Marc Pollefeys
Pollefeys earned a KU Leuven PhD in 1999 and later became a professor at UNC Chapel Hill before joining ETH. His principal research area is three-dimensional vision. His work includes software for turning photographs into 3D models, mobile scanning and city reconstruction from vehicle-mounted cameras. His work connects 3D reconstruction with semantic scene understanding and includes camera-based driving and autonomous visual drones. He also has a role in Microsoft mixed reality.
- Now at
- ETH Zurich and Microsoft
- Works
- 5,638
- Citations
- 51,828
- h-index
- 111
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1999
Doctoral training
Pollefeys earned a KU Leuven PhD in 1999 and later became a professor at UNC Chapel Hill before joining ETH. His principal research area is three-dimensional vision.
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As of October 2026
Reconstruction from images
His work includes software for turning photographs into 3D models, mobile scanning and city reconstruction from vehicle-mounted cameras.
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As of October 2026
Perception for robotics
His work connects 3D reconstruction with semantic scene understanding and includes camera-based driving and autonomous visual drones. He also has a role in Microsoft mixed reality.
Sources and credits
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