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Smartwatches and fitness trackers show that more and more people are using wearable information technology. Therefore, Professor Jürgen Steimle and other computer scientists at Saarland University are working to develop interactive computing devices that can be worn like a second skin. In addition, users can design and tailor them as they wish. In the future the interactive skin should not only be able to control mobile end-user devices, but also support patients in the healing process. The European Research Council has now awarded Jürgen Steimle the renowned ERC Starting Grant and will sponsor his research over the next five years with about 1.5 million Euro.

Professor Kurt Mehlhorn, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Professor of Algorithms and Complexity at Saarland University, will serve for the next four years on the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC), as announced in an ERC press release.

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