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2002 -2009 Studied Applied Media and Communication Studies at TU Ilmenau/Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) 2009 Thesis at Volkswagen Group Research about key factors for voice user interfaces 2009-2011 HMI Consultant 2011-2016 Voice User Interface Designer at Audi AG 2017-2020 Development Innovations User Experience at Audi AGRead more

Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Heimberger studied at KIT in Karlsruhe and began his career in 1998 with the International Junior Research Group at DaimlerChrysler. From 1999 to 2002, he worked for Mercedes-AMG as project manager for vehicle projects, followed by another five years as manager for vehicle projects. From 2008 to 2012, Alexander Heimberger headed major vehicleRead more

Karlheinz Blankenbach graduated in physics at Ulm University, Germany, where he also received his PhD in 1988. From 1988 until 1995 he was with AEG-MIS (a subsidiary of DAIMLER that time), Germany, developing display electronics, LCDs and software. A highlight was the 3D helmet mounted monitor for stereo-endoscopy (BMBF grant). Karlheinz was appointed 1995 asRead more

Cornelius works as software developer for gestigon GmbH in Lübeck, Germany, which is part of the Valeo group. He entered the automotive industry in 2015, having worked in mathematical academia before. After working on eye tracking systems at Smart Eye AB for three years, he joined gestigon in the beginning of 2018, where he hasRead more

Iris Lydorf has a diploma in cognitive psychology and cognitive ergonomics. Her work focuses on human-machine interface in the field of automotive. For almost 10 years Iris works for the Ford Motor Company where she is part of the core HMI Team of Dr. Stefan Becker. Within this team, Iris is responsible for usability andRead more

Functional Project Leader HMI with 21 years of experience in construction machinery industry at Volvo Construction Equipment. Responsible for new HMI in Next Generation Cab projects for Articulated Dump Trucks and Wheel Loaders. Was responsible for the “Co-pilot” project for Wheel Loaders, the winner of the most innovated feature at the Car HMI award 2016.Read more

After a PhD on radar imagery in low frequencies for military application at the National Board of research in aerospace, Laurette joined Renault in the Research department in 2003 to work on environment detection sensors. After a few years on the vehicle project to develope parking assistance sytems , she joined LAB in 2013. InRead more

Alexander Mirnig is a Research Fellow at the Center for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), an interdisciplinary research facility at the University of Salzburg, Austria. His main research areas are user interaction with and within automated vehicles, safe and effective control transitions in Level 3+ automated vehicles, trust in automation and interactive technologies, ethics in automation, and cross-discipline knowledgeRead more

Tom Rickner is a Creative Type Director at Monotype, and his career in type spans more than three decades. During that time, he has mastered nearly every aspect of type design and font production, from his earliest days editing bitmaps, to designing some of the very first Multiple Master fonts for Adobe and TrueType GXRead more

Peter Rössger is founder of beyond HMI/////. We focus on creating knowledge on HMIs, usability and user experience for the automotive industry, the Industrial Internet, mobile machinery, and software applications. We perform studies on usability and user experience. We use our knowledge to develop HMI concepts for our customers. Until early 2015 Peter was Business Development DirectorRead more