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Dr. Peter Rautek

Research Scientist

Visual Computing Center, Bldg. 1, lvl. 2, Office 2220
4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia

+966 (0) 12-808-0481

peter.rautek@kaust.edu.sa

Education profile

  • Ph.D in Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2009
  • MSc (Computergraphik und Digitale Bildverarbeitung), Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2005
  • BSc (Medieninformatik), Vienna University of Technology, Austria, 2003

Professional Profile

  • 2011 – today: Research Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
  • 2009 – 2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • 2005 – 2009: Research Assistant, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • 2004 – 2005: Computer Science teacher at school for social services (part time), Seegasse, Vienna, Austria
  • March 2003 – Jan 2004: Teaching Assistant (part time), Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Awards

​KAUST Seed Fund 2013

KAUST Affiliations

  • Visual Computing Center (VCC)
  • Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE)
  • Co-Founder of KAUST startup Visual Experience
  • Co-Founder of the Maker Space SDG​ at KAUST

Recent Publications

2024

Vortex Lens: Interactive Vortex Core Line Extraction using Observed Line Integral Convolution

P. Rautek, X. Zhang, B. Woschizka, T. Theußl, M. Hadwiger
IEEE VIS 2023 (Best Paper Award)

2023

GPU Accelerated 3D Tomographic Reconstruction and Visualization from Noisy Electron Microscopy Tilt-Series

J. Ramirez, P. Rautek, C. Bohak, O. Strnad, Z. Zhang, S. Li, I. Viola, W. Heidrich
IEEE TVCG 2023

Real-Time Visualization of Large-Scale Geological Models with Nonlinear Feature-Preserving Levels of Detail

R. Sicat, M. Ibrahim, A. Ageeli, F. Mannuss, P. Rautek, M. Hadwiger
IEEE TVCG 2023

Multivariate Probabilistic Range Queries for Scalable Interactive 3D Visualization

A. Ageeli, A. Jaspe-Villanueva, R. Sicat, F. Mannuss, P. Rautek, M. Hadwiger
IEEE VIS 2022

2022

Interactive Exploration of Physically-Observable Objective Vortices in Unsteady 2D Flow

X. Zhang, M. Hadwiger, T. Theußl, P. Rautek
IEEE VIS 2021 (Honorable Mention Best Paper)

2021

Vortex Criteria can be Objectivized by Unsteadiness Minimization

H. Theisel, M. Hadwiger, P. Rautek, T. Theußl, T. Günther
Physics of Fluids

Objective Observer-Relative Flow Visualization in Curved Spaces for Unsteady 2D Geophysical Flows

P. Rautek, M. Mlejnek, J. Beyer, J. Troidl, H. Pfister, T. Theußl, M. Hadwiger
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2020 (Best Paper Award)

2019

Time-Dependent Flow seen through Approximate Observer Killing Fields

M. Hadwiger, M. Mlejnek, T. Theußl, P. Rautek
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2018

2018

Screen-Space Normal Distribution Function Caching for Consistent Multi-Resolution Rendering of Large Particle Data

M. Ibrahim, P. Wickenhäuser, P. Rautek, G. Reina, M. Hadwiger
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2017

2017

A Versatile and Efficient GPU Data Structure for Spatial Indexing

J. Schneider, P. Rautek
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2016

2016

JiTTree: A Just-in-Time Compiled Sparse GPU Volume Data Structure

M. Labschütz, S. Bruckner, E. Gröller, M. Hadwiger, P. Rautek
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2015

2014

ViSlang: A System for Interpreted Domain-specific Languages for Scientific Visualization

P. Rautek, S. Bruckner, M. Gröller, M. Hadwiger
IEEE Scientific Visualization 2014