Christian Munzenmayer

Christian Münzenmayer received the Dipl.-Inf. (FH) degree in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule) Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany in 2000 and the M.Sc. degree in computational engineering from the Friedrich-Alexander University ErlangenNuremberg, Germany in 2002. In 2006 he received the Dr. rer. nat. degree from the University of Koblenz-Landau. Koblenz, Germany. From 1998 to 2000, he worked as a Software Developer with Serenata Intraware, Munich, Germany. Since 2000, he is with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen. Initially working on biometry applications such as the automatic detection of faces in video streams his work centered on the automated analysis of color images. Within this work he focused on the characterization of cells in micrographs and tissue from endoscopic images by means of texture analysis methods and standardizing image quality by means of color calibration and color constancy algorithms. For five years he developed algorithms and systems for the automated inspection of parts in industrial quality control for automotive applications. In 2008 he was promoted to head of the research group "Medical Image Processing" with a focus on image processing for endoscopy. Since 2009 he was assigned additional responsibility for microscopic image processing and applications. Dr. Münzenmayer was awarded with the innovation price in medical technology in 2010 for a proposal on the automated analysis of micrographs of bone marrow smears and with the Boston-Scientific innovation award 2011 for his work on image-based classification of polyps in endoscopic images. His primary research interests center on image processing, computer-assisted microscopy and endoscopy, color texture analysis, as well as medical applications of pattern recognition methods. He is author and co-author of over 60 publications in scientific journals and proceeding volumes, and has been reviewer for Medical Engineering and Physics.