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Gerhard Fischer (born July 2, 1945) is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, a Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, and the founder and director of the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Gerhard Fischer | |
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| Nationality | German and American |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg University of Heidelberg |
| Awards | CHI Academy, ACM Fellow, RIGO Award (SIGDOC) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Design, meta-design, human-computer interaction, lifelong learning, Intelligence Augmentation (IA) |
| Institutions | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Doctoral advisor | Klaus Brunnstein |
| Other academic advisors | Herbert A. Simon (Habilitation Advisor) |
Education
editIn 1971, Fischer graduated with a Master in Mathematics and Physical Education from the University of Heidelberg[1]. With a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), he spent the following two years at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and the University of California, Irvine [2]. He obtained a PhD from the University of Hamburg in Computer Science (1977), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, Cambridge (working with Seymour Papert and the LOGO community [3]) and Xerox Parc [4] (working with Alan Kay and the Smalltalk community).
Awards and honors
edit- Inducted into the SIGCHI Academy in 2007 for introducing visionary, long-lasting research themes to CHI by creatively combining European and American research traditions[5]
- Elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)[6] in 2009 for “contributions to human-computer interaction and computer-mediated lifelong learning.”
- Awarded the RIGO[7] Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC) in 2012 for research on new conceptual frameworks and new media
- Appointed “honorary doctor” at the IT Faculty, University of Gothenburg,[8] Sweden in 2015[9]
References
edit- ^ University of Heidelberg
- ^ "University of California at Irvine". UCI. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Logo History". Logo foundation. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Research Services, Open Innovation and Breakthrough Technology". PARC. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "2007 SIGCHI Awards - ACM SIGCHI". Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ "Gerhard Fischer". awards.acm.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Rigo Award – ACM SIGDOC". sigdoc.acm.org. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "IT Faculty, University of Gothenburg". University of Gothenburg. 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Gerhard Fischer new honorary doctor at the IT Faculty". University of Gothenburg. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2020.