Future Interior Concepts

Anton Fuchs studied Telematics in Graz, Austria. He received his doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering and his venia docendi from Graz University of Technology in 2006 and 2009, respectively. In 2008, he joined VIRTUAL VEHICLE Research Center, where he heads the “NVH and Information Systems” department and coordinates the center’s “Strategic Area – Disruptive Digitalization”. His current research focus is on sensors for transportation applications. He is author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers and 12 granted patents in the field of electrical measurement science.

Bernhard Brandstätter studied Electrical Engineering in Graz, Austria, and Genoa, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and his venia docendi from Graz University of Technology in 1999 and 2003, respectively. From 2002 to 2005, he was engaged in a major Austrian research project on automotive measurement. From 2005 to 2014, he served as Research Coordinator and CTO of ELIN Motoren GmbH. In 2014, he joined VIRTUAL VEHICLE Research Center, heading the “Energy Management and Human Centric Systems” department as well as the business unit “Efficiency and Comfort” and acquiring and coordinating several European projects. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers in the fields of optimization, field numerics, electrical machines and inverse problems.