Falko Kuester

Associate Professor, Structural Engineering

Scientific visualization and virtual reality, with emphasis on collaborative workspaces, multi-modal interfaces, and distributed and remote visualization of large data sets.

Capsule Bio:
Falko Kuester obtained an M.S.E. degree in mechanical engineering in 1994 from the University of Michigan, and a year later received another M.S.E. degree from Michigan in computer science and engineering. From 1996 to 1999 he was a senior software engineer at Integrated Systems in Sunnyvale, CA. He received a Ph.D. from UC Davis in 2001 and joined the faculty at UC Irvine as an assistant professor in 2001, where he was thrust leader for Computer Graphics and Visualization at the Irvine division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). He is the director of the Calit2 Center of GRAVITY (Graphics, Visualization and Imaging Technology) and a founding member of the Transdisciplinary Imaging Genetics Center (TIGC). He joined the faculty of UCSD in 2006.

Institute Affiliation:
California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology »