Alumni

Dipl.-Inf. Martin Wagner

I finished my Ph.D. at TUM and moved to Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
I finished also my time at academia, now I am with TNG Technology Consulting.

E-Mail: martin.wagner@in.tum.de

Phone: +49 (89) 289-18230 Fax: +49 (89) 289-18207

Address: Technische Universität München

                Institut für Informatik (I1)

                Boltzmannstr. 3

                85748 Garching bei München Germany

Room: 01.07.057

Research Interests

The most profound technologies are those that disappear. (Mark Weiser)

We are used to computer systems that require us to adapt to their limited capabilities. We have to learn strange interaction metaphors and arcane workflows. Computers force their users upon a logical structure that reflects the computer's way of working and not the user's way of thinking. Machines that understand the intentions of humans and perceive the environment similar to human beings are starting their way out of fiction to reality.

In my research, I aim at combing the Ubiquitous Computing paradigm with Augmented Reality style interaction. One of the core requirements to let computer systems naturally dive into the environment is knowledge about the location of users and objects, most times referred to as Tracking.

I am one of the core and founding members of the DWARF research project. In the beginning, my main interest was on vision-based tracking algorithms and their efficient implementation. Since I started to work on my Ph.D. thesis, I try to combine multiple tracking devices in a way that allows the setup of Ubiquitous Tracking environments. My Ph.D. supervisor is Prof. Gudrun Klinker, Ph.D.

Projects

• DWARF (1999-today)
  • The Distributed Wearable Augmented Reality Framework is our main research platform.
  • I am involved in all the DWARF stuff that deals with tracking.
  • I actively participated in the Pathfinder^?, TRAMP, SHEEP, and ARCHIE projects.
• Ubiquitous Tracking (2004-today)
  • In collaboration with Studierstube (TU Wien)
• UMTS / Mobile Wartung (2001-2003)
  • This project is part of the Offensive Zukunft Bayern and focuses on mobile maintenance applications.
• Absolventenfest 2001
  • I organized the graduation ball of the class of 2001, together with Christian Sandor and Asa MacWilliams
  • Pictures of the ball are online

Publications

M. Wagner
Tracking With Multiple Sensors
Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Apr. 2005 (online version) (bib)

M. Wagner, S. Hennauer, G. Klinker
Easing the Transition Between Multiple Trackers
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004 (bib)

J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, D. Beyer, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker
Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004, pp. 192-201. (bib)

M. Wagner
Distributed Tracking with Multiple Sensors for Augmented Reality
1. Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität", TU Chemnitz, 27. - 28. September 2004 (bib)

M. Bauer, M. Wagner, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker, V. Broy
Lehrkonzept für ein Augmented Reality Praktikum
1. GI Workshop "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität", Chemnitz, 27. - 28. September 2004 (bib)

G. Klinker, M. Wagner
2nd Joint Advanced Summer School 2004, Course 3: Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
Technischer Bericht der TU München, TUM-I0417, June 2004 (bib)

M. Wagner, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, J. Newman, T. Pintaric, D. Schmalstieg
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking
Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing, Hot Spots section, Vienna, Austria, Apr. 18--23 2004 (bib)

J. Newman, M. Wagner, T. Pintaric, A. MacWilliams, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, D. Schmalstieg
Fundamentals of Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality
Technical Report TUM-I0323, Technische Universität München; Technical Report TR-188-2-2003-34, Vienna University of Technology (bib)

M. Wagner, G. Klinker
An Architecture for Distributed Spatial Configuration of Context Aware Applications
2nd International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Norrköping, Sweden, Dec. 11-12 2003 (bib)

A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker, B. Bruegge
Herding Sheep: Live System Development for Distributed Augmented Reality
Proceedings of The Second International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2003), pp. 123-132. (bib)

M. Wagner, F. Löw
Configuration Strategies of an AR Toolkit-based Wide Area Tracker
The Second IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7 2003. (bib)

M. Bauer, O. Hilliges, A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner, G. Klinker, J. Newman, G. Reitmayr, T. Pintaric, T. Fahmy, D. Schmalstieg
Integrating Studierstube and DWARF
International Workshop on Software Technology for Augmented Reality Systems. Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 7, 2003 (bib)

A. MacWilliams, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
Begrenzt offen: Mac OS X als Portierungsziel
iX--Magazin für Professionelle Informationstechnik, 2/2003, pp. 90 (bib)

C. Sandor, A. MacWilliams, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, G. Klinker
SHEEP: The Shared Environment Entertainment Pasture
Demo at IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality ISMAR 2002, Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2002. (bib)

M. Wagner
Building Wide-Area Applications with the AR Toolkit
The First IEEE International Augmented Reality Toolkit Workshop, Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 29 2002. (bib)

M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
An Architecture Concept for Ubiquitous Computing Aware Wearable Computers
International Workshop on Smart Appliances and Wearable Computing. Vienna, Austria, July 2, 2002 (bib)

M. Bauer, B. Bruegge, G. Klinker, A. MacWilliams, T. Reicher, S. Riß, C. Sandor, M. Wagner
Design of a Component-Based Augmented Reality Framework
Proceedings of The Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Augmented Reality (ISAR 2001), pp. 45-54. (bib)

M. Wagner
DWARF - Design, Prototypical Implementation and Testing of a Real-Time Optical Feature Tracker
Diplomarbeit (bib)

Teaching

Seminars, Lectures and More

I participated in supervising and/or organizing the following courses:

Summer Semester 2004

• Praktikum Augmented Reality
• Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality Course at 2nd Joint Advanced Summer School (JASS) 2004

Wintersemester 2003/04

• Hauptseminar Machine Learning

Sommersemester 2003

• Hauptseminar Machine Learning for Context Aware Computing

Wintersemester 2002/2003

• Ferienakademie 2002, Kurs 9: Context-Sensitive Computing

Wintersemester 2001/2002

• Praktikum Global Software Engineering: TRAMP

Diploma Theses, SEPs looking for a student

soon come... But don't hesitate to contact me if you're interested in any of my research topics.

Finished and Currently active Diploma Theses, SEPs I (co-)supervised

Misc

Talks

• Distributed Spatial Configuration of Context Aware Applications (pdf) at the 3rd Studierstube Workshop (stbDay3), Vienna, Austria, December 19, 2003
• Presentation of the SHEEP system at the Konversatorium, Institut für Computergraphik und Algorithmen, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria, December 13, 2002
• Presentation of the DWARF system at an AR/MR Authoring Workshop held in conjuction with the IST/E3 cluster concertation meeting, Brussels, Belgium, March 14, 2003

Notes from Conferences (Read Protected)

• Funding for Postdocs in Germany and Europe^?, TU München, 18.05.2004
• 1. Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität^?, TU Chemnitz, 27./28.9.2004

More stuff

• My GPG Public Key
• Pictures^? from last year's DWARF @ Studierstube Workshop
• Pictures from a holiday trip to Lapland: Joe Newman's and Alex Wotzko's
• Pictures from a trip to the alps with our chair in July 2004
• Pictures from ISMAR 2004

-- MartinWagner - 10 Feb 2007