The VBS is a large collaborative effort, to which many people significantly contribute(d). In addition to the organizing committee and the system development teams, the following people have significantly contributed:

  • Luca Rossetto, VBS Server development & V3C dataset collection, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Loris Sauter, VBS Server development, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Ralph Gasser, VBS Server development, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Bernd Münzer, VBS Server development, Klagenfurt University, Switzerland
  • Marco Hudelist, VBS Server development, Klagenfurt University, Switzerland


Furthermore, the following people have helped assessing live results at the VBS as judges:

  • Manuel Herold, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Dragi Kimovski, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Alexander Lercher, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Radu Aurel Prodan, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Manuel Seywald, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Maria Taschwer, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Patrik Vesely, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Ilias Gialampoukidis, CERTH, Greece
  • Anastasios Gkagkas, CERTH, Greece
  • Maria Pegia, CERTH, Greece
  • Nick Pantelidis, CERTH, Greece
  • Jiaxin Wu, City University Hongkong
  • Björn Thór Jónsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
  • Gylfi Þór Guðmundsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
  • Naushad Alam, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Davide Coccomini, CNR, Italy
  • Nicola Messina, CNR, Italy
  • Rahel Arnold, University of Basel, Switherland
  • Silvan Heller, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Vera Susanna Benz, University of Basel, Switzerland


Finally, these people have published scientific work in direct relation to the VBS:

  • Christian Schober, Master Thesis, Hochschule Mittweida, Germany
  • Anja Resmann, Master Thesis, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Christof Karisch, Master Thesis, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Marco Hudelist, PhD Thesis (partly VBS), Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • Premysl Cech, PhD Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Tomas Soucek, Bachelor Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Frantisek Mejzlik, Bachelor Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Patrik Vesely, Bachelor Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Adam Blazek, Master Thesis, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Liam Alex Sonto Poulsen, Master Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Mathias Dybkjær Larsen, Master Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Mikkel David Muff Storm, Master Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Nicolai Mollerup, Master Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Omar Shahbaz Khan, PhD Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Rasmus Andreas de Neergaard, Master Thesis, IT-University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Phương Anh Nguyễn, PhD Thesis, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Jiaxin Wu, PhD Thesis, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Zhixin Ma, PhD Thesis, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • David Scott, PhD Thesis, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Zhenxing Zhang, PhD Thesis, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Ivan Giangreco, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Florian Spiess, PhD Thesis (partly VBS), University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Rahel Arnold, Master Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Loris Sauter, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Silvan Heller, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Mahnaz Parian-Scherb, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Ralph Gasser, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Luca Rossetto, PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland

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