Alumni

Dipl.-Inf. Martin Wagner

I finished my Ph.D. at TUM and moved to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
I finished also my time at academia, now I am with TNG Technology Consulting.

E-Mail: martin.wagner@in.tum.de

Phone: +49 (89) 289-18230 Fax: +49 (89) 289-18207

Address: Technische Universität München

                Institut für Informatik (I1)

                Boltzmannstr. 3

                85748 Garching bei München Germany

Room: 01.07.057

Research Interests

The most profound technologies are those that disappear. (Mark Weiser)

We are used to computer systems that require us to adapt to their limited capabilities. We have to learn strange interaction metaphors and arcane workflows. Computers force their users upon a logical structure that reflects the computer's way of working and not the user's way of thinking. Machines that understand the intentions of humans and perceive the environment similar to human beings are starting their way out of fiction to reality.

In my research, I aim at combing the Ubiquitous Computing paradigm with Augmented Reality style interaction. One of the core requirements to let computer systems naturally dive into the environment is knowledge about the location of users and objects, most times referred to as Tracking.

I am one of the core and founding members of the DWARF research project. In the beginning, my main interest was on vision-based tracking algorithms and their efficient implementation. Since I started to work on my Ph.D. thesis, I try to combine multiple tracking devices in a way that allows the setup of Ubiquitous Tracking environments. My Ph.D. supervisor is Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D.

Projects

Publications

M. Wagner
Tracking With Multiple Sensors
Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Apr. 2005 (online version) (bib)

M. Wagner, S. Hennauer, G. Klinker
Easing the Transition Between Multiple Trackers
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004 (bib)

J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, D. Beyer, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker
Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004, pp. 192-201. (bib)

M. Wagner
Distributed Tracking with Multiple Sensors for Augmented Reality
1. Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität", TU Chemnitz, 27. - 28. September 2004 (bib)

M. Bauer, M. Wagner, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker, V. Broy
Lehrkonzept für ein Augmented Reality Praktikum
1. GI Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität", Chemnitz, 27. - 28. September 2004 (bib)

G. Klinker, M. Wagner
2nd Joint Advanced Summer School 2004, Course 3: Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
Technischer Bericht der TU München, TUM-I0417, June 2004 (bib)

M. Wagner, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, J. Newman, T. Pintaric, D. Schmalstieg
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking
Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Hot Spots section, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 18--23 2004 (bib)

J. Newman, M. Wagner, T. Pintaric, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, D. Schmalstieg
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
Technical Report TUM-I0323, Technische Universität München; Technical Report TR-188-2-2003-34, Vienna University of Technology (bib)

M. Wagner, G. Klinker
An Architecture for Distributed Spatial Configuration of Context Aware Applications
2nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Norrköping, Sweden, Dec. 11-12 2003 (bib)

A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, B. Bruegge
Herding Sheep: Live System Development for Distributed Augmented Reality
Proceedings of The Second International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2003), pp. 123-132. (bib)

M. Wagner, F. Löw
Configuration Strategies of an AR Toolkit-based Wide Area Tracker
The Second IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7 2003. (bib)

M. Bauer, O. Hilliges, A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, G. Klinker, J. Newman, G. Reitmayr, T. Pintaric, T. Fahmy, D. Schmalstieg
Integrating Studierstube and DWARF
International Workshop on Software Technology for Augmented Reality Systems. Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2003 (bib)

A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
Begrenzt offen: Mac OS X als Portierungsziel
iX--Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 2/2003, pp. 90 (bib)

C. Sandor, A. MacWilliams, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker
SHEEP: The Shared Environment Entertainment Pasture
Demo at IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality ISMAR 2002, Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2002. (bib)

M. Wagner
Building Wide-Area Applications with the AR Toolkit
The First IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 29 2002. (bib)

M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
An Architecture Concept for Ubiquitous Computing Aware Wearable Computers
International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing. Vienna, Austria, July 2, 2002 (bib)

M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, S. Riß, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
Design of a Component-Based Augmented Reality Framework
Proceedings of The Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR 2001), pp. 45-54. (bib)

M. Wagner
DWARF - Design, Prototypical Implementation and Testing of a Real-Time Optical Feature Tracker
Diplomarbeit (bib)

Teaching

Seminars, Lectures and More

I participated in supervising and/or organizing the following courses:

Summer Semester 2004

Wintersemester 2003/04

Sommersemester 2003

Wintersemester 2002/2003

Wintersemester 2001/2002

Diploma Theses, SEPs looking for a student

soon come... But don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any of my research topics.

Finished and Currently active Diploma Theses, SEPs I (co-)supervised

Student Type Title Submission
Michael Siggelkow DA Evaluating Collaborative Work Enhanced by Different Augmented Reality Avatar Representations (at Hitlab NZ) 15 May 2005
Felix Löw DA Improving ARToolkit-based Natural Feature Tracking with Hybrid Tracking Techniques (at Hitlab NZ) 15 May 2005
Jonas von Beck?, Ingo Kresse, Christian Wachinger SEP Entwicklung einer Messeinheit für die Bodenreaktionskräfte im Alpinen Skisport  
Dagmar Beyer? DA Construction of Decentralized Data Flow Graphs in Ubiquitous Tracking Environments 15 Jul 2004
Daniel Pustka DA Autocalibration in Ubiquitous Tracking Environments 15 Jul 2004
Franz Strasser DA Bootstrapping of Sensor Networks for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments 15 Jul 2004
Franz Mader? DA Integration of a Head Mounted Display in an airplane cockpit infrastructure for the application of Augmented Reality techniques for the visualization of navigational information 15 Jul 2004
Fuat Atabey?, Recep Kayali? SEP Analyse und Modellierung von Wartungsabläufen zur Migration von papierbasierten Wartungsanweisungen zu Interactive Electronic Tech Manuals (IETMs)? 15 Feb 2004
Sven Hennauer SEP Empirical estimation of tracking ranges and application thereof for smooth transition between two tracking devices 13 Jan 2004
Günther Harrasser? DA NAVI - Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired: Evaluation and Prototypical Implemenation of User Interfaces for Visually Impaired 15 Dec 2003
Florian Reitmeir? DA NAVI - Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired: Automatic Generation of User Interest Profiles 15 Dec 2003
Andreas Krause? DA Context-Aware Mobile Computing: Learning Context-Dependent Personal Preferences from a Wearable Sensor Array 15 Dec 2003
Felix Löw SEP A Context-Awareness Component for DWARF based on AR Toolkit 24 Nov 2003
Bernhard Zaun? DA New Calibration Methods for Augmented Reality 15 Jul 2003
Marcus Tönnis DA Data Management for Augmented Reality Applications 15 Jul 2003
Gerrit Hillebrand? SEP A Camera Simulation for Optical Trackers 1 Dec 2002

Misc

Talks

Notes from Conferences (Read Protected)

  • Funding for Postdocs in Germany and Europe?, TU München, 18.05.2004
  • 1. Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität?, TU Chemnitz, 27./28.9.2004

More stuff

-- MartinWagner - 10 Feb 2007