Distinguished Computer Vision Scholar and Machine Learning Pioneer
Bastian Leibe serves as Full Professor and Head of the Computer Vision Group at RWTH Aachen University bringing extensive expertise in computer vision and machine learning since joining RWTH in 2008 His academic journey includes studies at the University of Stuttgart Georgia Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich where he earned his PhD followed by postdoctoral positions at TU Darmstadt and ETH Zurich His research focuses on visual object recognition tracking self-localization and 3D reconstruction with significant contributions to mobile vision systems and robotic platforms His work has garnered widespread recognition with over 15000 citations including seminal papers on person re-identification object detection and multi-object tracking His leadership extends to serving on the board of directors at RWTH's Center for Artificial Intelligence and his research group has consistently published at top-tier conferences including CVPR ICCV and ICLR His contributions to the field include the development of innovative approaches in video object segmentation visual tracking and scene understanding demonstrated through numerous highly-cited publications and successful research projects His expertise continues to shape the future of computer vision and machine learning through his work at the intersection of visual computing and artificial intelligence