G.W. Kortuem

Gerd Kortuem is professor of Internet of Things at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. His research centres on the intersection of the Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence and Design, and covers:

• Intelligent Products
• Human-centered AI
• Responsible and Contestable AI
• AI in/for Design
• Generative AI
• Data-centric Design  

Prof Kortuem leads the Knowledge and Intelligence Design research group (with Prof Alessandro Bozzon,  and conducts research and education as part of the Data-Centric Design Lab (led by Dr Jacky Bourgois), the Design at Scale Lab (led by Dr Evangelos Niforatos), the Urban Analytics Lab (with Achilleas Psyllidis), the Responsible Sensing Lab, and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions. 

Education

Since 2018, Prof Kortuem serves as academic director of the MSc Integrated Product Design programme and teaches courses on:

- Generative AI and Design
- Artificial Intelligence and Society
- Data-centric Design
- Intelligent Products

Academic Background

Gerd Kortuem joined the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in 2016. Prior to that, he worked as software developer at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Germany), IBM (Germany) and Apple (USA), held positions at Lancaster University (UK) and the Open University (UK) and taught at Oxford University. Prof Kortuem holds a PhD from the University of Oregon (USA) and a Diploma in Informatics from Stuttgart University (Germany). He currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal "Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies” and is a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine. He is an associate partner at strategic consultancy Fronesys Inc.

Prof Kortuem's research centres on the intersection of the Human-Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence and Design, and covers:

• Intelligent Products
• Human-centered AI
• Responsible and Contestable AI
• AI in/for Design
• Generative AI
• Data-centric Design  

His research is conducted as part of the Data-Centric Design Lab (led by Dr Jacky Bourgois), the Design at Scale Lab (led by Dr Evangelos Niforatos), the Urban Analytics Lab (with Achilleas Psyllidis), the Responsible Sensing Lab, and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions. 

Gerd Kortuem joined the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering in 2016. Prior to that, he worked as software developer at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Germany), IBM (Germany) and Apple (USA), held positions at Lancaster University (UK) and the Open University (UK) and taught at Oxford University. Prof Kortuem holds a PhD from the University of Oregon (USA) and a Diploma in Informatics from Stuttgart University (Germany). He currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal "Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies” and is a member of the Editorial Board of the IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine. He is an associate partner at strategic consultancy Fronesys Inc.