Prof Dr Simon Schubiger-Banz is teaching computer graphics at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and was the former head of software development at Esri R&D center in Zurich, Switzerland. He is co-founder of the ETH spin-off company Procedural Inc, acquired in 2011 by Esri Inc. Previously, he was lecturing mobile system architectures at ETH Zurich, worked for Swisscom Innovations, and an associate researcher of the Pervasive and Artificial Intelligence group at the University of Fribourg. 

He is a co-developer of the procedural 3D modeling software CityEngine, Soundium2 multi-media platform and the NOVA software. Simon Schubiger-Banz received a PhD in computer science from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a member of the ACM and President of the Corebounce Association.

Research

Simon Schubiger-Banz's research interests include computer graphics, multimedia performance systems, mobile computing, knowledge representation, programming languages, and user interface design.

Affiliation

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)