Dr. Erald Vuçini

VRVis Webpage of Erald Vuçini (only available in English)

Current Research

  • In addition to the continuation of my previous research in non-uniform representations, reconstruction and topology, my current focus is in Medical Image Processing, Visualization and related problems.

 

Professional Experience

  • Feb. 2011 - ..., Researcher at VRVis Center for Virtual Reality and Visualization Research, Vienna, Austria
  • July 2010 - ..., Adjunct Assist. Professor at University of New York in Tirana, Albania
  • Jan. 2010 - Jan. 2011, Post-Doc Research Assistant at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna, Austria
  • Jan. 2008 - Apr. 2008, Research Exchange at Gruvi Lab, Simon Fraser University, Canada, under supervision of Prof. Torsten Möller
  • Sep. 2006 - Dec. 2009, Research Assistant at the Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
  • Sept. 2005 - July 2006, Research Assistant in the Multi-purpose Robust Face Recognition System Research Project, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Sept. 2004 - June 2005, Software Developer in Garanti Bank Technology Center, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Education

  • June 2011, Research Project Management I,
    Eutema Technology Management, Vienna, Austria
  • Nov. 2009, Dr. Techn. with Distinction in Computer Science,
    Thesis: On Visualization and Reconstruction from Non-uniform Point Sets, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
  • June 2006, M.Sc. in Computer Engineering with High Honours,
    Thesis: Face Recognition under Variable Illumination, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • June 2004, B.Sc. in Computer Engineering with Highest Honours,
    Thesis: Mobile Stock Exchange Service(MSES), Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Awards

  • June 2009, 2nd Best Paper Award in Eurographics/IEEE Symposium on Visualization 2009 (EuroVis 2009)
  • June 2004, Best Student Award of Department of Computer Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • June 1999, Gold Medal of Albania (rewarded to 4 best high-school students of Albania for their excellent results)
  • May 1999, Bronze Medal in Balkan Mathematical Olympiad (Ohrid, Macedonia)
  • Feb. 1999, First Prize (Gold Medal) in Albanian National Mathematical Olympiad for High-Schools (group ages 17-18)
  • Feb. 1998, First Prize (Gold Medal) in Albanian National Mathematical Olympiad for High-Schools (group ages 16-17)
  • March 1995, Second Prize (Silver Medal) in Albanian National Mathematical Olympiad for Elementary Schools (group ages 13-14)

 

Publications

 

2012

Erald Vuçini
Enhancing the Reconstruction from Non-uniform Point Sets using Persistence Information
In Proceedings of Workshop on Computational Topology in Image Context, 2012.
[Paper]

 Conference Paper
Erald Vuçini and Walter G. Kropatsch
On the search of optimal reconstruction resolution
In Proceedings of Workshop on Computational Topology in Image Context, 2010. Pattern Recognition Letters (In Press), 2012.
[Paper]
Journal Paper with Conference Talk
2011

Erald Vuçini and Martin Kinkelin
Optimized Variational Reconstruction and GPU Raycasting of Non-uniform Point Sets using B-spline Pyramids
VRVis Technical Report # 2, April 2011.
[Paper]
Technical Report
Hubert Wagner, Chao Chen, Erald Vuçini
Efficient Computation of Persistent Homology for Cubical Data
Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization II, page 91-106, Springer (Proceedings of TopoInVis 2011).
[Paper]		 Book Chapter with Conference talk
Erald Vuçini, Daniel Patel, Meister Eduar Gröller.
Enhancing Visualization with Real-Time Frequency based Transfer Functions
In Proceedings of IS&T/SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis, pages 7868(78680L):1-12, 2011.
[Paper]		 Conference Paper
2009
Erald Vuçini
On Visualization and Reconstruction from Non-uniform Point Sets
PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology, October 2009.
[Thesis]		 PhD Thesis
Erald Vuçini, Torsten Möller, Meister Eduard Gröller
On Visualization and Reconstruction from Non-Uniform Point Sets using B-splines
In Computer Graphics Forum, 28(3):1007-1014, June 2009 (2nd Best Paper Award in EuroVis 2009).
[Paper]		 Journal Paper with Conference Talk
2008

Jasper van de Gronde and Erald Vuçini.
Compressed Sensing Overview
In Technical Report, Vienna University of Technology, December 2008.
[Paper]		 Technical Report
Erald Vuçini, Torsten Möller, Meister Eduard Gröller.
Efficient Reconstruction from Non-uniform Point Sets
In the Visual Computer, 24(7-9):555-563, July 2008.
[Paper]		 Journal paper with Conference Talk
2007
Erald Vuçini, Muhittin Gökmen, Meister Eduard Gröller
Face Recognition under Varying Illumination
In Proceedings of 15th WSCG, pages 57-64, February 2007.
[Paper]		 Conference Paper
2006

Erald Vuçini
Face Recognition under Varying Illumination
Master Thesis, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, June 2006.
[Thesis]		 Master Thesis

 

Social Activities and Hobbies

  • Aug.2010 - …, Associate Partner Coordinator in JoinEU-SEE Erasmus Mundus Project for academic exchange between EU and Western Balkan countries.
  • June 2007 - ..., Coordinator of AlbStudent, International Network of Albanian Student Associations
  • Dec. 2007 - March 2009, Head of Rinia , Albanian Student and Youth Society in Austria
  • Feb. 2007 - Dec. 2007, General Secretary of Rinia, Albanian Student and Youth Society in Austria
  • Math, Chess, Swimming, Tennis
  • Music, Parties, Reading, Foreign Languages