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Prof. Dr. Gabriele Peters

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Peters

Gabriele Peters

E-Mail: gabriele.peters
Phone: (+49) 2331 987-4190
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Curriculum Vitae

since 2010   Professor for Computer Science and Chair for Human-Computer Interaction, FernUniversität in Hagen
2007-2010   Research Professor and Head of the Visual Computing Group, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund
2004, 2005   Visiting Professor at the Computational Vision Group (Prof. Perona), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
2001-2007   Postdoctoral Scientist at the Chair of Computer Graphics (Prof. Dr. Müller), TU Dortmund University
2002   Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from the Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, topic of thesis "A View-Based Approach to Three-Dimensional Object Perception" (Prof. Dr. von der Malsburg, Prof. Dr. Ritter)
1998, 1999   Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation (Prof. Flusser), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
1996-2001   Doctoral Research Assistant at the Institute for Neural Computation (Prof. Dr. von der Malsburg), Ruhr-Universität Bochum
1991-1996   Student Assistant at the Institute for Neural Computation (Prof. Dr. von der Malsburg) and at the Faculty of Psychology, AE Biopsychologie (Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Güntürkün), Ruhr-Universität Bochum
1991-1996   Studies of Mathematics with Psychology as minor subject, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, topic of diploma thesis "Lernen lokaler Objektmerkmale mit Bananen Wavelets" (Prof. Dr. von der Malsburg)
1988-1991   Professional Education as Mathematical-Technical Assistant, Hoesch AG in Dortmund
1978   First Essay on Artificial Intelligence, Elementary School, Bochum: "Einen Roboter müsste man haben" [pdf]
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Selected Honors and Activities

since 2017 Member of the Advisory Board of Platonite (platonite.com), a Company dedicated to Vision based on the Brain's Neural Code  
2015/2016 Planning Group Member for the Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium 2016 of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Topic Machine Consciousness)  
since 2016 Deputy Spokesperson of the Steering Committee of the Professor Advisory Board (GIBU) of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)  
since 2012 Member of the Steering Committee of the Professor Advisory Board (GIBU) of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI)  
2011-2019 Liaison Officer of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for FernUniversität in Hagen  
2011 Completing Executive Leadership Program at the SGMI Management Institut, St. Gallen (St. Gallen Management Model; holistic, ethical, normative issues of management)  
2007-2010 Liaison Professor of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) for the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund  
2004-2009 Member of the Presidium of the Gesellschaft für Informatik  
2003 Rudolf Chaudoire-Award of TU Dortmund University for outstanding scientific achievements  
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Selected Reviewing and Memberships

since 2015   Reviewing for Photo and Art Festivals and Competitions (Rencontres d’Arles, SIGGRAPH)
2012-2016   Member of the Academic Senate of FernUniversität in Hagen
2011-2019   Member of the Rectorate Committee for Research Promotion at FernUniversität in Hagen
since 2009   Member of the Steering Committee of the GI-chapter "Computer Graphics" (GDV)
since 2008   Several Reviewing Activities for Journals (e.g., Neural Networks, Philosophical Psychology, Journal of Microscopy, International Journal of Social Robotics)
since 2006   Reviewing for several Science Organisations (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Schloss Dagstuhl Leibniz Center for Informatics, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Carl Zeiss Foundation)
since 2005   Member of numerous Appointment Committees at several Universities
since 2003   Several Program Committee Memberships/Chairing for Conferences (e.g., Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 3DV, PhyCS, ICANN, ICIP, ICVS)
since 2002   Member and Chairwoman of numerous Doctoral Committees (national and international)
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Selected Publications

  • Jochen Kerdels and Gabriele Peters, "Challenging the Intuition About Memory and Computation in Theories of Cognition", IJCCI 2019.
  • Jens Garstka, Simone Eidam, and Gabriele Peters, "A Virtual Presence System Design with Indoor Navigation Capabilities for Patients with Locked-In Syndrome", Int. J. Advances in Life Sciences, 2016.
  • Jochen Kerdels and Gabriele Peters, "Modelling the Grid-like Encoding of Visual Space in Primates", NCTA 2016.
    (best paper award)
  • Gabriele Peters, "Criteria for the Creation of Aesthetic Images for Human-Computer Interfaces - A Survey for Computer Scientists", Int. J. Creative Interfaces & Computer Graphics, 2011.
  • Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Gabriele Peters, and Pietro Perona, "Squaring the Circle in Panoramas", ICCV 2005.

Download of publications from the MCI publications web page

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