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Martin Naef |
About me
Martin Naef holds an MSc in computer science from ETH Zurich where he specialized in computer graphics, computer architectures, VLSI chip design, and high-performance computing. He then spent a year as a research assistant at the High Performance Computing Group at ETH conducting a performance analysis and benchmarking study on network architectures for massive parallel systems funded by Compaq.
Starting in 2000, he earned a PhD at ETH’s Computer Graphics Lab working on the blue-c, a system for collaborative, spatially immersive virtual reality using 3D real-time video acquisition, transmission and rendering for tele-presence. His work focused on the design and implementation of the system API, providing easy to use services for applications developer such as a distributed scene graph, multimodal interaction, multimedia integration including 2D and 3D video as well as spatialized audio within a multi-core architecture.
After the PhD, Martin Naef spent 4.5 years as a member of the Research Development Group at the Digital Design Studio (DDS) of the Glasgow School of Art. Besides supporting other staff in the development of research strategies and grant applications to a variety of funding bodies, his work focused on the application and development of visualization and 3D interaction technologies within the engineering, teaching and art & design application domains. At DDS, he initiated the Soundlab collaboration with Arup Acoustics Scotland, exploring the use of high-quality 3D auralization, and led the Living Canvas initiative together with the artistic partner, Cryptic, funded by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council to bring dynamic projection systems using machine vision on stage.
Parallel to his education, he worked as a freelance developer since the age of 15, designing embedded and data acquisition software and digital electronics for automated relay testing systems and selling his own offline mail reader software. He still enjoys building analogue and digital electronic devices and DSP algorithms for sound processing.
He is now back in his native country, working on IT applications for power transmission and distribution as a Scientist at ABB Corporate Research in Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland.
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