Gerhard Fischer is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Colorado at Boulder and member of the Institute of Cognitive Science. He is currently directing the Center for Lifelong Learning and Design

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He is a member of the following organizations:

• ACM
• American Association for Artificial Intelligence
• Cognitive Science, GI (Gesellschaft fuer Informatik)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

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His current research work includes:

• enTWIne
  Social Creativity and Meta-Design in Lifelong Learning Communities
• CLever: Building Cognitive Levers to help people help themselves
  The mission of the Cognitive Lever, or CLever project is to provide computationally enhanced environments to assist people with a wide range of cognitive disabilities and their support community.
• The Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory
  The focus of this is to develop a framework for integrating physical games, computer simulations, and dynamic information spaces for the support of collaborative learning and design.
• Organizational Memory and Organizational Learning
  This work investigates computer support for learning, working, and collaborating in information-intensive organizations.