Prof. Dr. Mario Botsch

Office:	OH16, Room 124
Phone:	+49 231 755-6324
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Address:	TU Dortmund Lehrstuhl Informatik 7 Otto-Hahn-Str. 16 44227 Dortmund Germany

About me

I’m a full professor in the Computer Science Department at TU Dortmund University, where I’m heading both the Chair of Computer Graphics and the Computer Graphics & Geometry Processing Group. Since 2025 I’m also a PI in the Lamarr Institute. Before joining TU Dortmund in fall 2020, I was professor for Computer Graphics at Bielefeld University (2008–2020).

I studied mathematics and received my M.Sc. from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (1999). After that I started my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, before moving to RWTH Aachen and finishing my PhD in computer science (2005). Afterwards I was PostDoc at ETH Zurich (2005–2008).

The focus of my research is the efficient acquisition, discretization, optimization, animation, and visualization of three-dimensional geometric objects. On the more theoretical side, we are investigating flexible, non-standard geometry discretizations and the involved differential operators. On the more practical side, we are working on 3D-scanning and motion capturing of humans, modelling and animation of virtual characters, and real-time visualization in VR scenarios.

I regularly teach courses on Computer Graphics, Computer Animation, Geometric Modeling, and Mathematics for Computer Science. For all my teaching I’m an avid user (and developer) of Decker, a cool tool for interactive HTML-based lecture slides.

More details here: Curriculum Vitae

PhD Thesis

High Quality Surface Generation and Efficient Multiresolution Editing Based on Triangle Meshes

Mario Botsch

PhD Thesis, RWTH Aachen

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Most Recent Publications

Avatars for the Masses: Smartphone-Based Reconstruction of Humans for Virtual Reality

Timo Menzel, Erik Wolf, Stephan Wenninger, Niklas Spinczyk, Lena Holderrieth, Carolin Wienrich, Ulrich Schwanecke, Marc Erich Latoschik, Mario Botsch

Frontiers in Virtual Reality 6, 2025

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NePHIM: A Neural Physics-Based Head-Hand Interaction Model

Nicolas Wagner, Ulrich Schwanecke, Mario Botsch

Computer Graphics Forum 44(2), (Proc. Eurographics), 2025

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Virtual Body Image Exercises for People With Obesity – Results on Eating Behavior and Body Perception of the ViTraS Pilot Study

Kathrin Gemesi, Nina Döllinger, Natascha-Alexandra Weinberger, Erik Wolf, David Mal, Sebastian Keppler, Stephan Wenninger, Emily Bader, Carolin Wienrich, Claudia Luck-Sikorski, Marc Erich Latoschik, Johann Habakuk Isral, Mario Botsch, Christina Holzapfel

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 25(176), 2025

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The Buffering of Autonomic Fear Responses Is Moderated by the Characteristics of a Virtual Character

Martin Weiß, Philipp Krop, Lukas Treml, Elias Neuser, Mario Botsch, Martin J. Herrmann, Marc Erich Latoschik, Grit Hein

Computers in Human Behavior 168, 2025

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Minimalism or Creative Chaos? On the Arrangement and Analysis of Numerous Scatterplots in Immersive 3D Knowledge Spaces

Melanie Derksen, Torsten Kuhlen, Mario Botsch, Tim Weissker

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 31(5), (Proc. VR), 2025

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Self-Similarity Beats Motor Control in Augmented Reality Body Weight Perception

Marie Luisa Fiedler, Mario Botsch, Carolin Wienrich, Marc Erich Latoschik

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 31(5), (Proc. VR), 2025

Best Paper Honorable Mention

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Coverage of Facial Expressions and Its Effects on Avatar Embodiment, Self-Identification, and Uncanniness

Peter Kullmann, Theresa Schell, Timo Menzel, Mario Botsch, Marc Erich Latoschik

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 31(5), (Proc. VR), 2025

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Do You Feel Better? The Impact of Embodying Photorealistic Avatars with Ideal Body Weight on Attractiveness and Self-Esteem in Virtual Reality

Lena Holderrieth, Erik Wolf, Marie Luisa Fiedler, Mario Botsch, Marc Erich Latoschik, Carolin Wienrich

IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 2025

Best Poster Award

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From Avatars to Agents: Self-Related Cues through Embodiment and Personalization Affect Body Perception in Virtual Reality

Marie Luisa Fiedler, Erik Wolf, Nina Döllinger, David Mal, Mario Botsch, Marc Erich Latoschik, Carolin Wienrich

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 30(11), (Proc. ISMAR), 2024

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GarmentCodeData: A Dataset of 3D Made-to-Measure Garments With Sewing Patterns

Maria Korosteleva, Timur Levent Kesdogan, Fabian Kemper, Stephan Wenninger, Jasmin Koller, Yuhan Zhang, Mario Botsch, Olga Sorkine-Hornung

European Conference on Computer Vision, 2024

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