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Gudrun J. Klinker

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Gudrun J. Klinker
Born
Gudrun Johanna Rekers

15 February 1958 (1958-02-15) (age 66)
NationalityGerman
EducationDiplom 1982
Ph.D. 1988
Alma mater
Known forAugmented reality
SpouseGeorg Klinker
Childrentwo
AwardsRobert-Sauer-Award of BAdW (2010)[1]
ISMAR 10 Years Lasting Impact Award (2014)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
Institutions
ThesisA Physical Approach to Color Image Understanding (1988)
Doctoral advisorTakeo Kanade
Websitehttp://campar.in.tum.de/Chair/ResearchAr

Gudrun Johanna Klinker (born 15 February 1958) is a German computer scientist known for her work on augmented reality.

Professional career

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Klinker finished her graduate studies in informatics 1982 at Hamburg University. From 1983 to 1988 she worked as a teaching and research assistant at the computer science department of Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned her Ph.D. in 1988. From 1989 to 1998 she worked as a member of research staff up to scientific leader in research projects e.g. at Cambridge Research Lab of DEC, European Computer-Industry Research Center (ECRC) in Munich and Fraunhofer project group for augmented reality in Munich/Darmstadt. After two years working as a freelance expert for augmented reality she joined the faculty of Technical University of Munich as a full professor for augmented reality in May 2000.[3]

Her research focus lies on bringing augmented reality technology into real applications by combining augmented reality with concepts of mobile and ubiquitous computing. This includes the fields of sensing, ubiquitous tracking (sensor fusion), three-dimensional information presentation, three-dimensional interaction, human–computer interaction in cars, multi-touch displays, systems architectures for ubiquitous augmented reality and industrial augmented reality.[4]

Klinker is counted among the co-founders of the International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR).[5] She has served on numerous program committees such as VR, Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), three-dimensional User Interfaces (3DUI), and User Interface Software and Technology (UIST). She is author and co-author of more than 100 reviewed scientific publications.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Honorific speech for Robert-Sauer-Award of BAdW
  2. ^ "ISMAR 2014 Awards". Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved 2017-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ Tabular CV of Gudrun Klinker
  4. ^ Research group augmented reality of Gudrun J. Klinker at Munich Technical University
  5. ^ Klinker has been one of the initiators of the First IEEE International Workshop on Augmented Reality 1998 Archived 2012-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, one of the two predecessors of the 1st ISMAR 2002 Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, where Klinker has been member of the program committee as well of the steering committee
  6. ^ Short Bio of Gudrun J. Klinker at Munich Technical University