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Marc Alexa

b. 1974

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About Marc Alexa

Born 1974. Marc Alexa is a German computer scientist and university teacher.

Marc Alexa is a professor of computer science at TU Berlin working in the fields of computer graphics, geometric modeling and geometry processing.

Life Alexa studied computer science at TU Darmstadt, receiving a Diplom in 1997 and a PhD in 2002. After his graduation, he spent time as a postdoctoral researcher with Greg Turk at Georgia Tech, returning the same year to become assistant professor at TU Darmstadt. In 2005, he became an associate professor for computer graphics at TU Berlin, transitioning to the full professorship in 2010. He conducted research at Caltech, Carnegie Mellon University, Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and the University of Toronto. From 2018 to 2021, he was the editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Awards Alexa received numerous best paper awards at conferences, in particular the Symposium on Geometry Processing. Other noteworthy distinctions: 2024: ACM Fellow 2022: ERC Advanced Grant 2018: Fellow of the Eurographics Association 2014: Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contributions Award 2012: Engineering Sciences Prize of the Academy, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2010: ERC Starting Grant 2003: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis of the German Research Foundation

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Technical University of Darmstadt, Ph.D., TU Darmstadt
Employers
Technische Universität Berlin
Awards
ACM Fellow

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Marc Alexa's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Marc Alexa?

computer scientist

When was Marc Alexa born?

Marc Alexa was born on 1 February 1974 in Darmstadt.

What is Marc Alexa's occupation?

Marc Alexa is a computer scientist and university teacher.

What nationality is Marc Alexa?

Marc Alexa is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marc Alexa

· Wikidata: Q102438142

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