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The Fraunhofer IGD is one of 48 research institutes of the Fraunhofer Society and is closely connected with the GRIS Group of the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Computer Graphics Center (ZGDV). The Fraunhofer IGD does applied research with the aim of further developing the technology of computer graphics and of making the results of the new technology available for applications.
Experience and expertise
The Fraunhofer IGD is working on the following research areas:
Document imaging and industrial applications of prepress, printing, and publishing (Graphic Arts) are two major areas of research. From these areas bridges are built from computer graphics to applications in CAD/CAM/CIM, publishing, and electronic prepress. Scientific visualization for technology, science, and medicine is another focus, which plays an important role in many different contexts of realization. Visual communication fills the gap between imaging and telecommunication which-due to strong market growth-will play a leading role in the future. Of special interest here is the development of non-broadcast, high-definition applications. Another expanding area is graphical information systems, with the focus on spatial and geographic information systems.
Short resume of the key persons
Dr.-Ing. Volker Luckas studied Computer Science and Mathematics with focus on optimization algorithms at the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany, where he received his MS (Dipl.-Inform.) in 1995. From 1995 till 2000, he has been a full-time researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt. In 2000 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Technology in Darmstadt for his research about the element based, efficient and rapid creation of 3D visualizations and 3D animations. Since 2000, he is the head of the department "Animation and Image communication" (A3) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt, Germany. Volker Luckas is also a professional member of the ACM and the ACM SIGGRAPH.
Dipl.-Math. Sascha Schneider studied mathematics with emphasis on computer science at the University of Technology in Darmstadt where he received his degree as Diplom- Mathematiker in February 2000. Besides lectures in theoretical mathematics and cryptography he specialized in geometry and computer-graphics. After finishing his studys with the diploma thesis of a "fast 3d delaunay triangulation algorithm for volume discretisation" he closed his web-publishing company and became a member of the research group Animation and Image Communication at the Fraunhofer Institut for computer graphics.
Dipl.-Ing. Marcus Hoffmann studied media technology with focus on computer graphics and animation at the Technical University of Ilmenau, where he received his MS (Dipl.-Ing.) in 2003 with the diploma thesis "Comparison of methods for adaptive geometry compression". After the study he worked as research assistant in the IAVAS project, where he developed nurbs and subdivision surfaces for a MPEG-4 player. In december 2003 he became a staff researcher at the department for Animation and Image Communication.
EU projects
Through the transfer of knowledge from research to practical applications the IGD contributes to the technological furtherance of European trade and industry. The IGD is involved in other CEC projects (e.g., DELTA, COMETT, ERASMUS, CTS2, RACE, ESPRIT), as project coordinator in some, and has produced significant results in these projects.
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