Welcome to the Visual Computing Group at Heidelberg University

The Visual Computing Group was founded in 2015 and is headed by Prof. Filip Sadlo. Our research interests include scientific visualization, volumetric rendering, information visualization, and computational photography, with a focus on proximity to physics and simulation. This page is under construction. Please see the News Page for status and progress.

Research Excerpt (Random Selection):

M. Hlawatsch, F. Sadlo, M. Burch, D. Weiskopf:

Scale-Stack Bar Charts

Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 181–190, 2013.

Abstract

It is difficult to create appropriate bar charts for data that cover large value ranges. The usual approach for these cases employs a logarithmic scale, which, however, suffers from issues inherent to its non-linear mapping: for example, a quantitative comparison of dif... [More ...]

Events

Latest News

2021-01-12: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Robin Fleige!
2021-01-04: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Maksim Schreck!
2020-07-15: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Philipp Wimmer!
2020-06-29: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Egzon Miftari!
2019-09-02: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Yaroslav Agapov!
2018-01-08: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Karsten Hanser!
2017-11-02: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Bastian Rieck!
2017-11-02: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Lutz Hofmann!
2017-08-01: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Philipp Jung!
2017-06-01: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Kai Sdeo!
2016-05-05: Filip Sadlo gives a talk tomorrow at the Akademische Mittagspause.
2016-04-08: The Visual Computing Group welcomes Boyan Zheng!
2016-02-15: We are seeking teaching assistants for the lecture Scientific Visualization.
2015-08-17: Teaching pages updated.
2015-08-09: Research pages added.
2015-08-08: People pages are ready and replace previous home page at the University of Stuttgart.
2015-08-07: Publications page is ready and replaces previous home page at the University of Stuttgart. Publications now feature a 'details' page.
2015-08-04: Four PhD positions are available. Please apply by email to sekretariat.sadlo@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de.
2015-08-04: Homepage went online. Teaching and Achievements sections are finished and replace those at the previous home page at the University of Stuttgart. People and Publications pages are under construction.