News – Spotlights

The award-winning papers are collaborative projects of the Sensorimotor Interaction group

Max Planck researchers investigate “quantum neural networks” as a building block for more efficient visual-computing models.

Three scientists at the MPI for Informatics share their perspectives.

New techniques for creating photorealistic, three-dimensional full-body and head avatars presented at SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia.

The new method leverages a subtle feature in the Secure Shell authentication protocol.

Research shows: Social negotiation and care work are central components

A new approach enables, for the first time, the creation and control of photorealistic digital avatars based on input from a single, body-worn RGB camera.

A mathematical analysis of widely-used parliamentary seat apportionment methods provides detailed insights into their structural properties and possible adjustments.

A new method makes neural networks more streamlined, more efficient, and easier to understand—impacting research across disciplines.

We use a combination of Inertial Measurement Units and a video camera to extract full-body human movement.

Extract 3D from 2D? How to obtain realistic human 3D models from 2D pictures.

How to make a computer algorithm "know" that its knowledge is limited.

Not all bytes of a video stream require reliable data transfer — We show how to optimize video streaming using a partially reliable transport.

How to streamline geometry processing operations from the ground up in an intuitive and platform-independent manner.

Optimized layout: The new french standard keyboard.