Christian Pirchheim

Christian Pirchheim has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Christian currently works at blackshark.ai as a Senior Software Engineer and Researcher focused on Computer Vision. Prior to this, they spent four years at Technische Universität Graz as a Senior Researcher and Software Engineer, specializing in Computer Vision, Extended Reality, and Machine Learning as part of the XR for Industry 4.0 Group. Christian also worked at Know-Center as a Consultant and Software Engineer in the field of Extended Reality. Christian Pirchheim has also held positions as a Software Engineer at VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH and Qualcomm Austria Research Center, where they specialized in Computer Vision. Christian has an extensive research background, having worked as a Researcher and Software Engineer in different areas such as Handheld Augmented Reality and Intelligent Rooms at Technische Universität Graz. Additionally, they have experience as a Software Engineer at Hyperwave and Apus Software GmbH.

Christian Pirchheim received their high school education from the Handelsakademie, a business school, from 1992 to 1997. Following this, they pursued their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Technical Mathematics and Information Processing at the Technische Universität Graz from 1998 to 2006. In 2003, they also participated in an Erasmus exchange program at the University of Liège, focusing on Mathematics and Computer Science. Additionally, Christian obtained their Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technische Universität Graz between 2009 and 2015, earning the degree of Dr. techn.