Peter Rautek
Peter Rautek is a Research Scientist in the High-Performance Visualization Group working with Professor Markus Hadwiger at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
Biography
Peter started his academic life at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien). He obtained his bachelor degree in Media Computer Science in 2003. After that, he worked as a teacher assistant for one year. In 2005, he received his master degree in Computer Graphics and Digital Image Processing. During his preparation for the master degree, he worked part-time as a Computer Science teacher at a School for Social Services.
He was a Research Assistant from 2005 to 2009 at TU Wien. In that period, he was also preparing doing his PhD in Computer Science. He received his doctoral degree in 2009. Before joining KAUST, Peter was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vienna University of Technology until 2011.
Research Interests
Peter is interested in Scientific Visualization, particularly in advanced methods of fluid flow visualization, Computer Graphics in general, Augmented and Virtual Reality, as well as large language models (LLMs) and their applications in interactive systems.
About
Honors and Awards
- KAUST Seed Fund in 2013 for a virtual reality project providing VR solutions for pilgrims.
- Co-founded the KAUST startup Visual Experience.
- Secured funding, co-founded and operated KAUST's first maker space.
Education Profile
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, 2009
- M. Sc., Computer Graphics and Digital Image Processing, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, 2005
- B. Sc., Media Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria, 2003
Quote
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." This quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein resonates deeply with me. I believe that most progress in computer science is made by pushing the limits of the language that computers and humans interact with each other.
