The VBS is a large collaborative effort, to which many people significantly contribute(d), in particular the organizing committee and the VBS teams.

Scientific Works (Doctoral Theses, Master Theses, Bachelor Theses)

The following people have published scientific work in direct relation to the VBS:

  • Christian Schober, Master Thesis, Hochschule Mittweida, Germany
  • Andreas Leibetseder, Doctoral Thesis, Klagenfurt University, Austria
  • 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

Significant Technical Contributions

The following people have significantly contributed (have been significantly contributing) to the implementation of the evaluation server (e.g., DRES), the creation of datasets (e.g., V3C and MVK), and the public release of open-source software for the VBS (e.g., vitrivr, SomHunter, TransNet, ):

  • 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
  • Jakub Lokoc, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Tomas Soucek, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • Sai-Kit Yeung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Live-Judges

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

  • Kai Uwe Barthel, TU Berlin, Germany
  • Rahel Arnold, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Nguyễn Phương, Anh, Zeta Motion & City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • Dimitris Georgalis, CERTH (Centre for Research & Technology Hellas), Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Dimitris Stefanopoulos, ITI-CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Lorenzo Bianchi,  ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • Davide Coccomini, Italian National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy
  • Nicola Messina, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
  • George M. Awad, NIST, USA
  • 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
  • Silvan Heller, University of Basel, Switzerland
  • Vera Susanna Benz, University of Basel, Switzerland

On-Site Organization

The following people have been significantly contributing to the on-site organization of VBS, which is a great coordinated effort:

  • Cathal Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland
  • Werner Bailer, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria
  • Björn Thor Jonsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland

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