Frederik Diederichs

Dr. Frederik Diederichs is head of the research group Perceptual User Interfaces at Fraunhofer IOSB in Karlsruhe. Since July 2021 he works on Perceptual User Interfaces and Advanced Occupant Monitoring Systems. Before he has been managing the Fraunhofer IAO Vehicle Interaction Lab since 2013. He publishes and speaks in the field of user research, human factors, future driving experience, AI-driver state monitoring and driver intentions and has published a White Paper on DMS. Frederik has been involved in applied research and development projects with most vehicle manufacturers and Tier1, and he is collaborating with the leading research institutes in Europe in order to drive the future to enjoyable and safe mobility experiences. He Co-coordinated the public funded €15 Mio. project KARLI together with Continental and leads the Fraunhofer research project SensAI on cognitive driver distraction. Alongside his work as full-time researcher, he also worked on his PhD thesis in a project with Bosch, BMW and Technical University of Munich. He presented his Engineering-PhD thesis on driver state detection and driver intentions in 2016 and holds a Master Degree in Psychology from 2006.