Thomas FISCHER
Professor
tfischer@sustech.edu.cn
Professor of the School of Design at Southern University of Science and Technology, is a design educator and researcher with extensive international experience. He has taught Interactive Systems Design and Industrial and Product Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for over ten years, as well as Architecture and Industrial Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University for ten years. He was a visiting academic at National Cheng Kung University and at Humboldt University. He holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Kassel, a Ph.D. in Architecture and Design from RMIT University, and a Graduate Certificate in Cybersecurity from Harvard University. Professor Fischer has more than 100 peer-reviewed academic publications. He is a Fellow of the Design Research Society, a Fellow of the Cybernetics Society, a Certified Talent of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, and a recipient of the American Society for Cybernetics’ Warren McCulloch Award. His academic research is focused on design computing, design cybernetics, design geometry, and digital media. He is the Chief Design Officer of the technology company anabrid.
