Today’s Woman in Tech: Dr. Anna Hilsmann, group leader “Computer Vision & Graphics” at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin
Dr. Anna Hilsmann is one of Germany’s leading researchers in the field of “Computer Vision and Computer Graphics”. In her research, she combines methods from the fields of machine learning, computer vision, computer graphics and visual computing to develop new solutions for a wide range of applications in multimedia, industry, augmented reality, security and medical technology. At Fraunhofer HHI Anna Hilsmann heads the department “Computer Vision and Graphics”. In 2016 she was awarded the ARD/ZDF “Women & Media Technology” prize. She was Google Anita Borg Scholar and received the VBKI Science Award for her dissertation in 2015.
When did you become interested in technology?
I always had a great interest in mathematics, at first less in really technical things. My father is a mathematician and already during my school years, we solved mathematical puzzles at dinner. Good math teachers certainly played a big role as well. When I was eight years old, one of my closest friends fell ill with a tumor and received a very advanced prosthetic leg. At that time I really wanted to become a prosthesis manufacturer and thought about how prostheses could be controlled by nerve signals.
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Dr. Anna Hilsmann is one of Germany’s leading researchers in the field of “Computer Vision and Computer Graphics”. In her research, she combines methods from the fields of machine learning, computer vision, computer graphics and visual computing to develop new solutions for a wide range of applications in multimedia, industry, augmented reality, security and medical technology. At Fraunhofer HHI Anna Hilsmann heads the department “Computer Vision and Graphics”. In 2016 she was awarded the ARD/ZDF “Women & Media Technology” prize. She was Google Anita Borg Scholar and received the VBKI Science Award for her dissertation in 2015.
When did you become interested in technology?
I always had a great interest in mathematics, at first less in really technical things. My father is a mathematician and already during my school years, we solved mathematical puzzles at dinner. Good math teachers certainly played a big role as well. When I was eight years old, one of my closest friends fell ill with a tumor and received a very advanced prosthetic leg. At that time I really wanted to become a prosthesis manufacturer and thought about how prostheses could be controlled by nerve signals.
Continue reading: https://jaxenter.com/women-in-tech-hilsmann-172959.html
