A Center for Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Christian Theobalt, director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, heads the Saarbrücken Center for Visual Computing, Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (VIA). MPI for Informatics Christian Theobalt, director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, heads the Saarbrücken Center for Visual Computing, Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (VIA). MPI for Informatics - Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Google engage in a strategic research partnership The Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken and Google have agreed on a strategic partnership to establish the Saarbrücken Research Center for Visual Computing, Interaction and Artificial Intelligence (VIA) at the MPI for Informatics. The center will conduct basic research in frontier areas of computer graphics, computer vision, and human machine interaction, at the intersection of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The VIA center will be headed by Christian Theobalt, scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics. The initial funding from Google is over a period of four years with the intention of extending after the initial funding period has ended. Additional financial resources come from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, both partners are committed to a long-term partnership.