Burkhard Wünsche is a leading researcher in visual computing and serious games who focuses on solving real-world problems using visual representations. He received his Vordiplom (similar to a BSc) at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, and his MSc and PhD at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is the leader of the Graphics Group of the University of Auckland, and a member of the Centre for Brain Research (CBR) and the Centre for Automation, Robotics, and Engineering Sciences (CARES). His research interests include visual computing (Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, HCI, AR/VR), serious games, and innovative education applications and health interventions. He has published more than 300 papers in prestigious journals and conferences such as IEEE TVCG, IEEE Viz, SIGGRAPH ASIA, Eurographics, CHI, SIGCSE and IEEE VR. He has received more than $7 million on research grants and has chaired and/or was on the ICP of more than 100 conferences incl. SIGGRAPH, CHI, SIGCSE, IEEE VR, MICCAI, Eurographics, and Pacific Viz. He worked on numerous industry projects including AR tools for automation and visualisation tools for management, and he led a team winning the Velocity entrepreneurship competition.
