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Frank Maurer, Dr. rer. nat.
PhD in Computer Science University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Areas of Research
Serious XR - Extended reality beyond gaming and marketing
The SEER Lab conducts industry-oriented research on serious XR applications. We want to go from what is cool to what is useful. SEER has multiple, overlapping meanings: SErious Extended Reality – Software Engineering for Extended Reality – Serious Experiences in Extended Reality. We investigate processes, techniques and applications for creating useful and usable immersive applications with a focus on immersive analytics and immersive control environments. We are looking for new team members interested in Serious XR research. In particular, contact us if you are interested in any of the following topics: Serious XR applications for pipeline engineering, urban challenges, health and other professional work flows, Digital twins.
The SEER Lab conducts industry-oriented research on serious XR applications. We want to go from what is cool to what is useful. SEER has multiple, overlapping meanings: SErious Extended Reality – Software Engineering for Extended Reality – Serious Experiences in Extended Reality. We investigate processes, techniques and applications for creating useful and usable immersive applications with a focus on immersive analytics and immersive control environments. We are looking for new team members interested in Serious XR research. In particular, contact us if you are interested in any of the following topics: Serious XR applications for pipeline engineering, urban challenges, health and other professional work flows, Digital twins.
Supervising degrees
Computer Science - Masters: Seeking Students
Computational Media Design - Doctoral: Accepting Inquiries
Computational Media Design - Masters: Accepting Inquiries
Computer Science - Doctoral: Seeking Students
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My group's focus is on the applied side of research. Many of our projects involve industrial partners. Students often develop a substantial software application with an industrial partner and use this project as a case study for their research. Some of my students have entrepreneurial aspirations and I'm actively encouraging this. All my students like to develop software. As I'm getting too many applications for grad school, I'm deleting any without response that do not state what the research interests of the applicant is and how it fits with my group's research agenda.
For students with and arts or design background applying for the CMD programs: I'm happy to co-supervise but your primary supervisor should be from the arts or design side of CMD.
Mention “SEER UX” in your emails’s subject line to get a quick response. If you indicate that you want to do reserach on AI/ML, I'm am not the right supervisor and will not respond to requests that are focused on these areas.
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