- Best paper award at CVPR 2015 EARTHVISION workshop
- Best poster award at CVPR 2015 Big Vision workshop
- Best poster award at BMVC 2013
- Best paper award at ECCV 2012
- Outstanding reviewer award (ECCV 2012, BMVC 2012, CVPR 2012, CVPR 2011, ECCV 2008, ICCV 2007, CVPR 2007)
- Google Faculty Research Award (2014, 2013, 2011)
- ERC Starting Grant (EUR 1.5M)
- Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship award (EUR 1M)