Building-up and running a university-based research group is a multi-faceted undertaking.The visualization working group at TU Wien(vis-group)has been internationally active over more than 25 years.The group has been ...Building-up and running a university-based research group is a multi-faceted undertaking.The visualization working group at TU Wien(vis-group)has been internationally active over more than 25 years.The group has been acting in a competitive scientific setting where sometimes contradicting multiple objectives require trade-offs and optimizations.Research-wise the group has been performing basic and applied research in visualization and visual computing.Teaching-wise the group has been involved in undergraduate and graduate lecturing in(medical)visualization and computer graphics.To be scientifically competitive requires to constantly expose the group and its members to a strong international competition at the highest level.This necessitates to shield the members against the ensuing pressures and demands and provide(emotional)support and encouragement.Internally,the vis-group has developed a unique professional and social interaction culture:work and celebrate,hard and together.This has crystallized into a nested,recursive,and triangular organization model,which concretizes what it takes to make a research group successful.The key elements are the creative and competent vis-group members who collaboratively strive for(scientific)excellence in a socially enjoyable environment.展开更多
文摘Building-up and running a university-based research group is a multi-faceted undertaking.The visualization working group at TU Wien(vis-group)has been internationally active over more than 25 years.The group has been acting in a competitive scientific setting where sometimes contradicting multiple objectives require trade-offs and optimizations.Research-wise the group has been performing basic and applied research in visualization and visual computing.Teaching-wise the group has been involved in undergraduate and graduate lecturing in(medical)visualization and computer graphics.To be scientifically competitive requires to constantly expose the group and its members to a strong international competition at the highest level.This necessitates to shield the members against the ensuing pressures and demands and provide(emotional)support and encouragement.Internally,the vis-group has developed a unique professional and social interaction culture:work and celebrate,hard and together.This has crystallized into a nested,recursive,and triangular organization model,which concretizes what it takes to make a research group successful.The key elements are the creative and competent vis-group members who collaboratively strive for(scientific)excellence in a socially enjoyable environment.
