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Prof. Dr. Tom Gross
University of Bamberg
Kapuzinerstr. 16
96047 Bamberg
Germany
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Email:
WWW: http://www.tomgross.net/
Phone: (+49-951)863-3940
Fax: (+49-951)863-3945
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I am full professor and chair of Human-Computer
Interaction at the Faculty
of Information Systems and Applied Computer Science of the
University of Bamberg,
in Bamberg, Germany. I am happy that the four semester Master's Programme Interaction Research and Design that I developed over many years, now has been successfully recruiting its first students. At our Faculty, I have been serving until today as the Program Coordinator of the Master's Programme Applied Computer Science, as a member of the Permanent PhD Commission, a member of the Faculty Board, and as a member of the Examination Board for varous master's and bachelor's programmes. From 2021 to 2023 I was serving as a member of the university-wide Senate and Advisory Board. From 2019 to 2021 I was the Dean of the Faculty.
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Research
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My research areas include
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI),
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW),
and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp). I am heading the
Cooperative Media Lab,
where our research is based on a Human-Centred Computing
perspective---that is, I and my team aim to make technological
contributions by developing technological concepts, platforms,
and systems based on an understanding of human interaction with
and through computing technology. Our projects
are funded by the European Commission, the German
Research Foundation (DFG), the State of Bavaria, as well as industry partners.
I have been a keynote speaker at various international scientific conferences (e.g., in the year 2024, MHCI 2024) and industry events; and I have given Tutorials on HCI, CSCW, and UbiComp on various international and national conferences (e.g., in the year 2024, M&C 2024).
From October 2021 to February 2022 I was on sabbatical leave, at the Centre de Recherche en Design / Design Research Centre at the Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France. From October 2015 to February 2016 I was on sabbatical leave, at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (then called M-ITI; now evolved into ITI) working with great colleagues and students from M-ITI and from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Earlier, from September 2010 to February 2011 I was on sabbatical
leave, working at the Department of Informatics at the
University of California, Irvine.
From December 2003 to February 2011 I was professor and
chair of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work at the Faculty
of Media of the Bauhaus-University Weimar, serving as a vice-president from 2008 to 2010.
From March 1999 to July 2003 I was working at Fraunhofer FIT
in the Cooperative Systems Department of Wolfgang Prinz.
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Selected Publications
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I have written and co-authored a broad range of Books as well as Papers for reviewed international
journals and conferences, etc.; and some
position papers for workshops.
We have received several awards.
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Communities/ Committees |
I am Germany's official representative of Human-Computer Interaction in the IFIP Technical Committee on
"Human Computer Interaction" (TC.13); and a member of the
IFIP Workgroup on "Education in HCI and HCI Curriculum" (WG13.1).
I am a member of the Steering Committee of Human-Computer Interaction
as well as Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
of the Germany Informatics Society (Gesellschaft fuer Informatik).
I am a member of the ACM and of
EUROMICRO.
I serve as a member of the
Editorial Boards
of several journals; I am Conference Chair
(e.g., Panels Co-Chair of INTERACT 2025, General Co-Chair and TPC Chair of INTERACT 2015 in Bamberg) and
Workshop Organiser;
and I have been a PC Member
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Teaching
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I am teaching HCI, CSCW, and Ubiquitous
Computing---mainly at the University of Bamberg in German,
but also at various other universities across Europe
in English. Details about my teaching in Bamberg can be found here (in
German).
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