Gudrun Johanna Klinker (born 15 February 1958) is a German

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

known for her work on

augmented reality Augmented reality (AR), also known as mixed reality (MR), is a technology that overlays real-time 3D computer graphics, 3D-rendered computer graphics onto a portion of the real world through a display, such as a handheld device or head-mounted ...

Professional career

Klinker finished her graduate studies in

informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems. According to the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the centra ...

1982 at

Hamburg University The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen''), the Hamburg Colon ...

. From 1983 to 1988 she worked as a teaching and research assistant at the computer science department of

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

, 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 Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ...

Research Lab of DEC, European Computer-Industry Research Center (ECRC) in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

and Fraunhofer project group for augmented reality in

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...

. After two years working as a freelance expert for augmented reality she joined the faculty of

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; ) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Established in 1868 by King Ludwig II ...

as a

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for augmented reality in May 2000. Her research focus lies on bringing augmented reality technology into real applications by combining augmented reality with concepts of mobile and

ubiquitous computing Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering, hardware engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear seamlessly anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing imp ...

. This includes the fields of sensing, ubiquitous tracking (sensor fusion), three-dimensional information presentation, three-dimensional interaction,

human–computer interaction Human–computer interaction (HCI) is the process through which people operate and engage with computer systems. Research in HCI covers the design and the use of computer technology, which focuses on the interfaces between people (users) and comp ...

in cars,

multi-touch In computing, multi-touch is technology that enables a surface (a touchpad or touchscreen) to recognize the presence of more than one somatosensory system, point of contact with the surface at the same time. The origins of multitouch began at CE ...

displays,

systems architecture A system architecture is the conceptual model that defines the structure, behavior, and view model, views of a system. An architecture description is a formal description and representation of a system, organized in a way that supports reasoning ...

s for ubiquitous augmented reality and industrial augmented reality. Klinker is counted among the co-founders of the

International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality The International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR) is the leading international academic conference in the field of augmented reality and mixed reality. The symposium is organized and supported by IEEE Computer Society and IEEE ...

(ISMAR). 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.Short Bio
of Gudrun J. Klinker at Munich Technical University

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klinker, Gudrun J. 1958 births Living people Ubiquitous computing researchers German computer scientists German women computer scientists University of Hamburg alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich