Markus Steinberger

Markus Steinberger is an Associate Professor at Graz University of Technology, Austria, leading the GPU Computing and Visualization Group at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision. He holds an MSc in Computer Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science from Graz University of Technology. In 2013 and 2014 he was with the mobile computer vision research group of Kari Pulli at NVIDIA, California. After a short PostDoc in Graz, he led the GPU Scheduling and Parallel Computing Group at the Max-Planck-Center for Visual Computing and Communication in Saarbrücken, Germany from 2015 until 2017. His biggest honors include the promotion sub auspiciis prasidentis rei publicae in 2014, being the first Austrian to win the GI Dissertation Prize, and winning the Heinz Zemanek Prize. His research interests are reflected by the numerous awards won by his papers, including ACM CHI, IEEE Infovis, Eurographics, ACM NPAR, EG/ACM HPG, and IEEE HPEC best paper and honorable mention awards.

Education

  • 11/2020
    Habilitation at Graz University of Technology

    Habilitation in the scientific field Practical Computer Science.
    Title: High-performance Scheduling on Manycore Processors

  • 11/201010/2013
    PhD studies at Graz University of Technology

    PhD program in Computer Science with best possible grades within shortest possible time.
    Title: Dynamic Resource Scheduling on Graphics Processors
    Advisor: Prof. Dieter Schmalstieg
    External Referee: Prof. Jens Krüger (University of Duisburg)

  • 10/200806/2010
    Master studies at Graz University of Technology

    Master program in Telematics with best possible grades in minimal study duration.
    Title: Highly accurate Multiresolution Isosurface Rendering using compactly supported Spline Wavelets
    Advisor: Dr. Markus Grabner

  • 10/200510/2008
    Bachelor studies at Graz University of Technology

    Bachelor program in Telematics with higehst distinction in shortest study durations.
    Title: Isosurface Representation and Rendering, an approach for polynomial isosurface functions
    Advisor: Dr. Markus Grabner

Curriculum Vitae

Positions

  • 09/2021now
    Director Cloud Rendering

    Huawei Technologies, Austria
    Leading the Cloud Rendering Laboratory

  • 05/2021now
    Associate Professor TU Graz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Leading the GPU Computing and Visualization Group at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision.

  • 04/201704/2021
    Assistant Professor TU Graz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Leading the GPU Computing and Visualization Group at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision.

  • 11/201504/2017
    Junior Group Leader MPI Saarbrüken

    Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrüken, Germany
    Leading the GPU Scheduling and Parallel Computing Group at the Max Planck Center for visual computing and communication.

  • 11/201310/2015
    Post Doc / Junior Group Leader TU Graz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Leading the Parallel Computing Group at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Teaching courses in Computer Graphics and GPU computing.

  • 10/201302/2014
    Internship NVIDIA Corporation

    Santa Clara, California, USA
    Researcher in the Mobile Computer Vision Group of Kari Pulli.

  • 07/201010/2013
    University Assistant TU Graz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Research and Teaching at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision.

  • 10/200706/2010
    Teaching Assistant TU Graz

    Graz University of Technology, Austria
    Assistant with the Institute for computer Graphics and Vision, Institute for Signal Processing and Speech Communication, Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications, Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Institute for Software Technology

Awards

  • 05/2021
    Eurographics 2021 Best Full Paper Talk Award

    Eurographics is the premier conference for computer graphics in Europe and among the top three conference worldwide. Our talk for SnakeBinning: Efficient Temporally Coherent Triangle Packing for Shading Streaming was voted to be the best talk of 2021 and received the best talk award 2021.

  • 05/2021
    Eurographics 2021 Best Fast Forward Award

    Eurographics is the premier conference for computer graphics in Europe and among the top three conference worldwide. The fast forward for our paper SnakeBinning: Efficient Temporally Coherent Triangle Packing for Shading Streaming was voted to be the best fast forward of 2021 and we received the best fast forward award 2021 and some Sachertorte.

  • 06/2020
    Eurographics 2020 Best Paper Award

    Eurographics is the premier conference for computer graphics in Europe and among the top three conference worldwide. Our paper Subdivision-Specialized Linear Algebra Kernels for Static and Dynamic Mesh Connectivity on the GPU was selected as the best paper of 2020 and received the best paper award 2020.

  • 05/2019
    I3D 2019 Best Poster Award

    I3D is the leading conference for real time 3D computer graphics and human interaction, and 2019 marks the 33rd year since the first conference. Our poster From Ground to Space: Real-time Rendering of Procedural Planets at Arbitrary Altitudes was select to the best poster of I3D’19.

  • 09/2017
    Best Student Paper Award High Performance Extreme Computing

    IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing is the premier conference in the world on the convergence of High Performance and Embedded Computing. Our paper Autonomous, Independent Management of Dynamic Graphs on GPUs was select to the best student paper of HPEC’17.

  • 10/2016
    OCG Heinz Zemanek Prize

    With this award the Austrian Computer Society honors the best Austrian dissertation in the field of Computer Science. My dissertation Dynamic Resource Scheduling on Graphics Processors was selected to be the best among all dissertation completed in Austria between 2012 and 2016. Note: Prize shared with Sebastian Krinninger. Details can be found on the OCG website.

  • 09/2016
    Best Paper Finalist Award High Performance Extreme Computing

    IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing is the premier conference in the world on the convergence of High Performance and Embedded Computing. Our paper How Naive is Naive SpMV on the GPU was select to be among the best five papers of HPEC’16.

  • 11/2014
    Honorary Award from the Austrian federal ministry for Science, Research and Economy

    With this award, the Austrian federal ministry for Science, Research and Economy honors outstanding achievements during PhD studies.

  • 10/2014
    GI Prize for the best dissertation (PhD thesis) of 2013

    The GI Prize for the best dissertation tries to award the best dissertation within the field of Computer Science completed at any university within Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I am the first Austrian to ever win this Award for my dissertation Dynamic Resource Scheduling on Graphics Processors.

  • 08/2014
    Best paper Award High Performance Graphics

    High Performance Graphics is the premiere conference for high performance computations on graphics processors. The paper Fast ANN for High-Quality Collaborative Filtering, which I wrote together with my colleagues at NVIDIA was selected to be the best paper of 2014.

  • 07/2014
    Award of Excellence from the Austrian federal ministry for Science, Research and Economy

    The Austrian federal ministry for Science, Research and Economy supports outstanding young Researchers in their international travel activities for two years after completing their PhD.

  • 07/2014
    Promotion sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae

    In Austria, the highest possible honor for achievement is the promotio sub auspiciis prasidentis rei publicae. In this ceremony, the head of Austria honors the country's best students by attending their promotion and presenting them with a custom made gold ring.

  • 04/2014
    Honorable Mention Award Human Factors in Computing Systems

    The ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) is the premier conference for human computer interaction. Our paper Show Me the Invisible: Visualizing Hidden Content was selected to be one of the outstanding papers of 2014 and received an honorable mention paper award.

  • 04/2014
    3rd Best Paper Award Eurographics

    Eurographics is the premier conference for computer graphics in Europe and among the top three conference worldwide. Our paper Parallel Generation of Architecture on the GPU was selected to be the third best paper presented during the conference in 2014.

  • 10/2013
    IEEE SciVis Honorable Mention Poser Award

    IEEE SciVis is the premiere conference for scientific visualization. Our poster Volume Rendering with advanced GPU scheduling strategies was selected to be one of the best posters of 2013 and received an honorable mention poster award.

  • 10/2011
    IEEE InfoVis Best Paper Award

    IEEE InfoVis is the premiere conference for information visualization. Our paper Context-Preserving Visual Links was voted to be the best paper of 2011 and received the best paper award 2011.

  • 08/2011
    Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering Best Paper Award

    The symposium on Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering (NPAR) has a more than 10 year history of being the premiere symposium for the specialized field of non-photorealistic animation and rendering. Our paper Stylization-based ray prioritization for guaranteed framerates was selected to be the best paper in the category Rendering in 2011.

  • 05/2011
    Honorable Mention Award Human Factors in Computing Systems

    The ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) is the premier conference for human computer interaction. Our paper Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management was selected to be one of the outstanding papers of 2011 and received an honorable mention paper award.

  • 05/2009
    3rd Best CESCG Paper Award

    My first paper Multiresolution Isosurface Rendering was selected to be the 3rd best paper of the Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics.

  • 2009
    Achievement scholarship from the Faculty of Informatics

    Due to my outstanding study progress I received an achievement scholarship from Graz University of Technology.

  • 2008
    Achievement scholarship from the Faculty of Informatics

    Due to my outstanding study progress I received an achievement scholarship from Graz University of Technology.

  • 2007
    Achievement scholarship from the Faculty of Informatics

    Due to my outstanding study progress I received an achievement scholarship from Graz University of Technology.

  • 2006
    Achievement scholarship from the Faculty of Informatics

    Due to my outstanding study progress I received an achievement scholarship from Graz University of Technology.