
Prof. Dr. Otmar Hilliges
Professor of Computer Science
Advanced Interactive Technologies Lab, ETH Zürich
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- Phone
- +41 44 632 39 56
- Address
- Stampfenbachstrasse 48, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Room
- ETH Zurich, Department of Computer Science, STD, H 24
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I am a Professor in the Computer Science Department at ETH Zurich. I lead the AIT lab and serve as the head of the Institute of Intelligent Interactive Systems.
My research is in spatio-temporal understanding of how humans move within and interact with the physical world. I research algorithms, methods and representations for human- and interaction-centric understanding of our world from videos, images and other sensor data. I'm interested in many different application domains such as Augmented and Virtual Reality, Human Robot Interaction and more.
Prior to joining ETH I was a postdoc and later a researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, in the I3D group(2010-2013). I was awarded a Diplom (equiv. MSc) in Computer Science from Technische Universität München and my PhD in Computer Science from LMU München, Germany (2009).CV, Research and Teaching statements
Academic and Professional Activities
Grants
- ERC Consolidator Grant: "AI-Perceive: Robust Human-Centric Computer Vision for Advanced AI-Agents". 2022-2027
- Google Inc. Sponsored Research Agreement: "Generative Modelling of Humans". 2020-2025.
- ERC Starting Grant: "OPTINT: Optimization-based Design of Interactive Technologies". 2017-2021
- Microsoft Research Swiss JRC Grant: "Human-Centric-Flight II: End-user Design of High-level Robotic Behavior". 2017-2019
- SNF Grant: "Deformation and Motion Modeling using Modular, Sensor-based Input Devices". 2015-2018
- Google Inc. Sponsored Research Agreement: "Recognition Algorithms Using High-Speed, Wide Field-of-View, Short Range Sensors for Mobile and Wearable Computing". 2014-2016.
- SNF Grant: "UFO: Semi-Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Augmented Reality, Human-Computer Interaction and Remote Collaboration" (200021L_153644). 2015-2018
- Microsoft Research Swiss JRC Grant: "Human-Centric Flight: Micro Aerial Vehicles for Interaction, Videography and 3D Reconstruction". 2014-2017
Technical Program Comittee Member
- European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV '22)
- Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '23)
- Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR '22)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '20)
- AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI '20)
- Eurographics (EG '20)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '20)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '19)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '17)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '16)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '16)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '15)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '14)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '14)
- ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (ACM TEI '14)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '13)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (ACM MUM '13)
- ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI '13)
- ACM Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '13)
- IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (IEEE Ismar '13)
- IEEE Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference (IEEE 3DV '13)
- IEEE Joint 3DIM/3DPVT Conference (IEEE 3DIMPVT '12)
- ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '12)
- ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ACM ITS '10)
- ACM Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (ACM TEI '09)
Organizing Comittee Member
- General Chair, ACM/IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR '18)
- Keynote Chair, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '14)
- Keynote Chair, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '13)
- Video Co-Chair, ACM Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp '13)
- Demonstrations Co-Chair, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACM UIST '10 & '11)
- Student Volunteer Chair, ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ACM ITS '08 & '09)
Keynote speaker
- Keynote, International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV ' 22)
- Keynote, Graphics Interface (GI ' 19)
Reviewing
I routinely review paper for conferences and journals in computer vision (CVPR, ICCV, 3DV, TPAMI), in HCI (CHI, UIST, Ubicomp, VR, ISMAR) and Robotics (ICRA, IROS, RA-L).
Selected Publications
Please see our full publications list. Also check Google Scholar, DBLP or the ACM DL.

Tangible and Modular Input Device for Character Articulation

Type–Hover–Swipe in 96 Bytes: A Motion Sensing Mechanical Keyboard

Digits: Freehand 3D Interactions Anywhere Using a Wrist-worn Gloveless Sensor
