Prof. Dr. Rudolf Mester
Field of Activity: executive head of group
Office hours: see QIS/LSF
Phone: +49 (0)69 / 798-22387
Fax: +49 (0)69 / 798-23135
Email: mester@vsi.cs.uni-frankfurt.de
Scientific bio-sketch of Rudolf Mester
Rudolf Mester (*1958) studied electrical engineering with an emphasis on communication technology at the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. After having obtained his diploma degree in 1983, he performed research work in industrial and academic projects on image processing and image coding and earned his doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) from RWTH Aachen in 1988 with a thesis on statistical model based image segmentation.
After a short period with the Advanced Projects unit of Philips Data Systems, Siegen, Dr. Mester joined the Communication Technology Research Institute of Robert Bosch GmbH, Hildesheim, where he established a computer vision and image interpretation group. He initiated and conducted numerous internal as well as several national and European joint research projects especially in the field of applying computer vision to traffic-related problems.
In October 1995, Dr. Mester was appointed professor of applied physics at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. Currently, his research interests are focussed on statistical signal and image processing methods, the construction of robust and reliable vision algorithms and exible vision systems as well as the theoretical foundations for "seeing machines".
Dr. Mester is a co-initiator and since 2008 the coordinator of U Frankfurt contribution to the Bernstein Focus on Neurotechnology Frankfurt (in collaboration with C.v.d.Malsburg, J.Triesch, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)). The BFNT is a 5 year BMBF-funded project cluster, centered on a coordinated systems approach to vision in man and machine, addressing the subject both from a biology/neural as well as from a technical view. It involves FIAS, U Frankfurt, the Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research (W.Singer), and several industrial associate partners.
