Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous VISAPP conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
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2025
Crowds and Graphics: Beyond Animation and Visual Effects 
Julien Pettré, Inria, France On the Importance of Visualisation in a Data Driven Society Daniel Archambault, Newcastle University, United Kingdom Lifelong Visual Representation Learning Diane Larlus, Naver Labs Europe, France
2024
Virtual Reality in Mental Health: A Self-Counselling Approach Mel Slater, University of Barcelona, Spain Multi-Modal Human-Machine Interaction: Joint Optimization of Single Modalities and Automatic Learning of Communication Channel Fusion Gerhard Rigoll, Technical University of Munich, Germany The Predictable Side of Unpredictable Humans Alvitta Ottley, Washington University, United States Data-centred Deep Learning Models for Food Fine-Grained Recognition Petia Radeva, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2023
Beyond the Third Dimension: How Multidimensional Projections and Machine Learning Can Help Each Other Alexandru Telea, Utrecht University, Netherlands The Infinite Loop Ferran Argelaguet, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), France Human Tactile Mechanics and the Design of Haptic Interfaces Vincent Hayward, Sorbonne University, France Data-Centric Computer Vision Liang Zheng, Australian National University, Australia
2022
Wearable Human Augmentation Roope Raisamo, Tampere University, Finland Brain Computer Interfaces for Extended Reality Fotis Liarokapis, CYENS - Centre of Excellence and Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus The Risky Business of Visualizing Known Unknowns for Decision Making with Maps Sara Irina Fabrikant, University of Zurich, Switzerland Neural Implicit Representations for 3D Vision and Beyond Andreas Geiger, Autonomous Vision Group (AVG), University of Tübingen, Germany
2021
Visualization in the Real World: Confluence of Visualization and Augmented Reality Dieter Schmalstieg, Graz University of Technology, Austria 3D Indoor Scene Understanding with Scene Graphs and Self-supervision Federico Tombari, Google and Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
2020
The Computing Challenges of Mixed-Reality Anthony Steed, University College London, United Kingdom Semantic 3D Scene Understanding in RGB-D Scans Matthias Niessner, Technical University of Munich, Germany High Dynamic Range: Where to next? Alan Chalmers, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Experimental Pitfalls Helen Purchase, Monash University, Australia and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
2019
Reinventing Movies: How Do We Tell Stories in VR?Diego Gutierrez, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Building Emotionally Intelligent AI: From Sensing to Synthesis Daniel McDuff, Microsoft, United States Robust Fitting of Multiple Models in Computer Vision Jiri Matas, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Republic A Fine-grained Perspective onto Object Interactions from First-person Views Dima Damen, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
2018
The Perception of Physical Interactions in Mixed Reality Carol O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Geometry and Learning in 3D Shape Processing Problems Alexander Bronstein, Israel Institute of Technology,Tel Aviv University and Intel Corporation, Israel Immersive Analytics - Methodology and Applications in the Life Sciences Falk Schreiber, University of Konstanz, Germany and Monash University Melbourne, Germany Modeling Human-agent Interaction Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS/University of Pierre and Marie Curie, France
2017
Challenges for Visual Analytics Jack van Wijk, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Perceptually-Based Rendering Holly Rushmeier, Yale University, United States The Future of Social Robots - A Case Study with Nadine Humanoid Robot Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, NTU, Singapore and MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Groups and Crowds - Detection, Tracking and Behavior Analysis of People Aggregations Vittorio Murino, University of Verona, Italy Visual Data Science - Advancing Science through Visual Reasoning Torsten Moeller, University of Vienna, Austria Trends and Challenges of Augmented Reality Dieter Schmalstieg, Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision at Graz University of Technology, Austria Command Selection and User Expertise Gilles Bailly, CNRS; Telecom ParisTech; University Paris-Saclay, France
2015
Gesture Interaction with Virtual Humans and Social Robots Daniel Thalmann, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland Topological and Feature-based Visualization Gerik Scheuermann, Independent Researcher, Germany From Single Object to Contextual Authentication - A New Challenge in Multimedia Forensics and BeyondMauro Barni, Università di Siena, Italy
2014
Visual Content Fingerprinting and Search - An MPEG PerspectiveMiroslaw Z. Bober, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Past, Present, and Future in and of Software VisualizationStephan Diehl, University of Trier, Germany Ubiquitous, Dynamic Inclusion and Fusion of Tracking Data from Various Sources for Mobile AR Applications in "AR-ready Environments" Gudrun Klinker, Independent Researcher, Germany
2013
Interactive Visualization for Cultural Heritage - Current Capabilities and Open Issues Roberto Scopigno, Independent Researcher, Italy Virtual Pets and Avatars - Simulation, Interaction, and Emergent Ecosystems Jeffrey Ventrella, Visual Music Systems, United States Re-inventing and Re-implementing the Wheel - Visualization Component Reuse in a Large EnterpriseFrank van Ham, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom Parallel Coordinates - Breaching 3-D and Onward to BIG DATAAlfred Inselberg, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2012
IMPROVING THE VISIBLE WITH THE INVISIBLE - Incorporating Near-infrared Cues in Computational Photography and Computer Vision Tasks Sabine Süsstrunk, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland VISUAL THINKING ALGORITHMS Colin Ware, University of New Hampshire, United States FIRST-PERSON VISUO-HAPTIC ENVIRONMENT - From Research to ApplicationsSabine Coquillart, INRIA, France LINEAR AND NONLINEAR SHAPE ALIGNMENT WITHOUT CORRESPONDENCES Zoltan Kato, University of Szeged, Hungary
2011
Learning Object Categories with Generic Knowledge Vittorio Ferrari, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Using Expert Knowledge for Distributed Rendering Optimization Carlos González-Morcillo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Fast Filter Spreading for Depth of Field Post-Processing and Other ApplicationsBrian A. Barsky, University of California, Berkeley, United States The Dichromatic Reflection Model - Future Research Directions and Applications Joost van de Weijer, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
2010
Two New Approaches to Depth of Field PostprocessingBrian A. Barsky, University of California, Berkeley, United States Fisher Kernel Representation of Images and some of its Successful Applications Gabriela Csurka, Textual and Visual Pattern Analyses,, France Modeling Deformable Surfaces from Single Videos Pascal Fua, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Regularization and Bayesian Estimation Approach for Inverse Problems in Imaging Systems and Computer Vision Ali Mohammad-Djafari, CNRS, France
2009
Motion and Object Class Discovery from Video David Hogg, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 3D-Models of the Human Habitat for the Internet Franz W. Leberl, Graz University of Technology, Austria Intelligent Pattern Recognition and Applications to Biometrics in an Interactive EnvironmentPatrick Wang, Northeastern University, United States Redefining Content Creation for Video Games and FilmsDany Lepage, , Canada
2008
Virtual Reality, a Knowledge Tool for Cultural Heritage Geneviève Lucet, Computer Services for Research at the UNAM, Mexico General Imaging - Design, Modelling and Applications Peter Sturm, Independent Researcher, France Retail Vision-Based Self-Checkout: Exploring Real Time Real Purpose General Vision System Sharathchandra Pankanti, IBM - Exploratory Computer Vision Group, United States Video-based Animation of People Adrian Hilton, University of Surrey, United Kingdom