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Dr. Asaf Degani is a Technical Fellow at General Motors R&D. His research focus is on the analysis and design of human-machine interaction with special emphasis on automated and autonomous road vehicles and aircrafts. He supports several major projects at GM concerning automated road vehicles and leads research work on the implications of this technologyRead more

Dr. Michael Schmeja (57) has been working at the Virtual Vehicle Research Center in Graz since 2009 and is currently key researcher in the department NVH & Information Systems. After studying mathematics, Mr. Schmeja earned his doctorate at the Institute of Railway Engineering at the Graz University of Technology. From 1997 – 2009 he heldRead more

– Diploma in in civil engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – PHD in structural mechanics, Multiscale FEA simulations of layered carbon reinforced shell structures, KIT – 2018 becomes part of ZF Group – Passive Safety Systems, System Engineering Core – Since 2021 Integrated Safety – Product Owner: Adaptive in-crash RestraintRead more

Scientist with expertise in Automotive Human Factors, User Centred AI, HMI and Driver States. Research, development and evaluation on UX, usability and acceptance. Federal applications for national and European research programmes. Project planning, project management and development of new competences. He is a Machine savvy and driving simulator and researches what future assistance systems andRead more

I have been working in the Automotive Human Machine Interface (HMI) and User Experience (UX) domain for over 15 years, as an individual contributor and also as a UX Leader creating and directing international UX, UI and Engineering teams for Jaguar Land Rover, VinFast and Geely Auto. My experience has enabled me not only toRead more

Dr. Rami Zarife is Team Leader, Mentor, Passion for Digital Products & Innovations + Beautiful Design, Product Design & Development (all phases / R&D), Cross-Industry Experience (Automotive, Pharma, Health Care, Digital), UX, which he understands: “the right question with the best solution, great Technology + great UX + Business Case + Making it real =Read more

Franziska Braun is research associate in the team for “Innovation Design” at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering. Her work focuses on the value-oriented design of innovative products and the implementation of a Design-Engineering Process for cycle-compatible vehicle components in the sense of a circular economy. She studied industrial and strategic design and is currentlyRead more

I have been working in the Automotive Human Machine Interface (HMI) and User Experience (UX) domain for over 15 years, as an individual contributor and also as a UX Leader creating and directing international UX, UI and Engineering teams for Jaguar Land Rover, VinFast and Geely Auto. My experience has enabled me not only toRead more

Dr. Daniel Ulmer studied Software Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen and received his Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware, USA, in 2004. In 2012 he received his PHD from the University of Tübingen. He has served as an auditor in embedded projects for assessing engineering and test quality.Read more