Dr. rer. nat. Patrick Maier
Dipl.-Inf. Univ.

	Name: Dr. Patrick Maier
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	Groups: Molecular Imaging, Computer Vision, Industrial Augmented Reality, 3D Information Presentation, 3D Interaction
	Since January 2016 I have a new job at Rohde & Schwarz

Research Interests

• Augmented Reality
• Augmented Chemistry
• Interfaces for human - computer interaction
• Molecular optimization with TINKER
• Molecular simulation with NAMD
• Interaction between OpenSceneGraph and UbiTrack
• XNA Application development
• Robotics
• Diving
• Neurorobotics at Human Brain Project

Scholarship

• Got a Ph.D. scholarship from the International Graduate School of Science and Engineering
• I'm working in the IGSSE project Augmented Chemistry

Publications

2015
	L. Vannucci, A. Ambrosano, N. Cauli, U. Albanese, E. Falotico, S. Ulbrich, L. Pfotzer S, G. Hinkel, D. Peppicelli, L. Guyot, A. von Arnim, S. Deser, P. Maier, R. Dillmann, G. Klinker, P. Levi, A. Knoll, M.-O. Gewaltig, C. Laschi A visual tracking model implemented on the iCub robot as a use case for a novel neurorobotic toolkit integrating brain and physics simulation Proc. of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, South Korea, Nov 3-5, 2015, pages 1179-1184. (bib)
2014
	P. Maier Augmented Chemical Reactions - Research on 3D Selection and Confirmation Methods Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, September 2014 (online version) (bib)
	T. Faustino Andrade, P. Maier, M. R. Quintas, G. Klinker, M. T. Restivo Adding Sensorial Capabilities to the Augmented Chemical Reactions Application (Demo) 11th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation - REV14, Porto, Portugal, Feb 2014, pp. 217-218. (bib)
2013
	T. Coskun, C. Bruns, A. Benzina, P. Maier, M. Huber, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Gestyboard BackTouch 1.0: Two-Handed Backside Blind-Typing on mobile Touch-Sensitive Surfaces 10th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous?), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2013, pp. 422-434. (bib)
	P. Maier, G. Klinker Augmented Chemical Reactions: 3D Interaction Methods for Chemistry International Journal of Online Engineering - Volume 9, Special Issue 8: "Exp.at'13", December 2013, pp. 80-82. (bib)
	P. Maier, G. Klinker Augmented Chemical Reactions: An Augmented Reality Tool to support Chemistry Teaching (Demo) 2nd Experiment@ International Conference - exp.at'13, Coimbra, Portugal, Sep 2013, pp. 164-165. (bib)
	T. Coskun, C. Wiesner, E. Artinger, A. Benzina, P. Maier, M. Huber, C.Grill, P. Schmitt, G. Klinker Gestyboard 2.0: A gesture-based text entry concept for high performance ten-finger touch-typing and blind typing on touchscreens First International Conference on Human Factors in Computing and Informatics (SouthChi?), Maribor, Slovenia July 2013, pp. 680-691. (bib)
	P. Maier, G. Klinker Evaluation of an Augmented-Reality-based 3D User Interface to Enhance the 3D-Understanding of Molecular Chemistry 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU 2013, Aachen, Germany, May 2013, pp. 294-302. (bib)
2012
	P. Maier, A. Dey, C. Waechter, C. Sandor, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker An Empiric Evaluation of Confirmation Methods for Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display Calibration Joint Virtual Reality Conference of ICAT - EGVE - EuroVR (2012), Madrid, Spain, October 2012, pp. 73-80. (bib)
	E. Artinger, P. Maier, T. Coskun, S. Nestler, M. Maehler, Y. Yildirim-Krannig, F. Wucholt, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Creating a common operation picture in realtime with user-centered interfaces for mass casualty incidents 4th international workshop for "Situation recognition and medical data analysis in Pervasive Health environments"(PervaSense?), PervasiveHealth? 2012, May 2012, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 291-296. (bib)
2011
	P. Maier, A. Dey, C. Waechter, C. Sandor, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker An Empiric Evaluation of Confirmation Methods for Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display Calibration (Poster) 10th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 26-29, 2011, pp. 267-268. (bib)
2010
	P. Maier, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Poster: Designing and Comparing Two-Handed Gestures to Confirm Links between User Controlled Objects 9th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Seoul, Korea, Oct. 13-16, 2010, pp. 251-252. (bib)
	P. Maier, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker, A. Raith, M. Drees, F. Kühn What Do You Do When Two Hands Are Not Enough? Interactive Selection of Bonds Between Pairs of Tangible Molecules 5th International IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, Waltham, MA, March 2010, pp. 83-90. (bib)
2009
	R. Morales-Garcia, P. Keitler, P. Maier, G. Klinker An Underwater Augmented Reality System for Commercial Diving Operations OCEANS 2009 MTS/IEEE, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA, November 2009. (bib)
	P. Maier Augmented Chemical Reactions First International Workshop on Computational Engineering - Special Topic Fluid-Structure Interaction (bib)
	P. Maier, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Dynamics in Tangible Chemical Reactions International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Vol:3, No:9, 2009 (bib)
	P. Maier, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Dynamics in Tangible Chemical Reactions International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICCE 2009), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep 23 - 25, 2009 (bib)
	P. Maier, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Augmented Reality for teaching spatial relations IJAS American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines, Toronto, Canada, May 25 - 28, 2009 (bib)
2008
	P. Maier Demo - Augmented Chemical Reactions - Small molecules with a large impact The 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Cambridge, UK, Sept. 15 - 18, 2008 (bib)
	P. Maier, G. Klinker, M. Drees, F. Kühn Tangible Chemical Reactions - Small molecules with a large impact IGSSE Forum 2008, Raitenhaslach, Germany, June 27 - 28, 2008 (bib)

Awards

• Best Poster Award at the IGSSE Forum 2008 in Raitenhashach
• Best Poster Award at the IGSSE Forum 2011 in Raitenhashach
• Best Student Paper Award at the CSEDU 2013 in Aachen
• Best Demo Award at the exp.at'13 in Coimbra

Bachelor-, Master-, Diploma-thesis etc.

Available

• Extend the TINKER-Simulater (Molecule optimizer) with a network server functionality
  • A server program (c++ or c#) should be created using functions from TINKER (written in Fortran)
  • Using c++/c and FORTRAN together
  • Introduction into FORTRAN
  • GFortran compiler
  • To generate a dll from the fortran source: gfortran -o test.dll -shared -mrtd -mno-cygwin -Os -fdefault-integer-8 test_f.f
  • or to generate the object file: gfortran -c -Os -fdefault-integer-8 test_f.f
  • and link it with the c++ object file to a executable: gcc -o test test_c.o test_f.o -lgfortran
  • use the dll in c#: [DllImport("test.dll")] public static extern void test_();
• Implement shaders for "Augmented Chemical Reactions" to support reflection, light, shadows and transparency.
• Implement a fingertracker to control 3D objects.
• Implement a connection to the NOVINT Falcon haptic device to control 3D objects and get feedback.
• Integration of a 3D cam to control the Position of 3D objects.
• Robust marker recognition

Running

Finished

• Controlling 3D objects by using a multitouch sourcace with gesture recognition (Bachelor Thesis)

Teaching

Term	Type	Topic
Summer 2008	Seminar	3D Interaction in Chemistry and Cars?
Summer 2008	Exercises	Desktop-based User Interfaces for Computer Applications (2D Graphical User Interfaces)
Summer 2011	Exercises	3D User Interfaces - Dreidimensionale Nutzerschnittstellen
Summer 2012	Practical Course	Master Practical Course - Augmented Reality Applications
Summer 2013	Exercises	Introduction to Augmented Reality - Einführung in die erweiterte Realität
Summer 2013	Exercises	3D User Interfaces - Dreidimensionale Nutzerschnittstellen
Winter 2008/09	Exercises	2D Graphical User Interfaces for Desktop-based and Mobile Computer Applications?

Misc

• HeadMountedDisplays
• Where to search Literature
• FarInfrastructure
• SaFARi
• EinstiegsHandbuch
• I-Tüpferl