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Claudia Schremmer, CSIRO

Research area: CHI, Multimedia, High-bandwidth Tele-communication - Human-Computer Interaction

Claudia was born and raised in Germany. She received a French Diploma in Applied Mathematics and Economics (Licence M.A.S.S.) in 1993 and a dual Masters degree in mathematics and economics from Karlsruhe University, Germany, in 1996. After being awarded an MBA from the College des Ingénieurs in Paris/Stuttgart in 1997 she gained industry experience with the SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. In 2002, the University of Mannheim, Germany, awarded her with a PhD in Computer Sciences in the interdisciplinary field of multimedia and human-computer interaction. After relocating to Australia in May 2002, Claudia was teaching with Macquarie University before she started a PostDoc project with the CSIRO in 2003.

Since 2005, Claudia is holding a position as a Research Scientist in the ICTC where she is leading the project Virtual Media Office. Claudia is also the CSIRO Science Leader in the HxI Initiative (http://www.hxi.org.au) and the interim Science Leader Multimedia.

Recent publications include:

• Schremmer, C., Krumm-Heller, A., Vernik, R., Epps, J. (2007) Design Discussion of the [braccetto] Research Platform: Supporting Distributed Intensely Collaborating Creative Teams of Teams. Invited paper In Proc. HCI International 2007, 22-27 July 2007, Beijing, P.R. China.
• Schremmer, C., Epps, J., Vernik, R. (2006). Distributed Intense Collaborative Interaction — Research Challenges in eResearch. In Proc. 20th HCI conference 2006, Queen Mary, University of London, 11-15 September 2006. Volume 2, p260, ISSN1470-5559. Workshop "Combining Visualisation and Interaction to Facilitate Scientific Exploration and Discovery".
• Schremmer, C. (2006). Design Discussion for a Virtual Office tailored to the Digital Media Production Industry. In Proc. OzCHI2006. pp 349-352. 20-24 Nov 2006. Sydney, Australia.
• Schremmer, C. (2006). Videoconferencing Offers More than Audio and Video — Making Creative Animation Artists Collaborate between Remote Offices. In Proc 17th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) 2006; Spencer, S. & Jenkins, A (eds.). Australasian Association for Information Systems. Adelaide Convention Centre, 6th-8th December 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-9758417-1-6.