Computer Science Professor
Germany
Computer Science Professor
Germany
My goal is to shape future user interfaces, novel user experiences and new ways for interacting with information through my research and teaching.
mobile user interfaces, automotive user interfaces, in car man-machine interaction, sensor based user interfaces, context-awareness, interaction design for embedded systems, methods and tools for prototyping interactive systems, information visualisation, technologies for supply chains and logistics, applications of sensor networks, location-aware systems and tracking, novel health applications, ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, wearable computing, cooperative systems
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
At the university of Duisburg-Essen am I the head of the Pervasive Computing and User Interface Group. I am teaching and researching in this area, with a particular focus on user interfaces for mobile devices and phones, human computer interaction in the automotive context, sensors and actuators for
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(Research industry)
December 2006 — September 2007 (10 months)
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
December 2006 — September 2007 (10 months)
I hold a joined position between the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS) and the University of Bonn.
My teaching and research interests are in media informatics and in particular in the areas of user interface engineering, pervasive computing and mobile interactive systems.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — November 2006 (3 years 7 months)
I am head of the Embedded Interaction research group in the computer science department at the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Germany. My general research interests are ubiquitous computing, pervasive computing, and context-awareness. In particularly I am interested in novel user interfaces, tangible media and new interaction methods.
I am involved in research and teaching.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
August 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 9 months)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
January 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 7 months)
PhD , Computer Science , 2003
I received a PhD in computer science from Lancaster University, UK, a MSc in Computer Science (Diploma) from University of Ulm, Germany, and a MSc in Computing from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. From 1998 to 2001 I was working as a research assistant at TecO at the University of Karlsruhe.
PhD Student , Computer Science , 1998 — 2001
Diplom (MSc) , Informatik (Computer Science) , 1992 — 1997
MSc , Computing , 1995 — 1996