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 20 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 70 Ph.D. Students, created 8 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.


Events

CGL Tweets

News and Achievements

2024

Digital Einstein at GITEX 2024 in Dubai:
CGL is proud to showcase the Digital Einstein project at GITEX GLOBAL, the largest tech event in the world. As part of the event, Dr. Rafael Wampfler delivered a keynote on the creation of believable digital characters. Additionally, Dr. Rafael Wampfler, Philine Witzig, and Chen Yang led an interactive workshop on AI for digital characters.
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
News article:
Our lab was recently featured in an article highlighting our work on developing the new Digital Einstein avatar for ETH Zurich
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

Top-Tier Journal Publication:
The paper "Personality Trait Recognition Based on Smartphone Typing Characteristics in the Wild" by Kovacevic et al. has been published in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
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

2021

Acatech Membership:
Prof. Markus Gross has joined the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech).
Dandelion Entrepreneurship Award 2021:
Prof. Markus Gross has won the Dandelion Entrepreneurship Award 2021 for the Computer Science Department at ETH Zurich.
SCA Early Career Researcher Award:
Former CGL researcher Vinicius da Costa de Azevedo has received the SCA Early Career Researcher Award.
Award for PhD Thesis:
Recent CGL graduate Pelin Dogan Schönberger has won the ARD/ZDF Förderpreis award for her outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
EuroVis Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award:
Recent CGL graduate Irene Baeza Rojo received the EuroVis Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award for her outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Steven Anson Coons Award:
In this article, Markus Gross is presented with the ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Steven Anson Coons Award for outstanding creative contributions to computer graphics.
Award for Paper:
The paper “Honey I Shrunk the Domain: Reduced Domain Decomposition for Efficient Optimization of Fluids” by Tang et al. won the Best Paper Award at Eurographics 2021.
Award for PhD Thesis:
Recent CGL graduate Thomas Müller received the Honorable Mention Award at Eurographics 2021 for his outstanding Ph.D. thesis.

2020

Membership Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
In this article, Markus Gross has been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a 'Member-at-Large' based on his scientific and technical contributions.
LinkedIn posts on future AI:
In a sequence of four LinkedIn posts, Markus Gross talks about the future of artificial intelligence, in specific directions of extended reality (XR), telepresence, digital humans, and avatar personalities.
Venturelab article:
In this Venturelab article Markus Gross talks about animation technologies, his role as an ETH influencer and universities rankings.