Gerrit Meixner
Research Professor For Human-Computer Interaction at Hochschule Heilbronn - Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Informatik
Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
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Top SchoolGerrit Meixner is a research professor and managing director of the Usability and Interaction Technology Lab at Hochschule Heilbronn, specializing in human-computer interaction with a strong focus on healthcare usability and innovative interaction technologies. He holds a Dr.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering with a human-machine interaction focus and M.Sc. and Dipl.-Inform. degrees in computer science, bridging engineering rigor with software-centered design. With over 140 publications and leadership roles across academia and research institutes (including affiliations at KTH Stockholm and Heidelberg University), he translates cutting-edge HCI research into applied solutions and technology transfer. He has driven interdisciplinary projects at DFKI and in factory automation, bringing augmented reality and model-based UI approaches into industrial contexts. Awarded for research transfer and scientific excellence, he combines deep technical scholarship with practical impact and program leadership as Dean for the Master in Software Engineering. Colleagues often note his uncommon blend of mechanical-engineering depth and hands-on HCI development that enables pragmatic, user-centered innovations.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering at Technische Universität KaiserslauternM.Sc., computer science, M.Sc., computer science at Hochschule Trier
English, German, French
Github Skills (19)
virus7
monte-carlo6
machine-learning6
wandb5
pytorch-lightning5
stochastic5
spring5
simulation4
notebook4
pytorch4
deep-learning4
jupyter-notebook4
jupyter3
allocation3
jax2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
gerritgr/GINA
May 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:53 commits, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
gerritgr/non-markovian-simulation
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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