Prof. Dr. Peter Schröder

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and overarching topics in Mathematics; collections,Computer Science
Keywordsdiscrete geometry, mechanics, geometric modelling, digital geometry processing

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPasadena
InstitutionCalifornia Institute of Technology
InstituteDepartment of Computer Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alexander BobenkoInstitut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Günter M. ZieglerInstitut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2006

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Schröder is honoured for his fundamental results in computer graphics, which span the whole range from fundamental mathematical theories to "Digital geometry processing". Of particular importance is his landmark work on the formulation of differential geomtries on polygonal meshes and on the characterization of geometry processing as signal processing operations. Currently he is involved in the development of methods of discrete differential geometry and its applications to computer graphics, which are in the focus of his research work in Germany, as well.