| Gerhard Fischer | |
| Nationality: | German and American |
| Fields: | Design, meta-design, human-computer interaction, lifelong learning, Intelligence Augmentation (IA) |
| Work Institution: | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Alma Mater: | University of Hamburg University of Heidelberg |
| Academic Advisors: | Herbert A. Simon (Habilitation Advisor) |
| Prizes: | CHI Academy, ACM Fellow, RIGO Award (SIGDOC) |
Gerhard Fischer (born July 2, 1945) is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, a Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science, and the founder and director of the Center for LifeLong Learning & Design (L3D) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
In 1971, Fischer graduated with a Master in Mathematics and Physical Education from the University of Heidelberg.[1] With a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), he spent the following two years at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and the University of California, Irvine.[2] He obtained a PhD from the University of Hamburg in Computer Science (1977), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT, Cambridge (working with Seymour Papert and the LOGO community[3]) and Xerox Parc[4] (working with Alan Kay and the Smalltalk community).