| 12/2013 | TeachInf Best Lecture Award 2013 of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Technische Universität Müunchen |
| 09/2013 | Best Research Paper Award 2012 at the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Geomatics (UAV-g) |
| 05/2013 | Finalist for the best vision paper at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) |
| 11/2012 | TeachInf Best Lecture Award of the Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Technische Universität München |
| 08/2012 | ECCAI Articial Intelligence Dissertation Award (European Coordinating Committee for Articial Intelligence) |
| 03/2012 | Finalist for the Georges Giralt PhD Award of the European Robotics Network (EURON) |
| 10/2011 | Wolfgang-Gentner-Award for an outstanding PhD thesis |
| 05/2011 | PhD defense with Summa Cum Laude |
| 12/2006 | Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Articial Intelligence with distinction |
| 07/2004 | Kandidatsdiploma (B.Sc. equiv.) in Articial Intelligence with distinction |
| 09/1999 | Second prize in the 17th Bundeswettbewerb für Informatik (German national competition in computer science) |
| 06/1998 | Abitur (high school diploma) with distinction |