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“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
(John Lennon, 1940–1980, “Beautiful Boy”)
| 1980 | Dr.-Ing. Dissertation, Department of Computer Science (CS), Technical University of Berlin (TUB), Germany (Topic: Automated Processing and Analysis of Cranial Computed Tomograms) |
| 1976–1979 | Doctoral Scholarship from TUB |
| 1976 |
Diploma in CS, TUB, Germany (Topic: Graph-Theoretic Analysis of Moving Point Clusters) |
| 1973 | Ing. (grad.) Degree in Ingenieur-Informatik, Fachhochschule Furtwangen, Germany (Topic: Simulation of Signal Transmission) |
| 1988 | Professor of Informatics, Cognitive Systems Research Group (KOGS), Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 1987 | Habilitation in Computer Vision, Department of CS, TUB, Germany (Topic: Spatial Image Sequence Understanding) |
| 1982–1988 | Hochschulassistent (Assistant Professor), Department of CS, TUB, Germany |
| 1981 | Postdoc, GRASP Lab, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1979–1982 | Teaching and Research Associate, Institute of Technical Computer Science, Department of CS, TUB, Germany |
| Since 2007 | Vice President for Research and Information Management (CIO), University of Hamburg |
| 2006–2007 | Deputy/Vice Dean for Strategic Development of Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften, University of Hamburg |
| 2006 |
Key Member of Core Team on “Institutional Strategy to Promote Top-Level Research”, University of Hamburg |
| 2004–2006 | Member of Board of Deans of Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften (MIN), University of Hamburg |
| 2001–2006 | Dean of Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg |
| 2001 | Founding Member of Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Hamburg (INCH) |
| 2001 | Member of President’s Interdisciplinary Task Force “Center for Bioinformatics Hamburg”, University of Hamburg |
| 2000–2001 | Vice Dean of Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg |
| since 1988 | Member of International Conference Program Committees, Reviewer of Research Proposals and Research Programmes, (Co-)Organizer of Scientific Events, Member of (Advisory) Editorial Board of Image and Vision Computing (until 2007), Biological Cybernetics (until 2004), and Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision (until 2007) |
| 1996–1999 |
PI of Interdisciplinary Research Project “Cellular Neural Networks and VLSI Chips for Anisotropic Diffusion” (Grant Sti 147/1-2 DFG Schwerpunkt-programm, Partner: Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg) |
| 1994–2000 |
PI of Interdisciplinary Research Group “Image and Atlas-Guided Interventions in Neurosurgery” (Grant: Philips Research) |
| 1992–1995 |
PI of Interdisciplinary Collaboration “Computational and Psychophysical Approaches to Contour Segmentation” (Grant: DAAD / British Council, Partners: Departments of CS and Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK) |
| 1990–1994 |
Member of BMFT Verbundprojekt “Neuronal Architecture for Mobile Systems (NAMOS)” (Grant IN 101C/1, Prime Contractor: Ruhr University Bochum) |
| 1990–1999 |
(Founding) Member of Interdisciplinary DFG-Graduiertenkolleg “Kognitionswissenschaft”, Deputy Speaker (1995–1999) and Coordinator of Visual Perception and Attention Track, University of Hamburg |
| 1989–1995 |
Member of Interdisciplinary EU Research Consortium ”Computer Vision in Radiology (COVIRA)” (Grants A1011 and A2003, Prime Contractor: Philips Research Labs Hamburg) |
Computer Vision, Computational Neuroscience of the Visual System, Cognitive Science
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ca. 110 Publications, Co-Editor of 3 Books and 2 Special Issues of Journals
for Peer-Reviewed Publications see also: link
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