Marc Alexa is a professor of
computer science
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at
TU Berlin
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working in the fields of
computer graphics
Computer graphics deals with generating images with the aid of computers. Today, computer graphics is a core technology in digital photography, film, video games, cell phone and computer displays, and many specialized applications. A great de ...
,
geometric modeling
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The shapes studied in geometric modeling are mostly two- or three-dimensi ...
and
geometry processing
Geometry processing, or mesh processing, is an area of research that uses concepts from applied mathematics, computer science and engineering to design efficient algorithms for the acquisition, reconstruction, analysis, manipulation, simulation a ...
.
Life
Alexa studied
computer science
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at
TU Darmstadt, receiving a
Diplom in 1997 and a
PhD in 2002. After his graduation, he spent time as a
postdoctoral researcher
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with
Greg Turk
Greg Turk is an American-born researcher in the field of computer graphics and a professor at the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). His paper "Zippered polygon mes ...
at
Georgia Tech
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, returning the same year to become
assistant professor
Assistant Professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States and Canada.
Overview
This position is generally taken after earning a doctoral degree
A docto ...
at TU Darmstadt. In 2005, he became an
associate professor for computer graphics at
TU Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It wa ...
, transitioning to the
full professorship
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in 2010. He conducted research at
Caltech
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,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Disney Research
Disney Research is a network of research labs supporting The Walt Disney Company. Its purpose is to pursue scientific and technological innovation to advance the company's broad media and entertainment efforts.
It has facilities in Los Angeles, Z ...
,
ETH Zurich, and the
University of Toronto
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. From 2018 to 2021, he was the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of
ACM Transactions on Graphics
''ACM Transactions on Graphics'' (TOG) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers the field of computer graphics. It was established in 1982 and is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. TOG publishes two special iss ...
.
Awards
Alexa received numerous best paper awards at conferences, in particular the
Symposium on Geometry Processing. Other noteworthy distinctions:
*2022:
ERC Advanced Grant
*2018: Fellow of the
Eurographics
Eurographics is a Europe-wide professional computer graphics association. The association supports its members in advancing the state of the art in computer graphics and related fields such as multimedia, scientific visualization and human–compu ...
Association
*2014: Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contributions Award
*2012: Engineering Sciences Prize of the Academy,
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin a ...
*2010: ERC Starting Grant
*2003:
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis of the
German Research Foundation
References
External links
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Living people
1974 births
Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin
Technische Universität Darmstadt alumni
German computer scientists
Computer graphics researchers
European Research Council grantees