Thomas Andreas Herrmann

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Andreas Herrmann is a faculty member at the Department of Information and Technology Management (IMTM) within the Institute of Applied Work Science (IAW) at Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany. With a career spanning decades, he specializes in socio-technical systems, human-computer interaction, and collaborative process design.

• Education: Master of Communication Science (1983) at University of Bonn, PhD in Computer Science (Software Engineering) at Technical University of Berlin (1986)
• Key Research: Design of socio-technical processes, creativity enhancement in service engineering, human-centered AI, privacy in collaborative systems, and organizational knowledge management.

Article Trends: Recent work focuses on AI integration in socio-technical contexts, hybrid collaboration environments, and ethical system design. His publications bridge theoretical frameworks (e.g., heuristic evaluation) with practical applications in healthcare, education, and industrial settings.

Grants & Projects: Led initiatives like KoLiBRI, MARIS, and SeeMe, funded by entities such as the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the European Union.