Profiles

Principal Investigators

Biography

A founding member of KAUST, Hadwiger has published numerous scientific papers and books, including "Real-Time Volume Graphics." He has been an Assistant Professor of Computer Science from 2009 to 2014, an Associate Professor of Computer Science from 2014 to 2021, and a Full Professor of Computer Science since 2021.

Research Interests

Professor Markus Hadwiger’s research interests are in scientific visualization and visual computing.

Hadwiger’s investigations span a wide range of topics, including the visualization of extreme-scale data, volume visualization, flow visualization, differential geometry and mathematical physics in visualization, medical visualization, large-scale image and volume processing, multi-resolution and out-of-core techniques, domain-specific languages for visualization, interactive segmentation and feature identification and GPU algorithms and architecture.

Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2004
Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.-M.Eng.)
Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2000

Research Scientists

Biography

Peter started his academic life at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). He obtained his bachelor degree in Media Computer Science in 2003. After that, he worked as a teacher assistant for one year. In 2005, he received his master degree in Computer Graphics and Digital Image Processing. During his preparation for the master degree, he worked part-time as a Computer Science teacher at a School for Social Services.

He was a Research Assistant from 2005 to 2009 at TU Wien. In that period, he was also preparing doing his PhD in Computer Science. He received his doctoral degree in 2009. Before joining KAUST, Peter was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vienna University of Technology until 2011.

Research Interests

Peter is interested in Scientific Visualization, particularly in advanced methods of fluid flow visualization, Computer Graphics in general, Augmented and Virtual Reality, as well as large language models (LLMs) and their applications in interactive systems.

Students

Biography

I am a PhD student in computer science specializing in Riemannian geometry and flow visualization.
In my free time and during my bachelor stage,  I am working  in graphics engines and computer vision.

Research Interests

Research interest

He is interested in observer relative flow visualization,  extreme-scale data, visualization, computer graphics.

Alumni

Former Members

Biography

Dr. Sicat obtained his bachelor degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Ateneo de Manila University in Philippines in 2008. After graduating, he worked as a Research Assistant and Lecturer for almost a year before joining KAUST to receive his master degree in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Computer Science.

Afterward, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Visual Computing Center (VCC) in KAUST. He left KAUST to join Harvard University as a Postdoctoral Researcher, until he returned to KAUST in 2019 as a Research Scientist to continue his research journey.

Research Interests

His main research interests are large-scale data visualization and analysis, immersive analytics, and computer graphics. He develops multi-resolution representations and algorithms for large-scale gigapixel images, and 3D volumes. He also develops visualization tools and techniques for augmented and virtual reality environments towards novel ways of experiencing and understanding data.

Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
Electronics and Communications Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 2008
Master of Science (M.S.)
Electrical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2010
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Computer Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2015