Professional Skills
Computer Vision & Machine Learning
Webcam-based Eye Tracking
Entrepreneurship
Usability/UX (certified)
Full-Stack Web Development
Tools, Languages & Frameworks
C++
Matlab
JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
Linux, Git
Node.js, AngularJS, RequireJS, ...
Professional Experience
Dec 2014
to
Present
Co-Founder, Eyezag
Developing a platform for Designers, Usability/UX Professionals, and Marketers to conduct eye tracking studies over the web, using state-of-the-art Computer Vision algorithms.
Mar 2014
to
Present
Research Assistant, CV:HCI Lab
Working on robust appearance-based gaze estimation under challenging lighting conditions and head poses, as well as person-independent and calibration-free approaches.
Feb 2012
to
Apr 2013
Student Assistant, CV:HCI Lab
Worked on model-based gaze estimation and triggering multiple cameras for simultaneous image acquisiton.
Education / Grants / Certificates
2016
Young Innovators Grant
Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg, Germany — www.junge-innovatoren.de
2015
UXQB® Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience
International Usability and UX Qualification Board (UXQB) — www.uxqb.org
2014
EXIST Business Start-up Grant
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany — www.exist.de
2014
Diploma (M.Sc.) in Informatics
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany — www.kit.edu
2005
BEGYS Graduate
Education program for the gifted, shortening of school by one year
Publications
2014
Manifold Alignment for Person Independent Appearance-based Gaze Estimation
Timo Schneider, Boris Schauerte, Rainer Stiefelhagen
ICPR, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Appearance-based Gaze Estimation using Manifold Alignment and Image Synthesis
Timo Schneider
Diploma (MSc) thesis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany