Dr. Gerd Bruder

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Contact

Phone: 407.823.2281
Email: bruder@ucf.edu
Google Scholar: Profile

About

Gerd Bruder is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, where he plays a leading role in advancing the frontiers of Virtual and Augmented Reality. With a strong academic foundation from the University of Münster (Ph.D., M.Sc.) and a Habilitation from the University of Hamburg, postdoctoral research at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and visiting research experiences at INRIA Rennes in France, among other places, Dr. Bruder brings a rigorous European research pedigree to his work in the U.S. Dr. Bruder’s research spans a wide spectrum of Extended Reality (XR), including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR), with a particular focus on human factors, human-computer interaction, modeling and simulation, and digital twins. His work is not only technically innovative but also deeply interdisciplinary, impacting domains such as healthcare, military training, architecture, and visualization.

Appointments

Education

  • University of Hamburg, Germany, Habilitation, Computer Science, 2017
  • University of Münster, Germany, Ph.D. Computer Science, 2011
  • University of Münster, Germany,  M.Sc., Computer Science with minor in Mathematics, 2009

Research Interests

  • Extended reality (XR) systems and technologies
    • Augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual reality, metaverse
  • Human factors and human-computer interaction
    • Perception and cognition
    • Display optics and vision sciences
    • 3D user interfaces
  • Modeling, simulation, and training
    • (Human) Digital twins
  • Application domains (selected)
    • Healthcare, military operations & training, space, smart environments, architecture

Honors and Awards

  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • “2021 Innovation Award” at TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2021, Washington (DC), USA
  • “Best Demo Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2021, Virtual Conference
  • “Best Demo Audience Choice Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2020, Virtual Conference
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2019, New Orleans (LA), USA
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2018, Tokyo, Japan
  • “Best Paper Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2018, Limassol, Cyprus
  • “Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2018, Limassol, Cyprus
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2018, Berlin, Germany
  • “Best Student Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2016, Tokyo, Japan
  • “Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2016, Tokyo, Japan
  • “Best Poster Award” at the International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT) & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (EGVE) 2015, Kyoto, Japan
  • “Best Poster Audience Choice Award” at the ICAT-EGVE 2015, Kyoto, Japan
  • “Best Demo Award” at the GI VR/AR HMD App Contest, 2015, Bonn, Germany
  • “Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award” at the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2015, Arles, France
  • “Best Short Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI) 2014, Honolulu (HA), USA
  • “Best Paper Award” at the GI VR/AR 2013, Würzburg, Germany
  • “Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2009, Kyoto, Japan
  • “Best Paper Award” at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI) 2009, Lafayette (LA), USA
  • “Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award” at the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST) 2008, Bordeaux, France
  • “Best Paper Award” at the Virtual Reality International Conference (VRIC) 2008, Laval, France
  • “Honorable Mention for Best Poster Award” at the IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) 2008, Reno (NV), USA

Publications

Patents