About Axel
This is my personal area. Here you will find some information about myself and the projects I have been involved in.
I'm from Southern Germany and have studied computer sciences and medicine at the University of Ulm, now focusing on the latter. I like interdisciplinary work and try to utilize my IT knowledge in the medical field whenever possible.
Publications
- A device for simultaneous live cell imaging during uni-axial mechanical strain or compression Journal of Applied Physiology 107:613–620, August 2009
- Abstract/Poster
A new tool for live cell imaging during uni-axial stretch or compression Pulmonet Congress, Innsbruck, Austria, March 2009 - MEDIANOVO - erweiterte Funktionen für die Arbeit mit medizinischen Mediendateien Proceedings zum 7. Workshop der GMDS AG, Shaker Verlag, Aachen 2003
Works from study
- Konturdetektion bei Herzbildern mit Hilfe des Tensor Voting Verfahrens
- The topic of my diploma paper was the detection heart contours in medical
(MRI) images using the Tensor Voting approach. If you have any questions or
comments about this topic, please let me know.
Download (2.8 MB, .pdf, German) - © 2003 Axel Gerstmair
- Physikalische Simulation von Objekten
- In todays games all interactions with a virtual world are hard coded or
based on special rules. Therefore most items that are not essential for the
story line are not usable and are just there for decoration. This prevents
players from immersing into the virtual world and it gives an artificial
impression. This report describes how simple physics (mainly Newtonian
mechanics) can help in creating worlds that look and "feel"
realistically and, secondly, how interactions can be modelled rather simply,
so that complex interactions can be set up quickly.
Download (758.9 kB, .pdf, German) - © 2002 Axel Gerstmair
- Cyc - Computer mit Verstand?
- Cyc (stemming from encyclopedia) is a bold attempt to assemble a massive
knowledge base spanning human consensus knowledge. This report describes the
evolution of this immense project, which started in 1984, and gives an
overview over the functionality of Cyc. It starts with its representation
language, then takes a look at its inferencing mechanisms and the
organisation of the knowledge base. The report closes with a glance at
existing and conceivable applications and future directions.
Download (190.9 kB, .pdf, German) - © 2001 Axel Gerstmair
- Versionsmanagement mit CVS (in German)
- This is an introduction to the concept of version management using CVS.