From October 8 to 10, 2026, the 25th Annual Conference of the German Society for Computer- and Robot-Assisted Surgery (CURAC 2026) took place in Munich, Germany. CURAC is one of Germany’s leading scientific forums for computer-assisted and robotic surgery, bringing together researchers, engineers, and clinicians to discuss new technologies and their potential applications in medicine. … Read more
The VAR Group organized two workshops, contributed to the workshop programs and presented posters at ISMAR 2026 in Bari.
The VAR Group was represented at MICCAI 2026 by Robin Urrutia and Dr. Alfredo Illanes, who presented two papers on vibroacoustic (VA) sensing as a new source of information during minimally invasive procedures. One contribution was selected for an oral presentation in addition to its poster; the other was presented as a poster. In “Where … Read more
IEEE VR 2026 took place in Daegu, South Korea, from 21 to 25 March 2026. As the world’s leading research conference on virtual, augmented and mixed reality, it brought together top international researchers to present peer-reviewed scientific breakthroughs for the XR technologies of the coming decade. Danny Schott, Florian Heinrich and Fabian Joeres were involved … Read more
The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) is the leading international event in the fields of virtual, augmented and mixed reality, showcasing groundbreaking research and accomplishments by virtual reality pioneers since 1993. Two of our PhD students had the opportunity to participate virtually in the event, which would normally have … Read more
Thanks to funding from the STIMULATE research campus, our colleagues Anneke Meyer, Gino Gulamhussene and Marko Rak were able to attend the 28th NA-MIC Project Week in Gran Canaria, Spain. Endorsed by the MICCAI Society, the NA-MIC Project Week seeks to connect people with different backgrounds and from different countries to magnify the impact of … Read more
Anneke Meyer attended the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) in Washington, D.C. from April 3rd to April 7th. The ISBI brought together more than 700 researchers from biological and medical imaging. Anneke Meyer presented her work about high resolution segmentation of the prostate in MR images. The novelty of her work comprises … Read more
Within the scope of the project “Foot-Eye Interaction to Control Medical Software Under Sterile Conditions”, a two-day project meeting with Prof. Dr. Lennart Nacke (Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Canada) took place. Current student exchange projects have been evaluated and a concept for the exchange of PhD students from both institutes has been developed. Within … Read more
The Forschungscampus STIMULATE and the INKA project are represented with six scientific contributions at the International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) from June 24 to 27, 2015 in Barcelona. Furthermore, the program committee selected the papers of STIMULATE PhD students Thomas Hoffmann and André Mewes for publication in the “International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery“. CARS is … Read more