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Benjamin Busam

Prof. Dr.

Core PI

Benjamin Busam

heads the Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lab at TU Munich.

The group researches how machines can perceive and understand their environment in 3D. At the intersection of computer vision, robotics, and artificial intelligence, the Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing team develops methods for 3D reconstruction from image and sensor data and creates digital twins for a photorealistic and geometrically precise in-silico representation of our world. Multimodal data are automatically analyzed following the motto: “Making Machines See and Think in 3D” – from sensor to system.

Team members @MCML

PostDocs

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Florian Eberhardt

Dr.

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Yordanka Velikova

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PhD Students

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Manoj Biswanath

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Florian Eichinger

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Abdelrahman Elskhawy

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Michael Greza

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Hyunjun Jung

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Mert Kiray

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Liming Kuang

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Weihang Li

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Tianyi You

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Qilin Zhang

Recent News @MCML

Link to Benjamin Busam Leads Design of Bavarian Earth Observation Satellite Network “CuBy”

04.02.2026

Benjamin Busam Leads Design of Bavarian Earth Observation Satellite Network “CuBy”

Bavarian Earth Observation Satellite Network Ready for Launch

Link to MCML at NeurIPS 2025

28.11.2025

MCML at NeurIPS 2025

51 Accepted Papers (38 Main, and 13 Workshops)

Link to MCML at ICCV 2025

17.10.2025

MCML at ICCV 2025

29 Accepted Papers (23 Main, and 6 Workshops)

Link to MCML at IROS 2025

17.10.2025

MCML at IROS 2025

Six Accepted Papers

Publications @MCML

2026


[41] A* Conference
S. Kang • Y. Liao • P. Wang • W. Liao • Q. ZhangB. Busam • X. Chen • Y. Liu
VLM-Loc: Localization in Point Cloud Maps via Vision-Language Models.
CVPR 2026 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Denver, CO, USA, Jun 03-07, 2026. To be published. Preprint available. arXiv GitHub

[40] A* Conference
H. Sarkar • L. KuangY. VelikovaB. Busam
Node-RF: Learning Generalized Continuous Space-Time Scene Dynamics with Neural ODE-based NeRFs.
CVPR 2026 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Denver, CO, USA, Jun 03-07, 2026. To be published. Preprint available. arXiv

[39]
W. Li • L. Garattoni • F. Despinoy • N. NavabB. Busam
Object Pose Transformer: Unifying Unseen Object Pose Estimation.
Preprint (Mar. 2026). arXiv

[38]
T. Song • F. Pabst • F. LiY. VelikovaM.-A. GafencuY. BiU. EckN. Navab
Feasibility of Augmented Reality-Guided Robotic Ultrasound with Cone-Beam CT Integration for Spine Procedures.
Preprint (Mar. 2026). arXiv

[37]
A. Hamza • D. Boscaini • W. LiB. Busam • F. Poiesi
Generative 6D Pose Estimation via Conditional Flow Matching.
Preprint (Feb. 2026). arXiv GitHub

2025


[36]
L. Collorone • M. Kiray • I. Spinelli • F. Galasso • B. Busam
PhysTalk: Language-driven Real-time Physics in 3D Gaussian Scenes.
Preprint (Dec. 2025). arXiv

[35]
L. KuangY. Velikova • M. Saleh • J.-N. Zaech • D. P. Paudel • B. Busam
ConceptPose: Training-Free Zero-Shot Object Pose Estimation using Concept Vectors.
Preprint (Dec. 2025). arXiv

[34]
A. Rota • M. Kiray • M. A. Karaoglu • P. Ruhkamp • E. De Momi • N. NavabB. Busam
UnReflectAnything: RGB-Only Highlight Removal by Rendering Synthetic Specular Supervision.
Preprint (Dec. 2025). arXiv GitHub

[33] A* Conference
E. Özsoy • A. Mamur • F. TristramC. PellegriniM. WysockiB. BusamN. Navab
EgoExOR: An Ego-Exo-Centric Operating Room Dataset for Surgical Activity Understanding.
NeurIPS 2025 - 39th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. San Diego, CA, USA, Nov 30-Dec 07, 2025. To be published. Preprint available. URL

[32] A* Conference
J. Huang • S. R. Vutukur • P. K. Yu • N. Navab • S. Ilic • B. Busam
RayPose: Ray Bundling Diffusion for Template Views in Unseen 6D Object Pose Estimation.
ICCV 2025 - IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision. Honolulu, Hawai’i, Oct 19-23, 2025. To be published. Preprint available. URL GitHub

[31] A Conference
M.-A. Gafencu • R. Shaban • Y. VelikovaM. F. AzampourN. Navab
Shape Completion and Real-Time Visualization in Robotic Ultrasound Spine Acquisitions.
IROS 2025 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Hangzhou, China, Oct 19-25, 2025. DOI

[30]
W. LiJ. Huang • H. Jung • G. Zhai • P. Z. Ramirez • A. Costanzino • F. Tosi • M. Poggi • L. Di Stefano • J.-B. Weibel • D. Antensteiner • M. Vincze • J. He • Y. Wang • K. Zhang • L. Jiao • L. Li • F. Liu • W. Ma • B. Busam
TRICKY 2025 HouseCat6D Object Pose Estimation Challenge with Specular and Transparent Surfaces.
TRICKY @ICCV 2025 - Transparent & Reflective objects In the wild Challenges at the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision. Honolulu, Hawai’i, Oct 19-23, 2025. DOI GitHub

[29]
G. ZhaiY. Zhou • X. Deng • L. Heckler • N. NavabB. Busam
Foundation Visual Encoders Are Secretly Few-Shot Anomaly Detectors.
Preprint (Oct. 2025). arXiv

[28]
M.-A. GafencuY. VelikovaN. NavabM. F. Azampour
US-X Complete: A Multi-Modal Approach to Anatomical 3D Shape Recovery.
ShapeMI @MICCAI 2025 - Workshop on Shape in Medical Imaging at the 28th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Sep 23-27, 2025. DOI

[27]
C. PellegriniE. ÖzsoyB. BusamB. WiestlerN. NavabM. Keicher
RaDialog: Large Vision-Language Models for X-Ray Reporting and Dialog-Driven Assistance.
MIDL 2025 - Medical Imaging with Deep Learning. Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Jul 09-11, 2025. URL GitHub

[26]
W. LiW. ChenS. Qian • J. Chen • D. Cremers • H. Li
DynSUP: Dynamic Gaussian Splatting from An Unposed Image Pair.
ICVSS 2025 - International Computer Vision Summer School: Computer Vision for Spatial Intelligence. Sicily, Italy, Jul 06-12, 2025. arXiv GitHub

[25] A* Conference
W. Li • H. Xu • J. HuangH. Jung • P. K. Yu • N. NavabB. Busam
GCE-Pose: Global Context Enhancement for Category-level Object Pose Estimation.
CVPR 2025 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Nashville, TN, USA, Jun 11-15, 2025. DOI GitHub

[24] A* Conference
E. ÖzsoyC. Pellegrini • T. Czempiel • F. TristramK. YuanD. Bani-HarouniU. EckB. BusamM. KeicherN. Navab
MM-OR: A Large Multimodal Operating Room Dataset for Semantic Understanding of High-Intensity Surgical Environments.
CVPR 2025 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Nashville, TN, USA, Jun 11-15, 2025. DOI GitHub

[23]
E. ÖzsoyF. HolmC. Pellegrini • T. Czempiel • M. Saleh • N. NavabB. Busam
Location-Free Scene Graph Generation.
MULA @CVPR 2025 - 8th Multimodal Learning and Applications Workshop at IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Nashville, TN, USA, Jun 11-15, 2025. DOI

[22]
W. Tang • W. Li • X. Liang • O. Wysocki • F. Biljecki • C. Holst • B. Jutzi
Texture2LoD3: Enabling LoD3 Building Reconstruction With Panoramic Images.
USM3D @CVPR 2025 - 2nd Workshop on Urban Scene Modeling at IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Nashville, TN, USA, Jun 11-15, 2025. DOI GitHub

[21]
J. Huang • J. Liang • J. Hu • M. Sundermeyer • P. K. T. Yu • N. NavabB. Busam
XYZ-IBD: High-precision Bin-picking Dataset for Object 6D Pose Estimation Capturing Real-world Industrial Complexity.
Preprint (Jun. 2025). arXiv GitHub

[20]
D. Zhu • S. Gavranovic • F. Boussuge • B. Busam • S. Ilic
Generative Data Augmentation for Object Point Cloud Segmentation.
Preprint (May. 2025). arXiv

[19] Top Journal
J. Huang • P. K. Yu • N. NavabB. Busam
TTAPose: Test-time Adaptation for Unseen Object Pose Estimation.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 10.6. Apr. 2025. DOI

[18]
G. Zhai • E. P. Örnek • D. Z. Chen • R. Liao • Y. Di • N. Navab • F. Tombari • B. Busam
EchoScene: Indoor Scene Generation via Information Echo over Scene Graph Diffusion.
Nectar Track @3DV 2025 - Nectar Track at the 12th International Conference on 3D Vision. Singapore, Mar 25-28, 2025. arXiv

2024


[17] A Conference
A. Ranne • L. KuangY. VelikovaN. Navab • F. Baena
CathFlow: Self-Supervised Segmentation of Catheters in Interventional Ultrasound Using Optical Flow and Transformers.
IROS 2024 - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct 14-18, 2024. DOI

[16] A Conference
M. Domínguez • Y. VelikovaN. NavabM. F. Azampour
Diffusion as Sound Propagation: Physics-Inspired Model for Ultrasound Image Generation.
MICCAI 2024 - 27th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. Marrakesh, Morocco, Oct 06-10, 2024. DOI GitHub

[15] A Conference
O. Tmenova • Y. Velikova • M. Saleh • N. Navab
Deep Spectral Methods for Unsupervised Ultrasound Image Interpretation.
MICCAI 2024 - 27th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. Marrakesh, Morocco, Oct 06-10, 2024. DOI

[14] A* Conference
S. R. Vutukur • R. L. Haugaard • J. HuangB. Busam • T. Birdal
Alignist: CAD-Informed Orientation Distribution Estimation by Fusing Shape and Correspondences.
ECCV 2024 - 18th European Conference on Computer Vision. Milano, Italy, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2024. DOI

[13] A* Conference
G. Zhai • E. P. Örnek • D. Z. Chen • R. Liao • Y. Di • N. Navab • F. Tombari • B. Busam
EchoScene: Indoor Scene Generation via Information Echo over Scene Graph Diffusion.
ECCV 2024 - 18th European Conference on Computer Vision. Milano, Italy, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2024. DOI

[12]
F. Stilz • M. Karaoglu • F. TristramN. NavabB. Busam • A. Ladikos
Progressive Optimization of Camera Pose and 4D Radiance Fields for long Endoscopic Videos.
NeuralBCC @ECCV 2024 - 1st Workshop on Neural Fields Beyond Conventional Cameras at the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision. Milano, Italy, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2024. PDF

[11]
M. WysockiM. F. AzampourF. TristramB. BusamN. Navab
Beyond Ultra-NeRF: Explainable Neural Fields for Ultrasound.
NeuralBCC @ECCV 2024 - 1st Workshop on Neural Fields Beyond Conventional Cameras at the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision. Milano, Italy, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2024. URL

[10]
S. R. Vutukur • M. Ba • B. Busam • M. Kayser • G. Singh
SABER-6D: Shape Representation Based Implicit Object Pose Estimation.
Workshop @ECCV 2024 - Computer Vision Workshop at the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision. Milano, Italy, Sep 29-Oct 04, 2024. DOI

[9] A* Conference
Y. Chen • Y. Di • G. Zhai • F. Manhardt • C. Zhang • R. Zhang • F. Tombari • N. NavabB. Busam
SecondPose: SE(3)-Consistent Dual-Stream Feature Fusion for Category-Level Pose Estimation.
CVPR 2024 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Seattle, WA, USA, Jun 17-21, 2024. DOI

[8] A* Conference
J. Huang • H. Yu • K.-T. Yu • N. Navab • S. Ilic • B. Busam
MatchU: Matching Unseen Objects for 6D Pose Estimation from RGB-D Images.
CVPR 2024 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Seattle, WA, USA, Jun 17-21, 2024. DOI

[7] A* Conference
H. Jung • S.-C. Wu • P. Ruhkamp • G. Zhai • H. Schieber • G. Rizzoli • P. Wang • H. Zhao • L. Garattoni • D. Roth • S. Meier • N. NavabB. Busam
HouseCat6D -- A Large-Scale Multi-Modal Category Level 6D Object Perception Dataset with Household Objects in Realistic Scenarios.
CVPR 2024 - IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Seattle, WA, USA, Jun 17-21, 2024. DOI

[6] A* Conference
Y. VelikovaM. F. Azampour • W. Simson • M. Esposito • N. Navab
Implicit Neural Representations for Breathing-compensated Volume Reconstruction in Robotic Ultrasound Aorta Screening.
ICRA 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Yokohoma, Japan, May 13-17, 2024. DOI

[5]
V. G. Duque • A. Marquardt • Y. Velikova • L. Lacourpaille • A. Nordez • M. Crouzier • H. J. Lee • D. Mateus • N. Navab
Ultrasound segmentation analysis via distinct and completed anatomical bordersd.
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 19. May. 2024. DOI

[4]
M.-A. GafencuY. Velikova • M. Saleh • T. Ungi • N. Navab • T. Wendler • M. F. Azampour
Shape completion in the dark: completing vertebrae morphology from 3D ultrasound.
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 19. May. 2024. DOI

2023


[3] A* Conference
G. Zhai • E. P. Örnek • S.-C. Wu • Y. Di • F. Tombari • N. NavabB. Busam
CommonScenes: Generating Commonsense 3D Indoor Scenes with Scene Graph Diffusion.
NeurIPS 2023 - 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. New Orleans, LA, USA, Dec 10-16, 2023. URL

[2]
M. F. AzampourY. Velikova • E. Fatemizadeh • S. P. Dakua • N. Navab
Self-supervised Probe Pose Regression via Optimized Ultrasound Representations for US-CT Fusion.
MICAD 2023 - International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis. Cambridge, UK, Dec 09-10, 2023. DOI GitHub

2021


[1]
B. Busam
High Performance Visual Pose Computation.
Dissertation TU München. Aug. 2021. URL

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