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Bernt Schiele

Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Bernt Schiele is a German computer scientist. He is Max Planck Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and professor at Saarland University. He is known for his work in the field of computer vision and perceptual computing.

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Publications768Total indexed works
Citations87,849Source-reported citations
h-index136Source-reported h-index
i10-index430Source-reported i10-index

Biography, research & contributions

Bernt Schiele is a German computer scientist. He is Max Planck Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and professor at Saarland University. He is known for his work in the field of computer vision and perceptual computing.

Affiliation

Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Top Publications

  • The Cityscapes Dataset for Semantic Urban Scene Understanding (2016) - 12,311 citations
  • Pedestrian Detection: An Evaluation of the State of the Art (2011) - 3,287 citations
  • 2D Human Pose Estimation: New Benchmark and State of the Art Analysis (2014) - 2,876 citations
  • Generative Adversarial Text to Image Synthesis (2016) - 2,210 citations
  • A tutorial on human activity recognition using body-worn inertial sensors (2014) - 1,684 citations

At a glance

Full name
Bernt Schiele
ORCID
0000-0001-9683-5237
OpenAlex ID
https://openalex.org/A5051534545

Research interests

  • Advanced Neural Network Applications, Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning, Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques, Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods, Human Pose and Action Recognition

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    Most-cited linked publications

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    1. The Cityscapes Dataset for Semantic Urban Scene Understanding ↗2016 · IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings
      12,311OpenAlex citations
    2. Pedestrian Detection: An Evaluation of the State of the Art ↗2011 · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
      3,287OpenAlex citations
    3. 2D Human Pose Estimation: New Benchmark and State of the Art Analysis ↗2014 · IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings
      2,876OpenAlex citations
    4. Generative Adversarial Text to Image Synthesis ↗2016 · arXiv (Cornell University)
      2,210OpenAlex citations
    5. 1,684OpenAlex citations

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    1. The Cityscapes Dataset for Semantic Urban Scene Understanding ↗2016 · IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings
    2. Pedestrian Detection: An Evaluation of the State of the Art ↗2011 · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
    3. 2D Human Pose Estimation: New Benchmark and State of the Art Analysis ↗2014 · IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings
    4. Generative Adversarial Text to Image Synthesis ↗2016 · arXiv (Cornell University)

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    Editorial review: 2026-10-07 · Last data update: 2026-10-07 21:06:55

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      Bernt Schiele. JournalsWorld. Accessed October 8, 2026.

      https://journalsworld.com/researchers/bernt-schiele/