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Researcher

Radu Timofte

Radu Timofte is a computer-vision researcher whose work spans image super-resolution, restoration and enhancement. He studies computer engineering in Iași, earns a master's degree in Finland, and completes a PhD in electrical engineering at KU Leuven in 2013. At ETH Zürich, he moves from postdoctoral research to lecturer and research-group leadership. His team wins the 2019 AIM real-world super-resolution challenge, and he receives a 2012 Best Scientific Paper Award at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition. He joins the University of Würzburg as a professor and computer-vision chair, receives a Humboldt Professorship for AI, and directs ELLIS Unit Franconia.

Now at
ELLIS Unit Franconia and University of Würzburg
Works
624
Citations
52,581
h-index
98

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

Photo of Radu Timofte

Timeline

  1. 2006–2013

    From Iași to Leuven

    He earns a Dipl.-Eng. in computer engineering at the Technical University of Iași in 2006, an MSc at the University of Eastern Finland in 2007, and a PhD in electrical engineering at KU Leuven in 2013.

  2. 2012

    An early paper prize

    At the International Conference on Pattern Recognition, he receives the Best Scientific Paper Award.

  3. 2013–2022

    Leading a vision group

    At ETH Zürich, he joins as a postdoc in 2013 and becomes a lecturer and research group leader in 2016, remaining there through 2022.

  4. 2019

    Restoring real-world images

    He co-authors the AIM 2019 challenge report on real-world image super-resolution, which studies image recovery when paired high- and low-resolution examples are unavailable. His team wins the AIM Real World Super-Resolution Challenge at ICCV 2019.

  5. 2021–2022

    A chair in Würzburg

    In 2021, he joins the University of Würzburg as a W3 Professor and Chair of Computer Science IV while continuing to lead ETH Zürich's Augmented Perception Group. In 2022, he receives the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence.

  6. Since May 2026

    Directing ELLIS Franconia

    He directs ELLIS Unit Franconia alongside Wolfram Burgard and Florian Marquardt, and is an ELLIS Fellow at the University of Würzburg. His current research includes restoration, enhancement and image/video compression.

Sources and credits

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  1. Radu Timofte, Computer Vision Lab, University of Wurzburg cvlai.net. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Humboldt-Professur für die Informatik - Universität Würzburg uni-wuerzburg.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. [1911.07783] AIM 2019 Challenge on Real-World Image Super-Resolution: Methods and Results arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Radu Timofte humboldt-foundation.de. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Radu Timofte | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ellis.eu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Seven New Units Join the ELLIS Network: Czechia, Denmark, Franconia, Grenoble, NRW, Slovenia & Sweden | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems ellis.eu. Checked 14 October 2026.