Konrad Polthier
About Konrad Polthier
- Affiliations
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Bio
SIGGRAPH Asia 2008
Konrad Polthier is professor of mathematics at Freie Universität Berlin and the DFG research center MATHEON, and a member of the Berlin Mathematical School. He received his PhD from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1994 and headed research groups at the Technische Universität Berlin and Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin. His current research focuses on discrete differential geometry and mathematical problems in geometry-processing applications. He has co-edited several books on mathematical visualization, and he co-produces mathematical video films. His recent video, MESH (jointly produced with Beau Janzen), has received international awards including Best Animation at the New York International Independent Film Festival. He has served as papers co-chair for international conferences including the ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2006.
SIGGRAPH Conference Organizing Committee Positions
- Jury Member
- SIGGRAPH 2007: Sketches
Conference Contributions
- Animations / Videos
- Presentations
Other Information
- Roles
- Computer Animation Director
- Course Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Technical Paper Presenter
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