In May 2026 the Fellows of the Association made a proposal to the Executive Committee that two new Fellows be elected. The proposal was accepted. The new Fellows are Silvia Miksch, Pierre Alliez, and Bernhard Preim. The contributions which they have made to computer graphics and to EUROGRAPHICS are outlined below together with the reasons for their election. Congratulations to both of them!
Silvia Miksch
Silvia Miksch is a full University Professor and head of the research unit “Visual Analytics” (Centre for Visual Analytics Science and Technology (CVAST)) of the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology at the TU Wien, Austria. Silvia and her team have conducted research from Artificial Intelligence to Information Visualization and Visual Analytics (VA) for various data types, users, and their tasks with a particular focus on time, space, and interaction methods. She investigated VA solutions to capture data quality and provenance, temporal uncertainty, guidance, and knowledge-assisted approaches. Their overall vision is to bridge the gap between theory and practice according to the “Design by Immersion” methodology in e.g, Health Care, Business Intelligence, Digital Humanities (Digital Art History). Silvia Miksch held several positions to serve the community, both within Eurographics and other organizations. From 2018 – 2027 she was Member of EuroVis Steering Committee and chair of EuroVis Steering Committee (2023–2027). She served as Paper Co-Chair of Eurographics/IEEE Conference on Visualization (EuroVis 2012) and received a recognition of Service Award from Eurographics in 2012. In particular in her position as chair of the EuroVis Steering Committee, Silvia Miksch is influential to the Eurographics association. During her term as chair, the EuroVis conferences was upgraded to a full conference of the EG association, now being at the same level as the Eurographics main conference.
Pierre Alliez
Pierre Alliez obtained his PhD from Ecole nationale supérieure des Télécommunications, did his postdoc at Caltech, and is researcher at INRIA since 2001. Pierre Alliez is one of the pioneers in the field of Geometry Processing: geometry compression, surface approximation, mesh parameterization, surface remeshing, mesh generation and surface reconstruction. Initially considered as a subfield of Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry, Geometry Processing has developed over the last years into a whole research community seeking automatic, computerized processing of complex shapes. He has been awarded in 2011 a Starting Grant from the ERC entitled “IRON”, which stands for “Robust Geometry Processing”. He also has been awarded in 2017 an ERC proof of concept grant, entitled “TITANIUM” (software components for robust geometry processing). He received the Eurographics Young Researcher Award in 2005. He was the program co-chair of the EUROGRAPHICS Symposium on Geometry Processing 2008 and the program co-chair EUROGRAPHICS 2019. Since 2022 he is co-Editor in Chief of the Computer Graphics Forum sand was an Associate editor of Computer Graphics Forum between 2018 and 2021.
Bernhard Preim
Bernhard Preim is a professor for visualization at the University of Magdeburg since 2003. He is internationally well-known for his numerous scientific contributions to medical visualization and applications in surgical education and surgery planning as well as to interactive systems in general. He and his group have been extremely successful in publishing their research results with high visibility. Bernhard Preim was inducted to the IEE VGTC Visualization Academy in 2025 and he received the Otto-von-Guericke Research Award in 2012. Over more than two decades, Prof. Preim has pioneered methods for interactive visualization and analysis of anatomical and physiological data. His work on vascular structures, surgical planning for liver and neurosurgery, and advanced GPU-based techniques for virtual endoscopy has significantly influenced both academic research and clinical practice. His career is characterized by extensive interdisciplinary collaborations. He has worked closely with surgeons, radiologists, and institutions such as Fraunhofer MEVIS on projects in computer-assisted surgical planning, interventional radiology, and medical training. As President of the German Society for Computer- and Robot-Assisted Surgery (CURAC) and a member of the scientific advisory board of the Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), he has played a key role in shaping both national and international research agendas. Together with Charl Botha (TU Delft), he co-founded the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM). Since its launch, VCBM has developed into the leading international venue for interdisciplinary research at the intersection of visualization, biology, and medicine. He has served as EuroVis paper co-chair in 2013, and VCBM paper co-chair 2018, 2010, 2016.