Computer Graphics Laboratory

Welcome to CGL


The Computer Graphics Laboratory (cgl) was founded in 1994 by Prof. Markus Gross. Our research is devoted to the design of fundamental methods, algorithms and systems for computer graphics, geometric modeling, physics-based animation, image acquisition and generation, display, scientific visualization, and multimodal learning.
CGL has currently 19 Ph.D. students and 2 senior researchers. CGL collaborates with researchers, institutions, and industry from all over the world.
Since 1994, we published more than 500 peer reviewed scientific papers, graduated 75 Ph.D. Students, created 18 faculty, filed more than 60 patents, and founded 9 startup companies. For a survey of current research topics you might visit our research page. More detail can also be found on the personal homepage of Prof. Markus Gross.


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News and Achievements

2025

Digital Einstein at GITEX Global and SIGGRAPH Asia:
We are thrilled to see Digital Einstein's global journey featured in the ETH Ambassador Blog! From GITEX Global in Dubai to SIGGRAPH Asia in Tokyo, our platform delivered lifelike interactions with Albert Einstein.

2024

Award for Paper:
The paper "GroomCap: High-Fidelity Prior-Free Hair Capture" by Zhou et al. has received the Best Paper Award at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.
ETH Medal for Master Thesis:
Our PhD student Sergio Sancho Portolés was awarded an ETH Medal for his outstanding Master's thesis done at CGL
Award for Paper:
The paper "Deep Fluids: A Generative Network for Parameterized Fluid Simulations" by Kim et al. has been selected by the International Congress of Basic Science as a recipient of the 2024 Frontiers of Science Award in Theoretical Computer and Information Sciences. An FSA is awarded to a recent paper, recognized for a major breakthrough in its field.
Celebrating 30 Years:
Computer Graphics Laboratory marks three decades since its foundation in 1994 by Prof. Markus Gross
Award for Paper:
The paper "The Impulse Particle-In-Cell Method" by Sancho et al. has received an honorable mention award at Eurographics 2024.
Eurographics Gold Medal:
Prof. Markus Gross has been awarded the Eurographics Gold Medal for his outstanding research contributions, for bridging industry and academia, and for his leadership in the field at large.

2023

Award for Paper:
The paper "Image-Based 3D Reconstruction of Cleft Lip And Palate Using a Learned Shape Prior" by Lingens et al. won the Best Paper Award at AMAI 2023, a satellite event of MICCAI 2023.
Award for Paper:
The paper "Automated and Data-Driven Plate Computation for Presurgical Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment" by Schnabel et al. won the Intuitive Bench-to-Bedside Award at IPCAI 2023 as well as the Runner-up for the NDI Best Presentation Award.
Award for PhD Thesis:
Our graduate Gaspard Zoss has received the Eurographics Annual Award for Best PhD Thesis

2022

Award for PhD Thesis:
Recent CGL graduate Gaspard Zoss has been awarded the ETH medal for his outstanding Ph.D. thesis
Award for Paper:
The paper "Implicit Neural Representation for Physics-driven Actuated Soft Bodies" by Yang et al. received an honorable mention at SIGGRAPH 2022.
Bringing a smile to your face:
A collaboration between CGL and Align Technology