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Daniel Cremers

Daniel Cremers is a computer vision and artificial intelligence researcher whose work helps machines interpret images and video. He studied physics and mathematics in Heidelberg, earned a computer science doctorate in Mannheim, and moved through research posts in Los Angeles and Princeton before professorships in Bonn and Munich. His work includes LSD-SLAM, a real-time monocular mapping method, and SIMULACRON, a project to infer physical simulations from video. He received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, joined the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and serves as president of the European Computer Vision Association and an ELLIS Unit Director and Fellow.

Works
859
Citations
54,071
h-index
102

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

Photo of Daniel Cremers

Timeline

  1. 1994–2002

    A foundation in physics

    He earns bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics at Heidelberg in 1994 and a master's in theoretical physics there in 1997, then completes a computer science PhD at Mannheim in 2002.

  2. 2002–2009

    Early research in vision

    After a UCLA postdoctoral appointment, he spends a year at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton and serves as an associate professor at Bonn from 2005 to 2009.

  3. Since 2009

    A chair in Munich

    Since 2009, he has held TUM's Chair of Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence.

  4. 2014–2024

    Mapping with one camera

    With Jakob Engel and Thomas Schöps, he develops LSD-SLAM, a direct monocular SLAM method that tracks and maps image intensities in real time. The 2014 ECCV paper receives the Koenderink Test of Time Award in 2024.

  5. 2015

    An award for image analysis

    In 2015, the German Research Foundation awards him the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for research on mathematical image processing and pattern recognition that aims to help machines interpret visual data.

  6. 2019

    Joining a scientific academy

    He joins the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities for his contributions to computer vision.

  7. 2020

    Modeling the physics of video

    His ERC Advanced Grant SIMULACRON aims to infer physical simulations of the observed world from videos.

  8. As of October 2026

    Leading computer vision networks

    Since 2023, he has served as president of the European Computer Vision Association. At ELLIS Munich, he is a Unit Director and Fellow.

Sources and credits

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  1. Computer Vision Group - Prof. Dr. Daniel Cremers cvg.cit.tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Computer Vision Group - Visual SLAM - LSD-SLAM: Large-Scale Direct Monocular SLAM cvg.cit.tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. ECCV 2024 Awards eccv.ecva.net. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Leibniz Prize for TUM computer scientist Daniel Cremers - TUM tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Daniel Cremers to become member of scientific academy - TUM tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Machine learning in non-euclidean spaces - Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) ias.tum.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Daniel Cremers | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ellis.eu. Checked 14 October 2026.