About Erich Schubert
About me:
I’m 30 years old, and I studied mathematics and
computer science at the University of Munich. And I’m
continuing along this track by pursuing a PhD degree.
My main interests are in the field of the structure and nature of information and knowledge. A large part of my research & teaching and projects belong to this topic.
If you consider “structure and nature of information and
knowledge” to be too abstract, too fuzzy or too much of a
buzzword, here are some explanations: I’m interested in the
representation (i.e. modeling, for the computer and for computing) and
presentation (i.e. visual, for the human) of information and knowledge,
especially with respect to Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI), but also
from a coginitive point of view.
That means both how human processes information, what models he uses
for the world around him and for knowledge, how he processes that and
how the human mind works and on the other hand, how information can
be represented and visualized for humans to be easily accessible and
comprehensible. On one hand I hope to make some progress in the field
of artificial intelligence, but also to improve user experience when
handling computers by presenting information in a more
“natural” way.
An interesting side effect of this is the application to art.
There are some great computer+art projects, that experiment with new
forms of interaction and similar things. However, I didn’t have much
time to spare for this so far, I only gave a small
Class on art &
computers [german only]. I hope I’ll have the chance to do some
more experiments in this direction.
Hobbys:
About three years ago I started dancing with
Rock’n’Roll
at the university. Nowadays, I’m going to
Lindy Hop,
Boogie-Woogie and
Balboa
training and classes as well as social dancing each week.
This, my engagement in some NPOs and my
projects don’t leave much time to do other
stuff. But that’s fine with me. :-)