Short Biography
Markus
Enzweiler received the MSc degree in computer science from
the University of Ulm, Germany, in 2005. In 2002 and 2003
he was a visiting student researcher at the Centre for
Vision Research at York University, Toronto, Canada. Since
2006, he has been a PhD student with the Image &
Pattern Analysis Group at the University of Heidelberg,
Germany, while on site at Daimler Research in Ulm, Germany.
His current research focuses on statistical models of human
appearance with application to pedestrian detection and
classification in the domain of intelligent vehicles. He is
an IEEE student member and holds a PhD scholarship from the
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National
Academic Foundation).
Resume
Education
University of Heidelberg, Germany
PhD
student, Image & Pattern Analysis Group
10/2006 - present
Supervised by:
Prof. Dr. Christoph
Schnörr
and
Prof. Dr. Dariu Gavrila
University of Ulm, Germany
Master's degree in Computer Science (M. Comp. Sc.)
12/2005 (top 1%)
Supervised by:
Prof. Dr. Heiko Neumann
and
Prof. Dr. Dariu Gavrila
Thesis title: Resampling Techniques for Pedestrian
Classification
York University, Toronto, Canada
Internship + Graduate Exchange Student
07/2002 - 10/2002 and 09/2003 - 12/2003
Supervised
by:
Prof. Dr. John K. Tsotsos
and
Prof. Richard P. Wildes
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, St.
Augustin, Germany
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (BSc. in CS)
08/2003 (top 1%)
Supervised by:
Prof. Dr. Rainer Herpers
and
Prof. Richard P. Wildes
Thesis title:
Computing Motion Trajectories using Spatiotemporal Motion
Analysis
Work
Experience
Daimler AG Group Research, Ulm, Germany
Environment Perception department
05/2004 - present
Internship, MSc Thesis, PhD student
(Pedestrian recognition, intelligent vehicles)
BitTwister IT GmbH, Ulm, Germany
01/2006 - 09/2006
Software developer (image processing and machine learning)
University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
10/2004 - 03/2005
Teaching assistant (computer vision)
GSF Research Center, Neuherberg, Germany
01/2004 - 03/2004
Internship (medical image processing)
Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto,
Canada
07/2002 - 10/2002 and 09/2003 - 12/2003
BSc thesis (motion analysis) and graduate student (vision)
Advisor:
Prof. Richard P. Wildes
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, St.
Augustin, Germany
07/2001 - 08/2003
Teaching assistant (computer programming, multimedia,
computer vision)
Honors
& Awards
Scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
(German National Merit Foundation)
Undergraduate, Graduate & PhD
scholarship
01/2003
- 10/2009
Price
for outstanding Bachelor's Thesis
2004
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship
09/2003 - 12/2003
Publications
Memberships
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Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation), PhD Scholarship
-
IEEE
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DAGM
-
GI
References
Available upon request