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Christoph Stiller

Christoph Stiller is a KIT researcher on the team behind the KITTI Vision Benchmark, a set of computer vision benchmarks developed on an autonomous driving platform. He studied electrical engineering in Aachen and Trondheim, Norway, and completed his doctorate in 1994. After a postdoctoral year at INRS in Montreal, he joined Robert Bosch GmbH in 1995 and became a chaired professor at KIT in 2001. He served as president of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society in 2012 and 2013. In 2021 he shared the PAMI Mark Everingham Prize for the KITTI Vision Benchmark, and as of October 2026 he heads the Institute of Measurement and Control Systems at KIT.

Works
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Timeline

  1. By 1994

    Electrical engineering and a doctorate

    He studies electrical engineering in Aachen and Trondheim, Norway, and completes his Dr.-Ing. degree in 1994. He then spends a postdoctoral year at INRS in Montreal, Canada.

  2. 1995

    Joining Robert Bosch

    He joins Robert Bosch GmbH in 1995.

  3. 2001

    A chaired professorship at KIT

    He becomes a chaired professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in 2001.

  4. 2012–2013

    President of the IEEE ITS Society

    He serves as president of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society in 2012 and 2013.

  5. 2018

    A seat in the Heidelberg academy

    In 2018 he becomes a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

  6. 2021

    A prize for the KITTI benchmark

    He shares the PAMI Mark Everingham Prize in 2021 with Andreas Geiger, Philip Lenz and Raquel Urtasun for the KITTI Vision Benchmark. Since 2012 the team runs and develops the benchmark, which draws on its autonomous driving platform, Annieway, to develop computer vision benchmarks.

  7. As of October 2026

    Heading KIT's measurement institute

    He is head of the Institute of Measurement and Control Systems at KIT, and his chair there dates from 2001.

Sources and credits

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  1. Christoph Stiller - AutoSens auto-sens.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Christoph Stiller | HAdW hadw-bw.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Andreas Geiger mit Everingham-Preis geehrt | Universität Tübingen uni-tuebingen.de. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Raquel Urtasun awarded Everingham Prize at ICCV21 - University of Toronto Robotics Institute robotics.utoronto.ca. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. The KITTI Vision Benchmark Suite cvlibs.net. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Prof. Dr. Christoph Stiller | Science Media Center Germany sciencemediacenter.de. Checked 15 October 2026.