The Computer Graphics and Multimedia group at RWTH Aachen has its strongest research focus in the fields of Geometry Processing and Interactive Visualization, but it is also very active in related areas such as Computer Vision, Foto-Realistic Image Synthesis, or efficient Multimedia Data Transmission. We are cooperating with various companies in the automotive and automation industry as well as with research groups around the world (e.g. ETH, Caltech, Tsinghua). We consider our research activities as applied basic research since most of the techniques and
algorithms developed by our group address fundamental and abstract problems and they are usually inspired from and directly applicable in practically relevant application scenarios in areas such as industrial design and manufacturing, rapid prototyping, medical image analysis, or virtual reality.
In the context of computational sciences and numerical simulation our expertise lies in the efficient processing of geometric models (e.g. polygonal meshes) during the pre- and post-processing stages.

The areas of expertise are:
• 3D shape reconstruction (from laser scan data, images, or video)
• model repair and optimization
• mesh generation and decimation
• multiresolution and freeform modeling
• shape optimization with constraints
• interactive and parameter-controlled shape modeling
• subdivision surfaces
• interactive visualization of complex models 
• advanced image processing

The chair is involved in the following funded projects:
• DFG Graduiertenkolleg "Schizophrenie & Autismus" April 2006 - September 2010
• DFG Graduiertenkolleg "Software für mobile Kommunikationssysteme" Juli 2005 - Juni 2008
• DFG Exzellenz Research Cluster "Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication Systems"
   (Principal Investigator and Research Area Chair)
   November 2006 - Oktober 2011
• DFG Exzellenz Graduate College "Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Sciences" (Principal Investigator)
   November 2006 - Oktober 2011