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General Information

Full Name Eric Müller-Budack
Email eric.mueller@tib.eu
Languages German, English

Education

  • 2021
    PhD in Computer Science
    Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany
    • PhD Thesis:: Unsupervised quantification of entity consistency between photos and text in real-world news
    • Passed with distinction
    • Top 10 nomination for the Leibniz Dissertation Award
    • Nominated for the GI-Dissertationspreis
  • 2014
    Master of Engeneering (M.Eng.)
    University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena, Germany
    • Host company: Fraunhofer IOF
    • Master Thesis:
      • de: Dreidimensionale Objektvermessung aus Streifenbildern eines Zeitpunktes basierend auf Verstetigung mithilfe von Segmentvergleichen
      • en: Three-dimensional object measurement from fringe images of a point in time based on stabilization using segment comparisons
    • Awarded with the Thuringian VDI award for the best student thesis
  • 2012
    Bachelor of Engeneering (B.Eng.)
    University of Applied Sciences Jena, Jena, Germany
    • Host company: Fraunhofer IOF
    • Bachelor Thesis:
      • de: Charakterisierung eines Multiapertur-Projektionssystems für die 3D-Vermessung mittels aktiver Streifenprojektion
      • en: Characterization of a multi-aperture projection system for 3D measurement using active fringe projection

Experience

  • 2021 - present
    TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
    Postdoctoral researcher in the research group Visual Analytics
  • 2021 – 2024
    Leibniz University Hannover
    Postdoctoral researcher at the L3S Research Center
  • 2016 - 2021
    TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
    Research assistant in the research group Visual Analytics
  • 2017 – 2019
    Leibniz University Hannover
    Research assistant at the L3S Research Center
  • 2014 – 2016
    University of Applied Sciences Jena
    Research assistant in the department Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  • 2011 - 2014
    Fraunhofer IOF Jena
    Student assistant in the department Imaging and Sensing

Research Activities

Committee Program committee member of the 1st International Workshop on Cross-lingual Event-centric Open Analytics, co-located with the 17th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC) 2020
Program committee member of the 2nd International Workshop on Cross-lingual Event-centric Open Analytics, co-located with the 30th The Web Conference (WWW) 2021
Reviewer activities Reviews for many peer-reviewed conferences (e.g., ACM MM, WACV, BMVC, ICMR, ICME), journals (e.g., MTAP, EURASIP), and workshops (e.g., MMSports, PatentSemTech, CLEOPATRA)
Lectureships Practical course on Digital Image Processing II at the University of Applied Sciences Jena (winter semester 2015/2016, 32 hours)
Three guest lectures (2020, 2021, 2023) on Pattern Recognition – Deep Learning in the lecture Multimedia Retrieval from Prof. Ralph Ewerth at the Leibniz University Hannover
One guest lecture (2021) on Deepfake, Digital Resurrection, and Digital Forensics in the lecture series Critique. Alternative. Utopia. Documentary work on the social present and future from Dr. Roman Mauer at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Tutorials Tutorial on Machine Learning – Deep Learning for the CLEOPATRA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network during the learning week in September 2019
Tutorial on the video analysis platform TIB-AV-A at DhD 2024 in Passau, Germany
Supervision Supervision of six PhD candidates
Supervision of 14 theses, thereof six bachelor theses, and eight master theses

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • Best Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR)
  • 2021
    • PhD thesis passed with distinction
    • Top 10 nomination for the Leibniz Dissertation Award
    • Nominated for the GI-Dissertationspreis
  • 2020
    • Best Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR)
  • 2018
    • Honorable Mention Award at the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL)
  • 2015
    • Master thesis awarded with the Thuringian VDI Award for the best student thesis

Hobbies

  • Sports
  • Travelling
  • Good food
  • Having fun with my family :-)