Marc Pollefeys — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Full Professor in Computer Science at ETH Zurich, leading the Computer Vision and Geometry lab since 2007.
Director of the Microsoft Spatial AI lab Zurich since 2018 and Director of Science at Microsoft HoloLens since 2016.
Main research area is computer vision, including 3D-from-video, semantic 3D reconstruction, and robotic perception.
Recipient of a Marr prize, an NSF CAREER award, a Packard Fellowship, and an ERC starting grant.
Holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, received in 1994 and 1999.

Biography

Marc Pollefeys is a distinguished figure in computer science, holding a full professorship in the Institute for Visual Computing of the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich since 2007. At ETH Zurich, he leads the Computer Vision and Geometry lab, focusing on developing flexible approaches to capture visual representations of real-world objects, scenes, and events.