Christian Thies

Prof. Dr. Christian Thies is a Professor at Reutlingen University's Faculty of Informatics, specializing in Medical Information Systems. He co-founded the Medizinisch-Technische Informatik (Medical Technical Informatics) bachelor's program and contributes to the Human-Centered Computing master's program. His research focuses on telemedicine infrastructure, medical imaging systems, and clinical data integration, particularly through projects like the aRTeMIS framework and the bwHealthApp platform. He is a key member of the Computerassistierte Medizin (CAmed) research group at Reutlingen Research Institute.

Education & Career: Thies has held roles at ixmid GmbH (2009-2012), Forschungszentrum Jülich (2006-2008), and RWTH Aachen University (2001-2006), focusing on medical software development, image processing, and clinical systems. His career spans over 25 years in healthcare IT, including freelance software development since 1996.

Research Focus: His work combines clinical informatics with technological innovation, emphasizing interoperability in healthcare systems, telemedicine implementation, and personalized medicine platforms. Notable projects include the TeleDerm teledermatology trial and infrastructure for practice-based research networks (e.g., FoPraNet-BW).

Articles Trends: Recent publications emphasize telehealth infrastructure, clinical trial methodologies, and wearable health monitoring systems. Earlier work concentrated on medical image retrieval algorithms and hierarchical data processing frameworks.

Grants & Labs: Active in developing lab infrastructure such as the Ambient Assisting Lab and Future Mobility Lab. No specific grant details listed, but his projects indicate sustained institutional and collaborative funding.