David • ABOUT

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics Systems, University of Klagenfurt, in the south of Austria. Here I teach and research in the Interactive Systems research group.

My teaching and research interests are in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. Currently, my work is focused on interaction design for mobile devices, user-centered design and evaluation methods, and visual communication.

CONTACT

david•ahlstroem@aau•at

ias.aau.at/david

P: +43 (0)463 2700 3514

F: +43 (0)463 2700 99 3514

room S.2.71 (view map)

ADDRESS

Dept. of Informatics Systems

University of Klagenfurt

Universitätsstrasse 65-67

9020 Klagenfurt

Austria

STORY

Born in Sweden • School • High school exchange student for one year in Audubon, Iowa • Nine months mandatory military service • Studies in Computer and Systems Sciences (Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, University of Stockholm) • One Erasmus exchange year in Vienna (attended classes at the University of Vienna and Vienna University of Economics and Business) • Graduation from University of Stockholm • Back to Vienna for two years to work at Siemens AG Österreich as an SAP system developer and consultant • Moved to Klagenfurt, started teaching and doing HCI-research at University of Klagenfurt • PhD • Nineteen months post-doc in the Human Computer Interaction and Multimedia Lab, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand • Back to teaching and research in Klagenfurt • Summer research visits in the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada • Habilitation, Associate Professor