Joerg Stueckler

Joerg Stueckler

Professor for Computer Science (Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning)

Joerg Stueckler


I am university professor for Computer Science in the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the University of Augsburg, Germany, where I lead the Intelligent Perception in Technical Systems group.

Prior to this position, I have been leader of the independent Max Planck research group for Embodied Vision funded by Cyber Valley at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Tuebingen (2018-2024). I have been postdoctoral researcher at Computer Vision Groups at RWTH Aachen University and TU Munich. I received my PhD from University of Bonn. For my theses, I have been awarded with the prestigious Georges Giralt Award by euRobotics aibsl.

Further details on my CV can be found here.

Research Interests

  • Robotics
  • Computer Vision
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • 3D Scene Understanding
  • World Models
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Uncertainty Awareness and Interpretability

I am passionate about researching intelligent robots that perform complex tasks in everyday environments. My research centers around scene understanding and representation learning for robotics. With my research group, I pursue approaches for 3D object perception and learning world models, i.e., action-conditional forward models, for robot perception, planning, and control.

News

2026-02-23 - Research Associate (PhD Candidate) Opening

My research group at the University of Augsburg has an open three-year research associate (PhD candidate) position in the topic areas Computer Vision and Embodied AI.

Please see the official advertisement (English translation) at this link for further details on the position and information on how to apply.

Application deadline is March 15th, 2026.

Current Group Members

Scientific Staff

  • Jens Kreber (PhD Student)
  • Dr. Haolong Li (Postdoc)
  • Lukas Mack (PhD Student)

Student Assistants

  • Marlene Hermelink
  • Veit Kobler

Alumni

  • Dr. rer. nat. Michael Strecke (2018–2023, graduated from University of Tuebingen), now: Hexagon AB
  • Dr. rer. nat. Jan Achterhold (2018–2024, graduated from University of Tuebingen), now: Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Dr. rer. nat. Haolong Li (2019-2024, graduated from University of Tuebingen), now: SafeAD
  • Rama Krishna Kandukuri (2019-2024), now: Magazino GmbH
  • Dr. sc. Cathrin Elich (2019-2024, graduated from ETH Zurich, co-supervised with Marc Pollefeys), now: Zeiss IQS
  • Mikel Zhobro (2022-2024), now: University of Tuebingen