Bernt Schiele (born November 3, 1968, in Neustadt) is a German computer scientist. He is Max Planck Director at the

Max Planck Institute for Informatics The Max Planck Institute for Informatics (German: ''Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik'', abbreviated ''MPI-INF'' or ''MPII'') is a research institute in computer science with a focus on algorithms and their applications in a broad sense. It host ...

and professor at

Saarland University Saarland University (, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in six faculties that cover all major ...

. He is known for his work in the field of

computer vision Computer vision tasks include methods for image sensor, acquiring, Image processing, processing, Image analysis, analyzing, and understanding digital images, and extraction of high-dimensional data from the real world in order to produce numerical ...

and perceptual computing.

Life

Schiele studied computer science at the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public university, public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Ka ...

and at the

École nationale supérieure d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées de Grenoble The École nationale supérieure d'informatique et de mathématiques appliquées, or Ensimag, is a prestigious French ''grande école'' located in Grenoble, France. Ensimag is part of the '' Institut polytechnique de Grenoble'' (Grenoble INP). T ...

(Ensimag). He received his

diploma A diploma is a document awarded by an educational institution (such as a college or university) testifying the recipient has graduated by successfully completing their courses of studies. Historically, it has also referred to a charter or offi ...

in computer science from Ensimag in 1993 and from the University of Karlsruhe in 1994. In 1994, he was visiting researcher at the

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

. In 1997, he received his Ph.D. under the supervision of James L. Crowley from

Grenoble Institute of Technology The Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP) (''Institut polytechnique de Grenoble'' , ''Groupe Grenoble INP'' and before INPG) is a French technological university system consisting of eight engineering and management schools. Grenoble I ...

(Grenoble INP). From 1999 to 2004 he was assistant professor at

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

. From 1997 to 2000, he was postdoctoral associate and visiting assistant professor in the group of Alex Pentland at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

(MIT). From 2004 to 2010 he was professor at the department of computer science of the

Technische Universität Darmstadt The Technische Universität Darmstadt (official English name Technical University of Darmstadt, sometimes also referred to as Darmstadt University of Technology), commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmsta ...

. Since 2010 Schiele has been Max Planck Director at the

and professor at

Awards

* Fellow of the

International Association for Pattern Recognition The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), is an international association of organizations dedicated to computer vision or pattern recognition. It only admits one organization per country or territory. Individual people partic ...

(IAPR) * Fellow of the

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

Publications

* P. Dollar, C. Wojek, B. Schiele and P. Perona, "Pedestrian Detection: An Evaluation of the State of the Art," in ''IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence'', vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 743–761, April 2012. * Leibe, B., Leonardis, A. & Schiele, B. Int J Comput Vis (2008) 77: 259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11263-007-0095-3

External links

Website of Bernt Schiele at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schiele, Bernt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of Max Planck Society Academic staff of ETH Zurich Grenoble Institute of Technology alumni German computer scientists 1968 births Living people Fellows of the IEEE Academic staff of Technische Universität Darmstadt Academic staff of Saarland University Max Planck Institute directors