Bernd Fröhlich

Bernd Fröhlich is a full professor of Computer Science at Bauhaus University Weimar, leading the Virtual Reality and Visualization Research Group. His research focuses on multi-user virtual reality, 3D user interfaces, visualization algorithms for large datasets, and information visualization. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from TU Braunschweig and has held roles at the German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD) and as a research associate at Stanford University's Computer Science Department.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, Technical University of Braunschweig
• Research positions at GMD and Stanford University

Research Contributions: He co-founded the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces and chairs the IEEE Virtual Reality conference. His work emphasizes both foundational and applied research in VR, visualization, and human-computer interaction.

Awards:

• 2008 Virtual Reality Technical Achievement Award

Academic Roles: Associate editor for IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, and Frontiers in Virtual Environments. He is affiliated with the Visualization and Visual Analytics lab at Bauhaus University Weimar.