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Andrés Bruhn

Also known as A. Bruhn

Andrés Bruhn is a computer-vision researcher whose work centers on optical flow. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1976, he studied computer engineering at the University of Mannheim and completed a computer-science doctorate at Saarland University in 2006. At Saarland, he built an independent Vision and Image Processing group from 2010 and became a professor at Stuttgart in March 2012. His work includes an optical-flow method that received the Koenderink Prize in 2014, the Spring benchmark in 2023, and RobustSpring, launched in 2025. As of October 2026, he is Chair for Intelligent Systems at Stuttgart and heads its Computer Vision group.

Now at
University of Stuttgart and Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems
Works
181
Citations
8,706
h-index
36
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1976–2006

    Early life and education

    Born in Santiago de Chile in 1976, he studies computer engineering at the University of Mannheim and earns a computer-science doctorate at Saarland University in 2006.

  2. 2004

    A theory for optical flow

    In 2004, he and Thomas Brox, Nils Papenberg, and Joachim Weickert present an optical-flow model that combines brightness constancy, gradient constancy, and discontinuity-preserving smoothness. The method gives coarse-to-fine warping a theoretical basis and achieves lower angular errors than earlier techniques.

  3. 2006–2012

    Research at Saarland

    He works as a postdoctoral researcher in 2006–2007 and as an assistant professor at Saarland’s Mathematical Image Analysis Group in 2007–2012. From 2010 to 2012, he builds the independent Vision and Image Processing group within the MMCI Cluster of Excellence.

  4. March 2012

    Professor at Stuttgart

    He becomes a professor of computer science at the University of Stuttgart in March 2012 and leads its Intelligent Systems department at VIS.

  5. 2014

    A Koenderink Prize

    At ECCV in 2014, he receives the Koenderink Prize for an optical-flow method he develops with Thomas Brox, Nils Papenberg, and Joachim Weickert.

  6. 2023

    The Spring benchmark

    In 2023, he coauthors Spring, a high-resolution, high-detail, computer-generated benchmark for scene flow, optical flow, and stereo.

  7. 2025–2026

    RobustSpring and conference service

    The team launches RobustSpring in 2025 as an image-corruption benchmark for optical flow, scene flow, and stereo, then presents its paper at ICLR in 2026. In 2025, he receives an ICCV Outstanding Reviewer Award; in 2026, he receives a CVPR Outstanding Area Chair Award and serves as program chair for GCPR.

  8. As of October 2026

    Leading the Computer Vision group

    He is a full professor of computer science and the Chair for Intelligent Systems at the University of Stuttgart, where he heads the Computer Vision group at VIS.

Career

  1. Since 2012University of StuttgartProfessor of Computer Science
  2. Since 2012Institute for Visualization and Interactive SystemsHead
  3. 2010–2012MMCI Cluster of Excellence
  4. 2006–2012Saarland UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher, Assistant Professor

Education

  1. 2006Saarland UniversityDoctorate in Computer Science
  2. University of Mannheim

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. High Accuracy Optical Flow Estimation Based on a Theory for Warping2004 · Lecture notes in computer science · 2,632 citationsWith Joachim Weickert and Thomas Brox
  2. Lucas/Kanade Meets Horn/Schunck: Combining Local and Global Optic Flow Methods2004 · International Journal of Computer Vision · 1,159 citationsWith Joachim Weickert
  3. Highly Accurate Optic Flow Computation with Theoretically Justified Warping2006 · International Journal of Computer Vision · 409 citationsWith Joachim Weickert and Thomas Brox
  4. Optic Flow in Harmony2011 · International Journal of Computer Vision · 215 citationsWith Joachim Weickert
  5. Freehand HDR Imaging of Moving Scenes with Simultaneous Resolution Enhancement2011 · Computer Graphics Forum · 197 citationsWith Joachim Weickert

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Stuttgart. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 3% to 32%Includes University of Stuttgart. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 3% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes University of Stuttgart. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.
  4. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 111 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Saarland University. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 111 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. Andrés Bruhn | Expert | University of Stuttgart uni-stuttgart.de. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. High accuracy optical flow estimation based on a theory for warping lmb.informatik.uni-freiburg.de. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrés Bruhn | Institute for Visualization and Interactive Systems | University of Stuttgart vis.uni-stuttgart.de. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. How computers recognise videos uni-stuttgart.de. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Spring: A High-Resolution High-Detail Dataset and Benchmark for Scene Flow, Optical Flow and Stereo openaccess.thecvf.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. The Spring Dataset & Benchmark spring-benchmark.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. CVPR 2026 Outstanding Area Chair Award visus.uni-stuttgart.de. Checked 18 October 2026.