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Wolfgang Hürst is an assistant professor at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences and a lecturer in the bachelor program "Gametechnologie" and the master program "Game and Media Technology" at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. His research interests include multimedia systems and technologies, human-computer interaction, mobile computing, information retrieval, and computer-supported teaching and learning. Hürst has a PhD in computer science from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a master in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. From January 1996 till March 1997 he was a visiting researcher at the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. From March 2005 till October 2007 he worked as a teaching and research associate at the Faculty for Applied Sciences at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Short CV:
Since November 2007   Assistant Professor in the bachelor program gametechnologie and the master program Game and Media Technology at Utrecht University, Netherlands
April 2005 - Oct. 2007   Research and Teaching Associate at the University of Freiburg, Germany
February 2005   PhD in Computer Science from the University of Freiburg, Germany
Sept. 1997 - March 2005   PhD student, Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Freiburg, Germany
March 1997   Master degree in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Jan. 1996 - March 1997   Visiting Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA, USA
Oct. 1990 - March 1997   Student of Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany

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