Dipl.-Inf. Daniel Pustka pustka@in.tum.de Technische Universität München Institut für Informatik I16 Fachgebiet Augmented Reality Raum MI 03.13.037 Telefon: +49 (89) 289-17085 Fax: +49 (89) 289-17059

Research Interests

• Ubiquitous Tracking
• Sensor Fusion
• Calibration
• Error Modeling
• HMD Calibration

I am actively involved in the PRESENCCIA and trackframe projects.

I also organized the ISMAR 2008 Tracking Competition!

Teaching

• SS 2005
  Praktikum Augmented Reality
• WS 2005/06
  Tutor for Info I
  Tutor for 3D Computer Vision
• SS 2006
  Seminar Sensor Nets and Sensor Fusion
  Praktikum Augmented Reality on Mobile Devices

Nice stuff

• PoseTool, a software for offline processing of pose sequences -- includes intuitive Kalman filtering

Publications

2008
	B. Schwerdtfeger, D. Pustka, A. Hofhauser, G. Klinker Using Laser Projectors for Augmented Reality 15th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), Bordeaux, France, October 27-29, 2008. (bib)
	D. Pustka, G. Klinker Dynamic Gyroscope Fusion in Ubiquitous Tracking Environments The Seventh IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Cambridge, UK, Sep. 15 - 18, 2008. (bib)
	D. Pustka, M. Huber, G. Klinker Integrating Gyroscopes into Ubiquitous Tracking Environments IEEE Virtual Reality, Reno, Nevada, Mar. 8-12, 2008. (bib)
	F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, G. Klinker Splitting the Scene Graph - Using Spatial Relationship Graphs Instead of Scene Graphs in Augmented Reality 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP '08), Funchal, Portugal, Jan. 22 - 25, 2008. (bib)
2007
	M. Huber, D. Pustka, P. Keitler, F. Echtler, G. Klinker A System Architecture for Ubiquitous Tracking Environments The Sixth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 13 - 16, 2007. (bib)
	D. Pustka, P. Keitler, M. Huber, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Ubiquitous Tracking for Quickly Solving Multi-Sensor Calibration and Tracking Problems Demonstration at the Fourth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Nara, Japan, Nov. 14 - 16, 2007 (bib)
	D. Pustka, M. Huber, F. Echtler, P. Keitler UTQL: The Ubiquitous Tracking Query Language v1.0 Technical Report TUM-I0718, Oct. 11, 2007. (bib)
	J. Newman, A. Bornik, D. Pustka, F. Echtler, M. Huber, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker Tracking for Distributed Mixed Reality Environments IEEE VR 2007 Workshop on 'Trends and Issues in Tracking for Virtual Environments', Charlotte, NC, USA, Mar 11, 2007 (bib)
2006
	B. Schwerdtfeger, T. Frimor, D. Pustka, G. Klinker Mobile Information Presentation Schemes for Logistics Applications 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence (ICAT 2006), Hangzhou, P.R.China, Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2006. (bib)
	D. Pustka, M. Huber, M. Bauer, G. Klinker Spatial Relationship Patterns: Elements of Reusable Tracking and Calibration Systems The Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 22 - 25, 2006. (bib)
	M. Bauer, M. Schlegel, D. Pustka, N. Navab, G. Klinker Interactive Visualization of the Predicted Accuracy of Marker-Based Optical Tracking Systems Demonstration at the Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 22 - 25, 2006. (bib)
	M. Bauer, M. Schlegel, D. Pustka, N. Navab, G. Klinker Predicting and Estimating the Accuracy of n-occular Optical Tracking Systems The Fifth IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, Oct. 22 - 25, 2006. (bib)
	D. Pustka Construction of Data Flow Networks for Tracking in Augmented Reality Applications Dritter Workshop Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität der GI-Fachgruppe VR/AR, Koblenz, 25.-26. September 2006 (bib)
2004
	J. Newman, M. Wagner, M. Bauer, A. MacWilliams, T. Pintaric, D. Beyer, D. Pustka, F. Strasser, D. Schmalstieg, G. Klinker Ubiquitous Tracking for Augmented Reality International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) 2004, Arlington, VA, USA, Nov 2-4, 2004 (bib)
	D. Pustka Handling Error in Ubiquitous Tracking Setups Master Thesis - Technische Universitaet Muenchen (bib)

Awards

• The paper on Spatial Relationship Patterns written with Manuel Huber and Martin Bauer won the "Honorable Mention" (2nd best) Student Paper Award at ISMAR 2006!