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Christian Sandor | |
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 Christian Sandor in 2022 | |
| Born | August 8, 1975 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Citizenship | Germany [citation needed] |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Augmented Reality, Generative Artificial Intelligence |
| Thesis | A Software Toolkit and Authoring Tools for User Interfaces in Ubiquitous Augmented Reality (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gudrun Klinker & Steven Feiner |
| Website | https://drsandor.net |
Dr. Christian Sandor (born August 8, 1975 is a German researcher specializing in Augmented Reality (since the year 2000) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (since 2018).[1]
He is currently a Professor at Université Paris-Saclay and the leader of Team ARAI at CNRS, in order to investigate how Generative Artificial Intelligence can be applied to Augmented Reality applications.
Together with his students, he won multiple awards[2] at the premier Augmented Reality conference, IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality: best demo (2011, 2016) and best poster honorable mention (2012, 2013). Further awards include best paper[3] at ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (2018), and best demo[4] (audience vote) at ACM SIGGRAPH Asia XR (2023).
At ACM SIGGRAPH 2024's Real-Time Live! event, they presented[5] the first-ever stage performance with audio-reactive visuals synchronized across several Augmented Reality glasses.
Education & Research Career
[edit]In 2005, he obtained a doctorate in Computer Science from the Technische Universität München, Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Gudrun Klinker and Prof. Steven Feiner[6]. After 2 years as Principal Researcher at Canon's Leading-Edge Technology Headquarters (Tokyo, Japan), he directed research groups all over the world:
- France
- Hong Kong
- Augmented Reality Lab (2021)
- Extended Reality Lab (2019-2020; co-director)
- Japan: Interactive Media Design Lab (2014-2018; co-director)
- Australia: Magic Vision Lab (2010-2014)
Personal Life
[edit]Until the age of 21, Dr. Sandor focussed on chess [7]. Aged 19, he became blitz chess champion of Bavaria in the adult category[8]. He also managed to win a serious game[9] against GM Robert Hübner, the former number 3 in the world rankings. He then retired from serious chess in order[1] to focus on his studies at TU München, Germany.
He is married and has a daughter born 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Personal Webpage: Dr. Christian Sandor".
- ^ "History of award winners at IEEE ISMAR".
- ^ "Award Announcement at University of Florida".
- ^ "Award Announcement at LISN". 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Report about ACM SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live! Demo". 4 September 2024.
- ^ Sandor, Christian (2005). A Software Toolkit and Authoring Tools for User Interfaces in Ubiquitous Augmented Reality (PDF) (PhD thesis). Technische Universität München.
- ^ "German Wikipedia: list of notable German chess players".
- ^ "Bavarian chess federation: historical results".
- ^ "Annotated Game: Christian Sandor vs. Robert Hübner, 1994".