Axel Techmer

Biography: 

Axel Techmer works as a project manager at Future-Shape GmbH since 2009 and is responsible for Future-Shape's large area sensor development. He received his diploma as well as his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. In 1993 he started his professional career as a research engineer for Computer Vision applications. In 1996 Axel Techmer  joined the research department of the Infineon Technologies AG responsible for image processing algorithms for parallel processor architectures. From 2005 to 2009 he worked for Infineon's automotive division as a strategic marketing manager for camera-based driver assistance systems.

Expertise: 
  • capacitive sensor systems
  • camera-based sensor systems
  • embedded systems
  • signal processing
  • object detection, tracking and classification
  • AAL applications
  • computer vision