Institute of Flexible Automation, Vienna University of Technology

Postal Address	Gusshausstrasse 27-29/361 1040 Vienna Austria
Telephon	+43-1-58801-36155
Fax	+43-1-58801-36199
E-mail	kf@infa.tuwien.ac.at
Web	http://www.infa.tuwien.ac.at

Karl Fürst – From 1989 to 1994: Studies at Vienna University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering. December 1994: Graduation in Industrial Electronics and Control Theory at Vienna University of Technology. Master Thesis: “Finite State Machine for Fuzzy Logic Based Local Collision Avoidance”. From 1995 to January 1999: PhD in Electrical Engineering at Vienna University of Technology. PhD Thesis: “Module Structure for Flexible Component Integration for High Working Speeds in Machine Vision”. Since February 1996: Research Assistant at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Flexible Automation (INFA). Since July 1998: Head of the working group “Intelligent Product Design” at INFA. Since August 1998: Teaching Assistant at INFA. Currently working on: Virtual/Extended Enterprise, Intelligent Product Design, Dynamic Development Tools, Optimal Enterprise Operations Point. Karl Fürst has organized, chaired and spoken at the INFA Product Data Management Conference in May 1999 and has spoken at the following industry conferences: IECOŃ98, CPÍ99.