Dr. Philipp Slusallek is a professor of Computer Graphics at Saarland University. He is also the Scientific Director at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), a Principal Investigator at the Cluster of Excellence in Multimodal Computing and Interaction (M2CI) at Saarland University, and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). His research interests include Realtime Realistic Image Synthesis and Lighting Simulations, Future 3D-Internet and Server-Based Rendering, combining Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Media Applications and Middleware.

Phillip completed his PhD in 1995 at the University of Erlangen. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty for Mathematics and Computer Science at Saarland University (2002-2004), and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford University's Computer Graphics Lab (1998-1999).