Visuals

Complex Logarithmic Views

Showing very small details seamlessly connected to their context. This picture: The Metropolitan Museum in New York, with the whole world in the background. [paper] [video]

Art of MR

Independent interactive video installation initiated by Katja Heuer. Exploring intra-brain connections through physical movement. Head-Tracking with a Microsoft Kinect, software written in Processing and C++. [video] [youtube]

Map Warping

Schematic public transportation maps annotated with distorted map data. Interactive zooming technique for the exploration of details. [paper] [video]

Abstract Complex Logarithmic Views

Application of Complex Logarithmic Views for the visualization of abstract data such as software systems or graphs. [paper] [video]

Edgebundled Functional Connectivity

Abstract visualization of functional connectivity between brain areas as derived from resting-state fMRI. [paper] [nature]

Functional connectivity glyphs

Abstract visualization of functional connectivity of the whole cortex with multi-dimensional local shapes. [paper]

Globorama

Research and art project Globorama in collaboration with the ZKM. Geographical imagery in a panoramic interactive cinema. Interactive navigation with a laser-pointer device. [video] [zkm]

BrainGL

BrainGL is an open source multi-purpose brain visualization software developed in C++, initiated by Ralph Schurade. Developed for brain research, it was also used for the creation of ”Fire and Wire”, a 3D video shown at the Ars Electronica festival. [youtube] [youtube(3D)]

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2004–2009
University of Konstanz
PhD in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.)
Thesis Complex Logarithmic Views and Map Warping: Distortion oriented detail-in-context techniques for abstract and geographical data using extreme differences in scale.
Member of the DFG-Program Explorative Analysis and Visualization of Large Information Spaces and the Computer Graphics Group (Prof. Dr. Oliver Deussen).
1996–2003
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg
Diploma in Computational Visualistics (Dipl.-Ing.)
Thesis Illustration of viewing processes: Recording and visualizing human perception in 2D and 3D with a head-mounted eye-tracker. Geographical data to illustrate retinal mapping.
Courses in computer science, computer graphics, image processing, computational geometry, computer vision, simulation, databases, artifical intelligence, higher mathematics, design, psychology, philosophy and education.

Experience

2014–Present
Berlin
Freelance Software Developer
Development of solutions for brain researchers and surgeons.
Application development for Android.
Independent interactive video installations visualizing brain structure.
Video software consulting for Tom Fritz’ installation ”Zeitkaleidoskop” at the Deutsche Hygiene Museum in Dresden.
2011–2013
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Researcher
Development of visualization methods for functional brain connectivity as derived from resting-state fMRI. Co-development of C++ open-source software brainGL.
Software development for video ”Fire and Wire” and interactive experience at the Ars Electronica festival.
2009–2010
Department of Neurosurgery at the Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Researcher
Application of resting-state fMRI for neurosurgical purposes. Data collection, processing and visualization. Prototypical development of interactive software for exploration of functional connectivity.
2007–2009
ZKM (Center for Art and Media), Karlsruhe
Visiting Artist
Research and Art project Globorama in cooperation with the Human-Computer-Interaction Group in Konstanz and the Institute for Visual Media in Karlsruhe.
2000
Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Visiting Student
Internship in Kent Larson’s House_n project.
1998
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg
Research Assistant
Working in Daniela Plewe’s interactive art project Ultima Ratio which appeared at the Ars Electronica and in the Canon Art Lab.
1997–1999
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg
Research Assistant
Research Assistant in the Field of synthetic holography at the Department of Simulation and Graphics.

Skills

Programming Languages: C++, Java, Smalltalk, Python
Hardware: Eyetracker, Kinect, Polhemus, Optics
Miscellaneous: OpenGL, Matlab, Cartography, Git, SVN

Publications

Böttger, Schurade, Jakobsen, Schaefer & Margulies,
Connexel visualization: a software implementation of glyphs and edge-bundling for dense connectivity data using brainGL.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Mar. 2014
Böttger, Schäfer, Lohmann, Villringer & Margulies,
Three-dimensional mean-shift edge bundling for the visualization of functional connectivity in the brain.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Aug. 2013
Margulies, Böttger, Watanabe & Gorgolewski,
Visualizing the human connectome.
Neuroimage, May 2013
Margulies, Böttger, Long, Lv, Kelly, et al.,
Resting developments: a review of fMRI post-processing methodologies for spontaneous brain activity.
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, Dec. 2012
Böttger, Margulies, Horn, Thomale, Podlipsky, et al.,
A software tool for interactive exploration of intrinsic functional connectivity opens new perspectives for brain surgery.
Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien), Aug. 2011
Böttger,
Complex-Logarithmic Views and Map Warping.
Dissertation, Verlag Dr. Hut, München, 2011
Böttger, Brandes, Deussen & Ziezold,
Map warping for the annotation of metro maps.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Sept. 2008
Böttger, Preiser, Balzer & Deussen,
Detail-in-context visualization for satellite imagery.
Proceedings of Eurographics 2008, Apr. 2008
Böttger, Balzer & Deussen,
Complex logarithmic views for small details in large contexts.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Sept. 2006
Ritter, Böttger, Deussen, König & Strothotte,
Hardware-based rendering of full-parallax synthetic holograms.
Applied Optics, Apr. 1999