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Prof. Dr. Ralf Dörner

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201, Gebäude C
Ralf.Doernerspam prevention@hs-rm.de
+49 611 94951216
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Postal address Postfach 3251 65022 Wiesbaden
Visitor address Unter den Eichen 5 65195 Wiesbaden

Vita

since 2004Professor of “Graphical Data Processing and Virtual Reality” at Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences / RheinMain University of Applied Sciences (2006 - 2010 Program Director for the Master's in Computer Science, since 2011 Member of the University Senate, 2014 - 2020 Vice Dean of the Department of Design, Computer Science, and Media, since 2020 Dean of the Department of Design, Computer Science, and Media)
since 2018Professor member of the Hessian Doctoral Center for Applied Computer Science PZAI (spokesperson for the doctoral center since 2018)
since 2010Honorary professorship at the University of Transylvania in Brașov, Romania
2003 - 2004Professor of "Multimedia User Interfaces and Software Engineering" at Harz University of Applied Sciences
2002Postdoctoral fellowship from the DAAD: Research stay with Prof. Colin Ware at the Information Visualization Lab at the University of New Hampshire, USA
2000 - 2001Doctoral student at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. July 2001 Doctorate in computer science with distinction.
1999 - 2003Moved to the Fraunhofer Application Center for Computer Graphics in Chemistry and Pharmacy (AGC) in Frankfurt am Main. Most recently, deputy head of the application center and head of the “Mixed Reality” department.
1996 - 1999Research assistant in the “Animation and Visual Communication” department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) in Darmstadt
1991 - 1996Study Computer Science at TU Darmstadt

Teaching

Courses offered include computer graphics, virtual reality systems, mixed reality, computer graphics for education and entertainment, information visualization, computer games, 3D modeling and reconstruction, 3D animation, 2D image analysis, digital image processing, development of interactive user interfaces, and human-computer interaction. In addition, Prof. Dörner offers specialist seminars and supervision of professional internships, bachelor's theses, master's theses, and doctoral theses.


Those interested in topics for internships, bachelor's theses, master's theses, and doctoral theses in the field of computer graphics, virtual and mixed reality, and visualization are welcome to contact Prof. Dörner in person or by email.

Research and projects

Prof. Dr. Ralf Dörner's research interests lie in the field of visualization (interactive information visualization, visual data analysis), virtual and mixed reality (especially in the area of authoring systems), and the use of computer graphics for e-learning and entertainment.


Prof. Dörner has participated in numerous publicly funded projects. He has also carried out several practical contract research projects. Prof. Dörner also works as a consultant and expert. He has served and continues to serve as spokesperson for the joint doctoral program with Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and the Hessian Doctoral Center for Applied Computer Science.


Prof. Dr. Dörner is the author or co-author of more than 150 international scientific publications.

Committees and memberships

Prof. Dr. Ralf Dörner has served and continues to serve as a member of program committees for national and international conferences (e.g., IEEE ISMAR, ACM VRST, IEEE VR) and as a reviewer for academic journals (e.g., International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting). Prof. Dörner also works as an expert advisor, e.g., for the European Commission, ASIIN e.V., the German Research Foundation (DFG), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Science Council. He is a member of ACM SIGGRAPH and the GI - Gesellschaft für Informatik (German Informatics Society). He is an elected member of the steering committee of the GI VR/AR specialist group, a member of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Metaverse) and an advisor to the Promotionskolleg NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia Doctoral College).