Center for

University of Bremen

                                                                  Dr.Juergen Friedrich

Computing Technologies

Prof. Juergen Friedrich, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, phone: +49-421-218-3395, friedrich@tzi.de

Dr. Juergen Friedrich

Professor Computer Science and Digital Media

University of Bremen (Germany)

Professor Friedrich has a chair for Computer Science and Digital Media at the University of Bremen

(Germany) since more than 20 years. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Guangdong University of

Technology in Guangzhou (Canton) / China and a former Visiting Professor at Keio University in

Tokyo / Japan. Before he joined the University of Bremen he worked as a researcher at the University of Dortmund and the Free University of Berlin.

Professor Friedrich studied Information and Communication Technology (Computer Science) and got

a Master Degree from the Technical University of Aachen. Later he studied Economics and Social

Sciences in Berlin where he received his PhD.

His specialities in research and teaching are:

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Usability and accessibility of computer systems, especially web applications

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e-Learning (Digital Media in education and training)

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Knowledge management systems, especially in public administration

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Computer-supported cooperative work, virtual communities

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Mobile systems

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Computers and society (social impact of computing), privacy

Currently, he is director of 5 research projects with a total budget of 300 000 Euro per year.

Further positions are:

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Director of the Usability Lab, University of Bremen

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Director of the Department of Digital Media at the

Center for Computing Technologies, Bremen

Prof. Friedrich is a former Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. He is the founder of the international study programme in Digital Media (Bachelor and Master degree courses) with

about 25 partner universities all over the world. Since eight years he is a member of the Academic

Senate, the highest decision making board of the University of Bremen. (The University of Bremen is

one of the top ten research universities in Germany.)

He is an advisor to many ministries on the state and the federal level, in Germany as well as in

Europe. Until 2006 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of a Multimedia Enterprise which is

number 10 in Germany. He is very much engaged in transferring science from theory to practice.
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