General Information
The 19th Visual Computing Winter Workshop Austria will take place from January 11th to 13th 2026 (Sunday to Tuesday) at Kaprun, Austria.
Workshop chairs: Dieter Fellner & Manuela Waldner
List of participants (please enter the password "wintergraph")
Call for Participation
This workshop is intended to bring together the research community from the Austrian visual computing research labs, to discuss the future research agenda in these fields, and to trigger cooperation. Due to a limited number of participants, participation is by invitation only, i.e. you need a personal invitation by one of the organizers to be able to register.
Workshop Location
Alpenhaus Kaprun
Schlossstraße 2
5710 Kaprun
Telefon +43 6547 7647
Telefax +43 (0) 6547 7647 503
E-Mail: willkommen@alpenhaus-kaprun.at
Workshop Program
| Sunday January 11th | |
| ~08:30 | departure (travel information see further below) |
| ~14:00 | arrival in Kaprun |
| 17:00 s.t.* | workshop (seminar room) |
| 19:30 | dinner |
| Monday January 12th | |
| 08:00 | breakfast |
| 09:00 - 16:00 | group discussions & social program |
| 17:00 s.t.* | workshop (seminar room) |
| 19:30 | dinner |
| Tuesday January 13th | |
| 08:00 | breakfast |
| 09:00 - 15:00 | group discussions & social program |
| ~16:30 | departure from Kaprun |
* we start at 5 p.m. sharp because our presentation schedule is very tight! Please be on time!
Presentation Schedule
At Wintergraph, every group has the opportunity to give a short overview of their ongoing research. The focus of the group presentation should be on scientific aspects, especially involving those people who are present at Wintergraph - not organigrams or group histories. Ultimately, the short presentations should be triggers for further scientific discussions in small groups at dinner and during group discussions and social activities!
The duration of the presentation depends on the number of participants of your group and whether you are an invited speaker. The second column in the table below indicates the minutes of your presentation. Please prepare accordingly and stick to the schedule so that we can finish on time!
| Sunday, January 11th | |||
| 17:00 | Welcome & Introduction | Dieter Fellner & Manuela Waldner | |
| 17:20 | 12 | TU Graz, Institute of Visual Computing, Team Schreck | Julian Rakuschek |
| 17:33 | 5 | TU Graz, Institute of Visual Computing, Team Augsdörfer | Ursula Augsdörfer |
| 17:39 | 10 | TU Graz, Institute of Visual Computing, Team Pock | Andreas Habring |
| 17:50 | 8 | TU Graz, Institute of Visual Computing, Team Steinberger | Thomas Köhler, Lukas Radl, Felix Windisch |
| 17:59 | 5 | TU Graz, Institute of Visual Computing, Team Fraundorfer | Friedrich Fraundorfer |
| 18:05 | 5 | TU Graz, Institute of Human-Centered Computing | Alexander Lex |
| 18:11 | 7 | Fraunhofer Group Austria | Eva Eggeling |
| 18:19 | break | ||
| 18:40 | 7 | Johannes Kepler University, Institute of Computer Graphics | Christian Steinparz |
| 18:48 | 5 | FH Salzburg | Markus Tatzgern |
| 18:54 | 7 | FH Oberösterreich | Mandy Keck & Richardo Serban |
| 19:02 | 5 | University of Rostock | Abdulhaq Salako |
| 19:08 | 6 | University of Zurich, Interactive Visual Data Analysis Group | Jürgen Bernard |
| 19:15 | 6 | University of Zurich, Visualization and MultiMedia Lab | Renato Pajarola |
| 19:22 | 6 | University of Stuttgart, VISUS | Tom Ertl |
| 19:29 | Organizational announcements | Dieter Fellner & Manuela Waldner | |
| Monday, January 12th | |||
| 17:00 | Organizational announcements | Dieter Fellner & Manuela Waldner | |
| 17:10 | Group picture | ||
| 17:20 | 9 | TU Wien, Computer Vision Lab | Pedro Hermosilla Casajus |
| 17:30 | 10 | TU Wien, Center for Visual Analytics Science and Technology | Natkamon Tovanich |
| 17:41 | 8 | TU Wien, Virtual and Augmented Reality Group | Tobias Batik |
| 17:50 | 10 | TU Wien, Visualization Group | Mert Usul, Manuela Waldner, Johannes Eschner, Johanna Schmidt, Angeliki Grammatikaki, Eduard Gröller |
| 18:01 | 10 | TU Wien, Rendering Group and Center for Geometry and Computational Design | Michael Wimmer |
| 18:12 | 5 | TU Wien, Graph Drawing Group | Sara di Bartolomeo |
| 18:18 | break | ||
| 18:35 | 8 | TU Wien, Computer Graphics Club | Klemens Wiesinger, Ole Siemers, Patrick Komon, Gerald Kimmersdorfer |
| 18:44 | 7 | University of Vienna, Visualization and Data Science Group | Daniel Pahr |
| 18:52 | 6 | VRVis | Katja Bühler |
| 18:59 | 5 | VRVis: Flood simulation & Climasense groups | Marlene Huber |
| 19:05 | 10 | University of Applied Sciences St.Pölten: DataVis, CV&AI, Industrial Data Lab | Wolfgang Aigner, Matthias Zeppelzauer, Alexander Rind |
| 19:16 | 6 | University of Utah | Charles (Chuck) Hansen |
| 19:23 | 5 | Reutlingen University | Uwe Kloos |
| 19:29 | Closing remarks | Dieter Fellner & Manuela Waldner | |
Activities
The discussion groups are informally organized by volunteers assigned on site. The extended breaks will give participants the option for recreational activities in the nearby mountains.
Skiing: Kaprun / Maiskogel lifts, which are connected to Kitzsteinhorn (see panorama map)
Skiing tickets are not included in the workshop price.
Other winter activities in the region: ski touring, cross-country skiing, winter hiking, all-year alpine coaster, Top of Salzburg etc. (see tourist board of Kaprun / Zell am See).
Offers by the hotel: pool, sauna, gym
Registration
Note that - expect for a few exceptions - all participants will be assigned to double rooms. All participants have to be members of the invited groups. No spouses etc.
The workshop fee covers the accommodation and is between ~300 Euros for shared rooms and ~450 Euros for single rooms. Transportation, parking, entry fees etc. are self-organized and not included in the workshop fee.
Travel Information
Traveling to / from Kaprun is self-organized. Our hotel can be reached by public transport (train to Zell am See + bus ride to Kaprun - see ÖBB Scotty and bus plan). Make sure you arrive on time for the talks on the first evening!
Parking fee for cars is 12€ per day.
The hotel is within walking distance to the Kaprun lifts.
Suggested Traveling from Vienna / St.Pölten / Linz
The suggested travel times are synchronized with our luggage pick-up from / to Zell am See train station!
Sunday 11.1.2026
ÖBB RJX 662 / 262 at 08:28 from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (arrival: 10:53) or
Westbahn WB 962 at 08:08 from Wien Westbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (arrival: 10:38)
REX3 at 11:08 from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Zell am See (arrival: 12:44)
Bus 660 at 12:53 or 13:23 from Zell am See to Kaprun
Arrival in Kaprun: between 13:11 or 13:41
Tuesday 13.1.2026
Bus 660 at 16:37 from Kaprun to Zell am See (arrival: 12:54)
IR 719 at 17:15 from Zell am See to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (arrival: 18:49)
IR 749 at 19:11 from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wien Hauptbahnhof
Arrival in Vienna: 22:03
