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

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

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.