Sander Münster - Curriculum vitae

Professional Activities

• Since 2018 Coordinator for Germany of the EU FET Flagship Application Consortium „Time Machine“.
• Since 2017 Coordination of the preparations of an interdisciplinary English-language Master program for Digital Humanities with a focus on "Digital Curation & Museums" at the TU Dresden
• Since 2017 Member of the working group "Teaching Development" of the Rectorate of the TU Dresden
• Since 2017 Head of workgroup 1.3 "International Partnering" of the Virtual Multimodal Museum Coordination and Support Action (funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme CULT-COOP-8-2016)
• 2016 Fellowship at University College London – Research Group for Digital Humanities (September-November)
• Since 2016 TUD Young Investigator status (appointed by the TU Dresden Faculty of Education as an assessor and examiner in doctoral procedures, participating in teaching, integrated in faculty esp. Faculty Council attendance as guest)
• Since 2015 Head of research group “Multimodal Access to large-scale image repositories” (funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2015-2020)
• Since 2016 Work package leader: EU-ICT 19 project “U_Code - Urban Collective Design Environment: A new tool for enabling expert planners to co-create and communicate with citizens in urban design” (2016-2019)
• Since 2012 Head of Department of Media Design, Media Center, University of Technology Dresden
• 2012-2014 Research Associate, Department of Business Administration, especially Information Technology / industrial computer science, University of Technology Freiberg
• Since 2011 Lecturer at College of Fine Arts, Dresden
• Since 2010 Research Associate at the Department of Media Design, Media Center, University of Technology Dresden, Deputy Head of the Department
• 2008-2011 Freelance system and network administrator. Main activities: implementation and support of client-server infrastructure, information management, Technical Event Support
• 2008-2010 Freelancer, Ingenieurbedarf Schreiber-Schöne GmbH, Dresden-Rossendorf. Main activities: design and implementation of Windows Terminal Server systems
• 2008 Student assistant at the Department of Art History, University of Technology Dresden
• 2007 Student assistant at the Department of Educational Technology, University of Technology Dresden
• Since 2004 Founder and owner of 3D graphics agency 3Dkosmos. Main activities: visualization for science, architecture, advertising, real and animated film, interactive 3D web applications, training and coaching for Maxon Cinema 4D, 3D Maps
• 2001-2008 Systems administrator, Institute of Radiopharmacy, Helmholtz Research Center Dresden

Higher Education

• 2010-2014 PhD studies, Faculty of Education at the University of Technology Dresden, Dissertation Topic: Cross-disciplinary cooperation due projects for historical 3D reconstruction (Interdisziplinäre Kooperation bei der Erstellung virtueller geschichtswissenschaftlicher 3D-Rekonstruktionen), Grade: summa cum laude
• 2003-2009 Studies in History and Education at the University of Technology Dresden, Thesis: Nuclear Research in the GDR as Big Science? (Kernforschung in der DDR als Großforschung?), Grade: very good
• 2000-2003 Studies in Business Education at the University of Technology Dresden

References and Awards

• 2017 Nomination for Outstanding Paper Award - Categorie: "The most innovative research contribution or case study", EGOV-EPART-Conference. Paper: Klamert, K. & Münster, S.: "Child's play - A literature based survey on gamified tools and methods for fostering public participation in urban planning"
• 2013 Best Student Paper Award, International Communication Association (ICA) - Visual communication division
• 2010 Movie Award of the European Association of Urology (3rd prize)
• 2009 Movie Award of the German Society of Urology (2nd prize)

Bursaries

• 2016 TU Dresden Graduate Academy travel grant for short-term research stays abroad: University College London.
• 2013 DAAD-Travel grant: International Communication Association Meeting London.
• 2013 Erasmus Staff Mobility: Université de Strasbourg.

Rankings

• 2018 Second place: Career professorship for Digital Humanities with a focus on museology at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz
• 2017 Second place: W1 professorship for Digital Humanities with a focus on art history at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

Reviewing & Editing Activities

• 2017 Journal: Sehepunkte
• 2017 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
• 2016 Reviewer GOR2017
• 2016 Co-editor: Book Project: Der Modelle Tugend 2.0 - A current state on digital 3D reconstruction (proposed to be published in 2017).
• 2016 Reviewer, International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT)
• 2016 Session co-organizer: User-centred Visualization for digital Cultural Heritage (Session accepted for EUROMED 2016, Lemessos / Cyprus).
• 2016 Session organizer:  Visual Knowledge (Session at IFKAD 2016, Dresden).
• 2016 Session co-organizer: Knowledge Communities I: Knowledge Management (Session at IFKAD 2016, Dresden).
• 2015 Editor in chief: Book project: How to manage data and knowledge related to interpretative digital 3D reconstructions of Cultural Heritage? (Springer LNCS volume, publication announced for May 2016)
• 2014 Workshop organizer: The 2nd International Workshop on ICT for the Preservation and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage: How to exchange Cultural Heritage 3D objects and knowledge in Digital Libraries? (Workshop held at EUROMED 2014, Lemessos / Cyprus).
• 2014/2015 Proposal reviewer for EU Joint Programming Initiative on “Cultural Heritage and Global Change: a new challenge for Europe”
• 2014 Reviewer, International Communication Association - Visual communication division (ICA)
• 2013 Reviewer, GeNeMe

Graduate academies

• Since 2013: Member of TU Dresden graduate academy
• 2010-2012 Member of graduate school: Studium fundamentale: Key competencies for Leadership (TU Dresden)

Memberships and Committees

• Since 2016: Advisory Board member of Virtual Multimodal Museum (ViMM) Coordination and Support Action (CSA), funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme (CULT-COOP-8-2016)
• Co-convener of the digital reconstruction workgroup of the Digital Humanities in the German-speaking area association (Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum e.V.)
• German Usability Professionals Association (GUPA)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung e.V. (DGTF)
• ISPRS/ICOMOS CIPA Expert Member
• European Association for Computer Graphics (Eurographics)
• International Communication Association - Visual communication division (ICA)
• Computer Applications in Archaeology and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA), German Chapter
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geschichte und EDV e.V. (AGE)

Volunteerism

• 2008 Workshop leader "3D animation", Saxonian Youth Media Days
• Since 2007 Volunteer work, Förderverein der evangelischen Jugend Pirna e.V.
• 2002 - 2006 Board Member, Jugendring Sächsische Schweiz e.V.
• 1994 - 2005 Volunteer work, Evangelische Jugend Pirna e.V.