Summary
Ulrich Von Zadow is a Professor of Media Informatics with 23 years of experience bridging human-computer interaction research, physical computing, and applied learning sciences with hands-on software leadership. He has led development teams and technical projects in industry exhibits and interactive systems before transitioning to academia, earning a PhD in HCI (Magna Cum Laude) and holding professorships at CODE University and Technische Hochschule Nürnberg. His work spans interactive display walls, touch-sensitive surfaces and museum-scale media engines, combining research rigor with product-focused engineering. Based in Berlin, he maintains comprehensive publication records on ORCID and Google Scholar, reflecting a sustained commitment to applied research and teaching. Notably, his career blends creative exhibition technology with formal HCI scholarship, making him adept at turning experimental interfaces into robust educational and public-facing systems.
23 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Human-Computer Interaction, Magna Cum Laude, PhD, Human-Computer Interaction, Magna Cum Laude at Technische Universität Dresden
Diplom-Informatiker, 1.3, Diplom-Informatiker, 1.3 at Technische Universität Berlin