Burkhard Wünsche

Email
burkhard@cs.auckland.ac.nz
Ph.     +64 9 3737 599 x83705
Fax.    +64 9 3737 453
Office  Science Centre (Building 303), Rm 490
Address Computer Science Department,
        The University of Auckland,
        Private Bag 92019,
        Auckland

• Scientific and Biomedical Visualization, Medical Imaging, Information Visualization
• Computer Graphics, Game Technology
• Computer Aided Geometric Design, Simulation Algorithms
• Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
• Human Computer Interfaces (HCI), Computer Vision, Cognitive Psychology

I am interested in supervising MSc and PhD theses and undergraduate and graduate projects in all research areas related to Computer Graphics including Game Technology, Computer Art, Biomedical Imaging & Visualization, Physically-based modelling, and cognitive psychology. A list of potential project and thesis topics can be obtained on request though I am more than happy if you propose your own research topic to me :-)

So far I have supervised these students.

• Biomedical imaging and visualisation:
  • Dr. Alistair Young, Department of Anatomy with Radiology, Department of Physiology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Prof. Peter Hunter, Director, Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Dr. Peter J. Basser, Chief, Section on Tissue Biophysics & Biomimetics, National Institute of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
  • Dr. Brett Cowan, Auckland Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Research Group, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Dr. Falk Schreiber, Bioinformatics Centre, Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany.
  • VR Medical Consultants Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand.
• Information visualisation:
  • Innes-strategy, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Computer Graphics:
  • Right Hemisphere, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Massive Software, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Industrial Research, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • HITLabNZ, Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), Auckland, New Zealand.

I have published 5 refereed international journal articles, 54 refereed international conference articles and contributed to 5 books.

• 2007: BK 21 Fellowship, Pusan National University (Pusan, South Korea) - Pen and Paper Modeling Metaphors for Computer Graphics (US$ 5,000.00)
• 2006: Pure Depth inc. - Advanced Rendering Techniques for Improved Depth Perception on Multi-Layer Displays (NZ$ 2,000.00).
• 2005: Technology New Zealand - TIF Education Program - Interactive Visualization and Analysis of Organisational Capabilities for a Web-Based Business Consultancy Framework (NZ$ 25,000.00).
• 2004: Innes-Strategy Ltd. - Visualization of MIS Attitudinal Survey Data (NZ$ 4,500.00).
• 2004: Royal New Zealand Navy - A 3D Interface for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (NZ$ 2,000.00).
• 2003: Technology New Zealand - Organisational Analysis and Visualization Software (NZ$ 18,563.00).
• 2002: Right Hemisphere Ltd. - Tools for the Automatic Creation of Exploding Diagrams from 3D Models (software grant, amount confidential).

• 2006: 2 Student FoS Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 8,000.00) and 1 Student FoE Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 4,000.00)
• 2006: University of Auckland - Staff Research Fund (Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr. Waleed Abdulla) - Synchronised and Interactive Simulator for the Distributed Embedded Intelligence Environment (DEIR) (NZ$ 30,000.00).
• 2006: University of Auckland - Staff Research Fund - Visualisation and Analysis of the Brain's Anatomical and Functional Connectivity in Stroke Patients (NZ$ 13,000.00).
• 2005: 3 Student FoS Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 12,000.00).
• 2005: University of Auckland - Staff Research Fund - Visualisation and Analysis of the Brain's Anatomical and Functional Connectivity in Stroke Patients (NZ$ 23,500.00).
• 2004: 4 Student FoS Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 16,000.00).
• 2003: 2 Student FoS Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 8,000.00).
• 2002: 5 Student FoS Summer Scholarships (NZ$ 10,000.00).
• 2001: 1 Student FoS Summer Scholarship (NZ$ 2,000.00).

Reviewer for ACM Computing Reviews.
Reviewer for the Information Visualization Journal.
Reviewer for the Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting.
Reviewer for Computer & Graphics.
Reviewer for the International Journal of Information Technology and Management.
Reviewer for the International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems.

Reviewer for Eurographics 2008.
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2008).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2008).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 2nd Robot Vision Workshop (Robot Vision 2008).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 31st Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC 2008).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2007).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 5th International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization (CMV 2007).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2007).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Imaging (CGIM 2007).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 30th Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC 2007).
Reviewer for the 2007 ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA 2007).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2006).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 3rd Ibero-American Symposium on Computer Graphics (SIACG 2006).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 4th International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization (CMV 2006).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2006).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the 29th Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC 2006).
Reviewer for Eurographics 2005.
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia (GRAPHITE 2005).
Reviewer for the 3rd Asian-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2005).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2005).
Member of the programme committee and reviewer for GRAPHITE 2004.
Reviewer for the 2nd Asian-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2004).
Reviewer for the 9th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE 2004).
Reviewer for the 6th Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2004).
Paper chair and reviewer for Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ 2002).

• COMPSCI 716 Visualization
• COMPSCI 777 Game Technology
• COMPSCI 715 Advanced Computer Graphics
• COMPSCI 372 Computer Graphics
• 415.220 Algorithms and Data Structures
• 415.105 Principles of Computer Science

• 415.231 Software Structure and Performance
• 415.232 Software Reliability and Design
• 415.352 Analysis and Design of Algorithms
• 415.363/415.360 Functional and Logic Programming
• 415.715 Advanced Computer Graphics

Personal Information
I received my preliminary degree ("Vordiplom") in Computer Science with minor subject Mathematics in 1993 at the University of Kaiserslautern in the Department of Computer Science . In Kaiserslautern I was student in the working group for Computer Graphics and CAGD , headed by Prof. Dr. Hans Hagen and in the working group for Numerical Algorithms, headed by Prof. Dr. S. Heinrich.

In 1994 I changed to the University of Auckland and received in the same year a Diploma in Computer Science and in 1996 my MSc with distinction. My Master Thesis has the topic A Fast Polygonization Method for Quasi-Convolutional Smoothed Polyhedra and was supervised by Richard Lobb.

I commenced my PhD in collaboration with the Bioengineering Institute in September 1996. I submitted my PhD thesis with the title A Toolkit for Visualizing Biomedical Tensor Data Sets in Finite Element Modes in August 2003.

I am employed as a full time lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland since January 2001.

More information about me can be found in my private homepage .

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