm - 6 pm

University of Stuttgart

Lecture | tbd

Held by:

Jürgen Bernard, Universität Zürich

Location:

University of Stuttgart, Visualization Research Center (VISUS), Room: 00.012University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

The lecture will be transmitted to the University of Konstanz, Room: ZT 702

All doctoral researchers are asked to take part in the events of the lecture series.

May 26th - 28th, 2025, full days

Humboldt Haus, Aichberg bei Lindau am Bodensee

Doctoral Retreat of the SFB-TRR 161

Oct 6th - 7th, 2025, full days

HdbL Herrsching

Internal Status Seminar of the SFB-TRR 161

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