Nils Morbitzer

Research Interests

• 3D Reconstruction
• 3D Scene Understanding
• World Models

Curriculum Vitae

• 09/2024 - ongoing: Doctoral Candidate at TUM focusing on 3D Computer Vision
• 11/2021 - 01/2024: Software Developer (Working Student) at Vector Informatik
• 04/2021 - 04/2024: Master in Informatics at TUM
• 04/2019 - 03/2021: Bachelor in Computer Science at JMU Würzburg
• 10/2016 - 08/2019: Bachelor in Aerospace Computer Science at JMU Würzburg

Complete CV available on LinkedIn

More information regarding publications on my Google Scholar Profile

Professional Services

 Reviewed for the following conferences and journals:

• NeurIPS: Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
• 3DV: International Conference on 3D Vision
• ICRA: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Teaching

Teaching assistant in the following courses:

• Summer 2025: Seminar on World Models
• Winter 2025/26: Lab Course on 3D Computer Vision
• Summer 2025: Seminar on Recent Trends on 3D Computer Vision
• Winter 2024/25: Lab Course on 3D Computer Vision
• Summer 2024: Seminar on Recent Trends on 3D Computer Vision

Past Student Projects

Supervised the following M.Sc. student projects:

• M.Sc. Thesis - Generic Obstacle Detection in Challenging Conditions for Autonomous Driving - İrem Zeynep Alagöz (2025/26)
• M.Sc. Thesis - Future 3D Scene Prediction & Reconstruction - Jonathan Evers (2025/26)
• M.Sc. Thesis - One-Shot/Few-Shot Image Segmentation with Foundation Models - Ziwen Cheng (2025)

Open Student Projects

My work centers on 3D reconstruction and scene understanding, with a growing focus on world modeling for learning structured representations of dynamic environments for perception, prediction, and interaction.

Please find projects open for application here:

• Towards Promptable World Models

If you have other interesting project idea in mind in that direction, feel free to write me an email. :)