Biography:Gerhard Fischer (professor)

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Short description: American computer scientist (born 1945)
Gerhard Fischer
NationalityGermany and United States
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
University of Heidelberg
AwardsCHI Academy, ACM Fellow, RIGO Award (SIGDOC), Honorary PhD (University of Gothenburg)
Scientific career
FieldsDesign, meta-design, human-computer interaction, lifelong learning, Intelligence Augmentation (IA)
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
Doctoral advisorKlaus Brunnstein
Other academic advisorsHerbert A. Simon (Habilitation Advisor)

Gerhard Fischer (born July 2, 1945) is a German-born computer scientist who is Professor of Computer Science, a Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, and the founder and director of the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Awards and honors

  • Inducted into the SIGCHI Academy in 2007 for introducing visionary, long-lasting research themes to CHI by creatively combining European and American research traditions[1]
  • Elected as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)[2] in 2009 for “contributions to human-computer interaction and computer-mediated lifelong learning.”
  • Awarded the RIGO[3] 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,[4] Sweden in 2015[5]

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