Kiel University
Visual Computing and
Artificial Intelligence
The Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence (VCAI) lab, headed by Prof. Dr. Sören Pirk, focuses on research in the cross section of visual computing and artificial intelligence. With our research we aim to develop innovative methodologies and techniques in the areas of Generative AI and Synthetic Data, Multi-Modal and Time-variant Data Streams, and Agent-centric Representations. By combining expertise in visual computing, artificial intelligence, and data analysis, we strive to pioneer advancements in perception, modeling, and simulation. Our interdisciplinary approach allows us to address diverse challenges, ranging from generating synthetic data for training models to simulate complex natural phenomena with mathematical models. Through our research, we aim to not only expand the frontiers of knowledge but also to provide practical solutions with applications spanning various domains, ranging from computer vision and computer graphics to machine learning and robotics.
News
January 15, 2025
December 3, 2024
M. Sc. Ashwath Shetty joined the research group Visiting Researcher. View Profile: link.
The VCAI group received an ERC Consolidator grant (link, link) to work on digital twins for wildfires.
November 18, 2024
Prof. Pirk talked about Generative AI and Synthetic Data at the KI.SH Networking event: link.
November 13-15, 2024
It was a pleasure to join the CAU-Delegation to Poznań: link.
November 1, 2024
October 31, 2024
M. Sc. Yujun Wang joined the research group as a PhD Student and Research Assistant. View Profile: link.
Our work on advanced Simulations of Wildfire Dynamics was presented at the Wildland Fire Canada Conference (WFCC) in New Brunswick: link.
October 25, 2024
It was a pleasure to attend the International Conference on Social Robotics (link) in Odense (Denmark) to present our work on gesutre-aware imitation learning: link.
October 1, 2024
Anton Wagner joined the research group as a Technical Assistant. View Profile: link.
September 25, 2024
Our paper on training large reconstruction models with synthetic data was accepted to NeurIPS: link.
September 17, 2024
Digital Salon, our AI and Physics-Driven Tool for 3D Hair Grooming and Simulation was accepted to Real-Time Live! at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. Demo videos available here: link.
April 25, 2024
At Girls' Day 2024, we and the Marine Data Science working group gave schoolgirls their first insights into the world of image processing and its diverse applications: link.
April 24, 2024
Four papers accepted to ACM SIGGRAPH 2024.
April 15, 2024
Two of our papers on synthetic data generation were accepted to the CVPR Workshops Synthetic Data for Computer Vision and Vision for Agriculture: link, link.
February 27, 2024
Our paper on Multi-View Reconstruction with Diffusion Models was accepted to CVPR 2024: link.
January 26, 2024
Our paper on modeling trees with neural networks was featured in: SCIENMAG, Earth.com, TechTimes, Purdue University, Eureka Alert!
January 22, 2024
January 2, 2024
M. Sc. Marten Finck joined the research group as a PhD Student and Research Assistant. View Profile: link.
A full list of news, also including older events, can be found here: link.