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Fraunhofer IGD congratulates Dr. Michel Krämer and Paul Hermann on winning the prize for the best lecture for their course "Verteilte Geometrieverarbeitung" ("Distributed Geometry Processing"). Additionally, four new professors, including Prof. Dr. Arjan Kuijper, introduced themselves at the summer colloquium of the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Congratulations on your doctorate! Pascal Bormann, researcher in "Spatial Information Management" successfully defended his dissertation "Improving the Efficiency of Point Cloud Data Management" on Mai 5th, 2024. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexander Reiterer (University of Freiburg/Fraunhofer IPM) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter W. Fellner (TU Darmstadt/Fraunhofer IGD).

Congratulations to her! Lena Cibulski, researcher in the "Information Visualization and Visual Analytics" Competence Center, successfully defended her dissertation "Visual Analysis for Multi-Attribute Choice" on March 25, 2024. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer (TU Darmstadt/Fraunhofer IGD), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter W. Fellner (TU Darmstadt/Fraunhofer IGD) and Prof. Eduard Gröller (TU Vienna).

The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD and IT service provider q.beyond are set to cooperate in the field of data processing and visualisation. This cooperation aims to detect potential optimisations in company processes and present these graphically in such a way as to simplify decisions on process enhancements.

Threedy is a high-tech start-up founded in 2020 as a spin-off from Fraunhofer's Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) in Darmstadt, Germany. Three remarkably successful years after its foundation, Threedy has secured a $10.4 million investment to accelerate growth across industries and regions. New investors comprise LBBW Venture Capital, TRUMPF VENTURE, Futury Capital and EquityPitcher Ventures. The investment underlines Threedy's strong position to capture a substantial market share of the fast-growing industrial digital twin space.

Congratulations! Tarek Abu Haila, employee of the department "Cultural Heritage Digitization", successfully defended his dissertation "The Impact of Cross-Polarization on RGB Imaging, Color Calibration and Accuracy" at TU Darmstadt on January 22, 2024.

Congratulations! Alexander Gillert successfully defended his Ph.D. on November 21, 2023, with the topic "Of Plants and Pixels: Leveraging Biological Priors for Ecological Data Analysis When Generic Methods Fall Short". The interdisciplinary research was conducted in close collaboration with the ecologists at the University of Greifswald.

Congratulations! Danwu Chen, employee of the "3D Printing Technologies" competence center, successfully defended his dissertation "Deep learning for characterizing full-color 3D printers: accuracy, robustness, and data efficiency" on November 21, 2023.

Congratulations! Dirk Siegmund, former long-time employee in the "Smart Living & Biometric Technologies" competence center, successfully defended his dissertation "Image Classification of High Variant Objects in Fast Industrial Applications" on November 13, 2023.

Meiling Fang, research assistant in the department "Smart Living and Biometric Technologies" successfully defended her dissertation on 21 April 2023 - congratulations!