Education:
Master Degree in Computer Science (Diplom-Informatik) from the University of Kaiserslautern
Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in Computer Science from the University of Kaiserslautern with a dissertation on parallelizing compilation for reconfigurable computer archtitectures (XPuter)

Professional Career:
Research Assistant, University of Kaiserslautern, 1985-1990
Software Development Engineer, Litef GmbH, Freiburg, Germany, 1991-1992. working on parallel Ada, distributed real-time systems in avionics applications
Research Assistant, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH), Saarbrücken, 1992-1994. working for the Siemens Telecooperation Center on systems for computer-supported collaborative work such as application sharing and audio-video conferencing

University Career:
Associate Professor for Distributed Systems, CS Faculty, University of Ulm, 1994-2000
Full Professor and Chair in Media Informatics, CS Faculty, University of Ulm, 2000-today

Research Interest:
Multimedia, User Interface Software and Technology, Interactive Systems, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing, Applications of the previous in Medicine and E-learning