Otmar Hilliges

Otmar Hilliges is a computer scientist whose work spans computer vision, machine learning, and human-computer interaction. His research addresses human pose, motion, and interaction understanding from video, images, and other sensor data, with applications including augmented/virtual reality and human-robot interaction. ETH Zurich states that he joined the university in 2013 as a tenure-track assistant professor, later held professorial roles in computer science, and left ETH at the end of June 2025 due to illness; ETH’s German staff page lists him as professor emeritus. See the ETH AIT profile and ETH departure announcement.

• 2013-2025·ETH Zurich | Professor of Computer Science (joined as a tenure-track assistant professor in 2013 and later held professorial roles)
  • Led the AIT Lab and served as head of the Institute of Intelligent Interactive Systems during his ETH appointment.
• 2010-2013·Microsoft Research Cambridge | Researcher (postdoctoral researcher in 2010-2011; researcher in 2012-2013)
  • Worked in the Sensors and Devices and Interactive 3D Technologies groups.

• 2005-2009·Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) | PhD in Computer Science
• 1999-2004·Technische Universität München | MSc in Computer Science

• 2022-2027 | ERC Consolidator Grant, “AI-Perceive”
• 2017-2021 | ERC Starting Grant, “OPTINT”
• 2020-2025 | Google Research Sponsored Research Agreement, “Generative Modelling of Humans”
• 2017-2019 | Microsoft Research Swiss JRC Grant, “Human-Centric-Flight II”

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